Associate Director, Strategic Operations

Role Overview

• Design, own, and continuously improve the infrastructure to prepare progress updates for stakeholders. Regular deliverables include but are not limited to:
• Project managing and packaging quarterly progress-to-goal (PTG) memos for Braven’s national board, leadership, and staff
• Drafting region-specific progress updates on priorities for regional board meetings
• Preparing regular updates to Braven leadership and staff on organizational priorities and goals
• Pull, analyze, and/or visualize data independently to support progress monitoring
• Build relationships with relevant partners for this work (e.g., executive owners of priorities)
• Establish expertise and serve as a thought partner on questions and situations related to org-wide progress monitoring
• Act as trusted liaison to the leaders of the Product, Systems, and External Affairs teams in changing the operating model for how they work together.
• Design and help execute a regular central team <> regional team feedback structure at the Alignment Team level (Braven’s leadership team)
• Support the Head of Insights & Strategy to lead two internal councils (Data Governance Council and AI Advisory Council) and one external council (Labor Market & Economic Advisory Council)
• Own the coordinated operational rhythm of the two halves of the team (Insights and Strategy), including annual planning and goal-setting, quarterly alignment, and weekly coordination
• Design and plan team stepbacks and other meetings in support of the Head of Insights & Strategy and the Senior Director of Insights, from creating the agenda through post-meeting follow-up
• Own knowledge management for the Strategy half of the team, maintaining shared and organized documentation and ensuring process clarity
• Lead or support capacity-building and systems/process-building projects for primarily the Strategy half of the team
• For all of the above responsibilities, use AI in responsible, smart, and human-valuing ways to continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your work.

Requirements

• BA/BS in a quantitative field or work experience that demonstrates expertise in quantitative analysis
• At least 3 years of relevant experience
• Extensive experience writing and presenting compelling data-driven narratives for internal and external audiences
• Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets and SQL
• Demonstrated experience using AI effectively and responsibly to make an actual impact on outcomes
• Proficiency in SQL
• Experience designing and building dashboards and visualizations (Tableau preferred)
• Strong strategic thinking skills, including a proven ability to bring clarity to ambiguous solutions
• Ability to take initiative to solve challenges and tap into opportunities; ability to make complex tasks simple by applying clear logic and processes to component steps
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills, which allow you to manage your own time and energy and seek the right help to complete multiple projects well and on time.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, known for checking and double-checking your work
• Learner’s mindset, which you use to master new tools, software, and ways of working.
• Strong collaboration skills. You seek to understand others’ problems and use your own perspective to solve problems together.
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, and Jira
• Proficiency in Salesforce
• Proficiency in Python or R
• Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population.

Tech Stack

• Python
• SQL
• Tableau

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff