Associate Director, Data Generalist

At Leading Educators, we believe that excellent teaching transforms student outcomes. Our Data Generalist plays a vital role in making this happen by ensuring that high-quality data informs every strategic decision we make—from our research initiatives to our work with school systems across the country.

This is a newly created position with a unique opportunity: you'll help shape how our Research, Data Strategy, and Data Systems teams operate while gaining broad exposure to every stage of the data lifecycle. You'll be the critical connector between research, analytics, and operational execution—translating complex data into actionable insights that strengthen our organizational strategy and improve educational outcomes.

Working under the shared leadership of our Research and Data Strategy teams, you'll gain broad exposure to every stage of our research, analytics, and data operations. As you onboard, you'll orient our full portfolio of projects, develop a deep understanding of our organizational strategy, and build fluency in the systems, processes, and partnerships that power data-informed decision making across Leading Educators.

You'll quickly become a trusted operational partner—creating project plans, meeting agendas, documentation, and tracking tools that keep complex, cross-functional initiatives organized, aligned, and moving forward. You'll coordinate work across multiple teams, ensuring priorities remain visible, stakeholders stay connected, and key deliverables are executed with excellence.

As your understanding of our work grows, you'll take increasing ownership of analytical projects—from cleaning, validating, and organizing data to conducting quantitative analyses, building dashboards and reports, and translating findings into clear, actionable insights for diverse audiences. You'll contribute to larger cross-functional initiatives while developing the confidence and expertise to independently lead smaller projects that directly inform organizational strategy and continuous improvement.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complexity, learning new technical skills, and balancing analytical thinking with project coordination. Success requires curiosity, analytical rigor, exceptional organization, strong relationship-building, and the adaptability to navigate evolving priorities in a fast-paced environment. If you're energized by solving meaningful problems, collaborating across teams, and using data to strengthen organizational strategy and improve educational outcomes, you'll find this to be a rewarding opportunity to make a lasting impact.

• Quantitative data analysis and statistical methods, with the ability to clean, organize, and validate datasets from multiple sources
• Project coordination and management, with proven success juggling multiple concurrent priorities and keeping teams aligned
• Data visualization and communication, translating technical analyses into clear, actionable insights for non-technical audiences
• Research methodologies and processes, including survey development, literature synthesis, and research logistics
• Demonstrated proficiency with data management, analysis, and reporting tools, including:
  • SurveyMonkey (or similar survey platforms)
  • Excel
  • SQL
  • R 
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Other comparable business intelligence tools for developing dashboards and actionable reports.

• Diving into complex problems and discovering creative solutions? You'll tackle analytical challenges that directly inform organizational strategy and improve how we support educators nationwide.
• Building strong relationships and adapting quickly to shifting priorities? You'll work cross-functionally with Research, Data Strategy, and Data Systems teams in a dynamic environment where your flexibility drives impact.
• Seeing the direct impact of your work? You'll know that the data you manage and insights you communicate help educators serve students more effectively every single day.
• Contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and evidence-based decision-making? You'll help shape how Leading Educators uses data to strengthen our mission and drive meaningful change in education.

• This is a remote position that requires travel 1–3 times per year. 
• National travel for org retreats, programming, job related travel, or professional development and other job-related travel.
• Candidates must maintain a dedicated home office within the United States and work remotely when not traveling for required job responsibilities

Imagine being part of an organization where your ideas and perspectives are highly valued. At Leading Educators, we believe in fostering individual strengths, encouraging personal growth, and embracing innovative ideas. If you thrive in a remote working environment, with the added excitement of travel, we're the perfect fit for you. By joining us, you become part of a powerful community of peers nationwide. Regardless of your location, you possess the power to make a significant impact on both students and teachers who rely on us daily. Join Leading Educators and become an integral part of driving progress in education. 

• Build on strengths: We affirm and begin with the unique and collective talents, experiences, and wisdom of ourselves and others.
• Continuously learn: We develop ourselves and others. We apply new learning and deepened self-awareness to our relationships and practices.
• Prioritize people: We build trust and reflect on the impact of different perspectives and experiences.
• Champion success for all: We re-imagine structures, habits, and mindsets to ensure every learner has access to evidence-based learning opportunities.

• We use artificial intelligence–enabled tools throughout our hiring process, from the moment a candidate applies through the offer stage, to support administrative tasks and organize candidate materials. These tools help us organize, analyze, and surface relevant information efficiently, but they do not make hiring decisions.