Chief Technology Officer

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🕒 July 29

🏄 California, Connecticut, +20 more states – Remote

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💵 $0 - $225k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👨‍💼 Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

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The News Literacy Project

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2008

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

The News Literacy Project is a nonpartisan education nonprofit founded in 2008 that aims to combat misinformation by promoting news literacy education across American schools. The organization creates resources and programs to help students develop critical thinking skills to evaluate the credibility of news and information. Through initiatives like The Sift and Checkology, it educates students on recognizing the standards of fact-based journalism, empowering them to participate in civic society as informed individuals.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute a multi-year technology strategy aligned with organizational and programmatic and product priorities • Establish technology principles, governance processes and investment priorities across product and enterprise systems, including annual roadmaps and technology operating and capital budgets tied to organizational outcomes • Advise executive leadership and the Board on technology opportunities, risks, infrastructure and digital transformation • Chair the internal AI Committee, setting the organization's AI vision, enablement strategy and governing policies • Ensure technology governance processes account for and support the organization's data strategy, in partnership with data leadership • Evaluate emerging technologies and determine where innovation meaningfully advances mission and user value • Oversee the Product team through its senior leader, ensuring strong product strategy, roadmaps and execution • In collaboration with the VP of Product, align architecture, platform investments, and engineering capacity to enable the product roadmap • Balance innovation, user needs, technical feasibility and organizational capacity across all digital offerings • Establish organization-wide cybersecurity strategy and risk management practices, including incident response planning, business continuity and disaster recovery • Own technology compliance requirements associated with serving K-12 school districts, including policies and controls for student data privacy and security obligations • Oversee district technology approvals, security reviews, vendor questionnaire and procurement-related technical documentation, and maintain readiness for audits and compliance reviews • Maintain security controls, access governance and security awareness programs, and develop policies governing technology use and information security • Monitor organizational technology risk and report regularly to executive leadership • Lead strategy and performance management of the managed IT services partner, defining service expectations, SLAs, escalation process and accountability mechanisms • Oversee internal technology operations including devices and collaboration tools; identity management, networking and help desk effectiveness, ensuring staff have reliable, secure and scalable technology support • Partner with data leadership to build and maintain the infrastructure that enables organizational measurement, reporting and impact analysis, ensuring responsible use of organizational data • Establish standards for architecture, integrations, technical quality and platform sustainability, and oversee application lifecycle management, technical debt prioritization and platform reliability • Guide build-versus-buy decisions and oversee technology vendor selection, contract negotiation, performance management and ROI evaluation • Drive modernization and operational efficiency across enterprise systems

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience • Advanced degree preferred • Ten to 12 years of experience with at least seven to ten years of leadership experience in technology, product management, engineering or digital transformation, including at least five years leading cross-functional technology teams • Experience leading technology strategy for a school district, SaaS company, EdTech company or similar, particularly in organizations between 25 and 200 employees • Demonstrated success leading product functions through senior product leaders to deliver customer-centered digital products • Experience overseeing outsourced technology partners, managed service providers, software vendors and technology budgets, contracts and investment decisions • Experience serving on an executive leadership team and contributing to organizational strategy • Mission-driven leader with a passion for improving education through technology and a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility • Deep understanding of modern software development, cloud infrastructure, systems architecture, APIs, data integration and enterprise technology • Experience designing and deploying security frameworks aligned with regulatory and compliance regimes • Experience implementing and managing enterprise productivity platforms, CRM systems, learning technologies, analytics platforms and business applications • Working knowledge of AI technologies, automation and emerging technology trends, with the ability to evaluate appropriate organizational applications • Knowledge of student data privacy requirements and technology compliance frameworks, including FERPA, COPPA, SOPIPA, state student data privacy laws and accessibility standards such as WCAG • Experience managing district technology reviews, security questionnaires, procurement requirements and integrations such as single sign-on, rostering and learning management systems is preferred • Experience leading security compliance readiness, audits, and the organizational change needed to achieve and maintain certification.

🏖️ Benefits

• health, vision and dental insurance • a 401(k) plan match • unlimited PTO • flexible work environment