Senior Director of Strategy & Quality Practices, Positive Youth Development, Early Childhood Ed[...]

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• 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 ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills • strategic oversight • data analysis • quality improvement • operational direction • functional strategy execution • team management • coaching • performance management • initiative prioritization • resource integration Soft Skills • leadership • collaboration • relationship building • communication • accountability • innovation • adaptability • influence • team culture development • problem-solving Certifications & Qualifications • Bachelor's degree • Advanced degree Industry Keywords • early childhood education • Y-USA • quality practices • service delivery • community needs • strategic alignment • policy alignment • functional skills • industry trends • executive level communication