Leadership

• Partner with Superintendent to set the vision for the Data function and execute against it, including strategic planning, goal setting, and progress monitoring.
• Center equity in all data practices by consistently disaggregating data by race, ethnicity, gender, ENL status, and disability status to identify and address systemic disproportionality in student outcomes.
• Collaborate with MESA Links and school-based leaders to embed the data perspective into organizational planning, program design, and decision-making.
• Build the data capacity of school-based staff and leaders through professional development, coaching, and shared tools that foster a culture of data-informed decision-making.
• Design, maintain, and oversee the efficacy of scalable data systems and processes to support network growth.

Systems

• Lead the design and continuous improvement of the network’s data architecture.
• Lead evaluation and implementation of systems, technologies, and practices related to data management.
• Own Powerschool and related platforms, ensuring data integrity, system reliability, and alignment with network-wide data standards.
• Ensure that SIS configuration supports academic systems including reporting terms, report cards and transcripts, and programming.
• Oversee data integrations and pipelines across systems (e.g., Powerschool, Overgrad, SchoolMint)
• Intervene and redirect when school-based systems need to be re-normed or refined.

Analysis

• Lead and support analyses on complex data sets; design clear, compelling data visualizations; and communicate findings through data storytelling that makes the ‘so what’ actionable for instructional leaders and school staff.
• Develop and maintain systems to monitor MESA Leadership goals and organization-wide KPIs.
• Create and maintain dashboards and other regular reports that answer questions for key stakeholders and provide insight into the student, school, and regional performance and “tells the story” for all stakeholders.
• Coach and support school staff and leaders on data and analysis skill building through Professional Development and one-on-one coaching.

Special Projects

• Work with the Managing Director of Operations (MDO) and Director of Operations (DOO) to ensure compliance with state, federal, and board reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with the Leadership Team to generate data reports for grants.
• Oversee master schedule process for MESA School sites, ensuring underlying academic philosophies and values are reflected in the schedule for each school.
• Partner with schools to manage SchoolMint application, enrollment and lottery processes across the organization. Support with student recruitment.
• Develop, train, and manage staff on school-based systems such as E-Scores, Course Dashboard, and At-Risk Tracking.
• Partner with Principals to conduct ongoing Regents performance analysis, internal assessment trends, analysis of SAT data, analysis of STAR data and translate findings into instructional, scheduling, and graduation planning decisions.
• Partner with school staff to develop and maintain systems for tracking alumni, college, and internship outcomes in Overgrad.

• Bachelor's Degree is required; Master’s degree preferred.
• 5-7 years of professional experience (in education), including 2-3 years in a leadership role focused on data, with a robust understanding of the limitations of quantitative data and how to pair it with qualitative insights.
• Extensive experience in data analysis and visualization and knowledge of database systems is required.
• Experience applying an equity lens to data analysis, including identifying disproportionality across student subgroups.
• Extensive project + people management experience is required.
• Proficiency in Google Apps, including Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Google Docs or similar software is required.
• Broad knowledge of the assessment programs such as the Regents Exams, AP Exams, SAT, ACT, and NYSESLAT.
• Familiarity utilizing a broad range of student information systems (e.g., PowerSchool), academic assessment tools (e.g. Renaissance, IXL), and education software (e.g., Clever, SchoolMint, Overgrad)
• Preferred experience working directly with students, preferably required in the charter, private, or public school
• Strong ability to communicate and develop relationships.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple campuses and teams.
• Belief in and alignment with MESA’s core beliefs and educational philosophy.

MESA is committed to attracting, hiring and retaining a diverse and inclusive staff. It is MESA’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please email your resume and cover letter explaining specifically why you would be a good fit for MESA to Arthur Samuels, Executive Director, at hiring@mesacharter.org with the subject heading “SY 26-27 Director of Data and Analytics.” APPLY BY EMAIL ONLY. Due to the nature of the position and the volume of applications received, MESA will not be able to reply to all submissions. MESA will contact candidates with next steps.