Director, State Data Initiatives

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $135k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Coleridge Initiative

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11 - 50 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🏛️ Government

📚 Education

💰 $1M Grant on 2022-01

Non-profit • Government • Education

Coleridge Initiative is a nonprofit organization focused on enhancing the use of data for public decision-making by working with government agencies. They provide a secure platform, the Administrative Data Research Facility (ADRF), which is FedRAMP-certified and allows for the linking of confidential data across states and agencies. The organization offers training in data literacy and applied data analytics to build workforce capacity and hosts challenges like the Democratizing our Data Challenge to foster collaboration and innovation in data usage. Their collaborations often involve federal, state, and local agencies, aiming to drive impact through improved policies and programs. Coleridge Initiative also engages in various research projects and data challenges to develop new data products and insights for evidence-based policymaking.

📋 Description

• Lead assigned policy domains and state engagements within Coleridge’s state portfolio • Assess state agency priorities, institutional context, data capacity, and readiness for administrative data collaboration • Advise state partners on cross-agency collaboration, data governance and stewardship, evidence-building priorities, and administrative data use • Apply knowledge of state decision-making, budget and procurement processes, interagency relationships, and policy environments to address implementation challenges • Lead substantive discussions with agency leaders, program staff, data stewards, researchers, legal counsel, and technical teams • Develop domain priorities with the Vice President and identify opportunities for partnerships, applied research, and cross-state learning • Serve as project lead for designated state engagements from scoping and initiation through implementation and closeout • Define project objectives, outcomes, workstreams, acceptance criteria, workplans, resource needs, and responsibilities • Direct the substantive work of project teams, consultants, and subject matter experts • Partner with project management staff on schedules, task tracking, dependencies, budget monitoring, risks, and reporting • Monitor project and domain progress, resolve substantive and partner issues, assess scope changes, and escalate decisions as needed • Serve as substantive relationship lead for state engagements and coordinate complex agency-level issues • Use partner feedback and engagement outcomes to improve technical assistance and delivery approaches • Support training and other research products • Identify and assess new state opportunities with the Vice President and other staff • Contribute expertise to proposals, scopes of work, technical approaches, pricing assumptions, and contract renewals • Build relationships with state leaders and cross-sector partners • Represent Coleridge at conferences, working groups, and partner convenings • Contribute to presentations, written resources, convening themes, agendas, speakers, and peer-learning opportunities

🎯 Requirements

• 7–10 years of relevant experience in state government, administrative data initiatives such as Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) or P20W integrated data efforts, public policy, applied research, technical assistance, or public-sector program improvement, including leadership of complex state engagements • Demonstrated substantive experience working within or closely with state government agencies on administrative data initiatives required; prior employment in a state agency strongly preferred • Deep understanding of state agency operations, including decision-making structures, interagency coordination, budget and procurement processes, and policy and implementation constraints • Deep subject matter expertise in at least one relevant policy area, such as K–12 education, postsecondary education, workforce development, human services, corrections, or economic mobility • Experience helping agencies develop or implement cross-agency data collaborations, governance approaches, readiness assessments, learning agendas, data use agreements, or evidence-building initiatives • Understanding of how administrative data is collected, managed, linked, and used • Demonstrated experience serving as project or engagement lead for complex state initiatives, including responsibility for substantive approach, multidisciplinary team direction, partner relationships, deliverable quality, scope, timelines, and budgets • Experience coordinating consultants, subject matter experts, and multidisciplinary project contributors • Strong facilitation, presentation, relationship management, and communication skills • Ability to translate complex data, governance, and policy issues for varied audiences • Advanced degree preferred, or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and equivalent combination of education and experience required • Familiarity with secure data environments, restricted-use data, privacy-preserving research workflows, dashboards, or data visualization preferred • East Coast preferred • Some travel required • Availability for work programmed on weekdays, weekends, and evenings

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-based position • Some travel opportunities/requirements • Equal opportunity, affirmative action employer • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities