Senior Director of Strategy & Quality Practices, Positive Youth Development, Early Childhood Education

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $144k - $177k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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YMCA of the USA

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1844

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact • Youth Development

YMCA of the USA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening individuals and communities through programs focused on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The YMCA offers various opportunities for people to engage in physical activities, learn life skills, and support their communities, aiming to foster a greater sense of purpose and belonging among its members.

📋 Description

• Provide senior leadership for early childhood education strategy, quality practices, and initiatives that advance Y-USA organizational priorities and strengthen local Ys. • Translate national strategy and enterprise direction into clear, actionable frameworks, tools, and activation supports for local Ys, alliances, and service delivery partners. • Guide the evolution of leading practices to ensure they are practical, scalable, and responsive to changing local Y and community needs. • Directly supervise and coach multiple Directors of Strategy and Quality Practices, ensuring clarity of role, alignment of workplans, and accountability for outcomes. • Foster a high performing, collaborative team culture rooted in achievement, relationships, and belonging. • Provide strategic oversight across a portfolio of initiatives, ensuring prioritization, integration, and efficient use of resources. • Lead systemwide adoption and integration of leading practices, tools, products, and solutions. • Analyze data, signals, and industry trends to inform continuous quality improvement and innovation. • Strengthen alignment between Y-USA strategies, alliances, service delivery partners, and enterprise shared services. • Cultivate relationships with internal and external partners to advance innovation, policy alignment, and mission‑aligned outcomes.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required in a relevant field such as Business, or related disciplines required • Advanced degree strongly preferred. • Minimum of 12 years of experience required • Deep and expert functional skills • Deep and expert industry knowledge and experience • Expert managerial skills • Oversees multiple teams or functions • Ownership of short to mid-term execution of functional strategy and the operational direction • Internal and external communications, executive level, high influence on dept. and organization • Minimal supervision from manager, manages an area or team leads within a function/department

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • defined benefit plan (retirement savings) • defined contribution plan (403(b) plan) • life and disability insurances • technology stipend • generous paid time off