[Hiring] Director, Literacy @Stronger Consulting

Role Description

The Director, Literacy will lead high-impact projects and initiatives, applying deep content expertise in literacy while shaping strategy and fostering equitable learning opportunities across K-12 systems. This role requires exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate organizational goals into actionable team workplans. Directors will represent SAP externally, cultivating high-stakes partnerships, and internally, guiding cross-functional teams and contributing to SAP’s mission and vision.

The Director, Literacy will contribute to SAP by:

• Building and executing departmental strategy in collaboration with senior leadership; translate strategy into actionable team workplans and initiatives.
• Designing and overseeing initiatives to achieve strategic priorities, ensuring deliverables are on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Leading multiple complex projects simultaneously, delegating effectively and fostering shared ownership across internal teams.
• Using short- and mid-term planning to solve problems of diverse scope and provide input on and execute organizational decisions.
• Providing deep expertise in literacy content, pedagogy, and systems-level leadership to support high-quality instruction and equitable student outcomes.
• Staying current with contemporary literacy content and evidence-based instructional practices.
• Managing project budgets, grant-funded initiatives, and resources, ensuring accountability, quality, and alignment with goals.
• Communicating effectively with diverse audiences (teachers, administrators, policymakers), tailoring messaging to context and elevating key issues appropriately.
• Representing SAP externally through thought leadership, speaking engagements, publications, and presentations.

One or more of the following responsibilities can also be expected to fall to a director as part of this senior role:

• People Management: Managing team members by providing coaching towards individual professional learning goals aligned to organizational and team priorities through consistent high-quality feedback.
• Partnership Management: Designing and/or managing end-to-end processes related to cultivating and securing high-stakes partnership relationships with multiple stakeholders in a way that balances user experience with high impact for clients.
• Strategy Support & Execution: Leading sub-committee groups to support and execute on specific aspects of the overall strategy where they own goals and tracking progress (e.g. business development, an inquiry area, a service line).
• Internal Initiatives: Leading internal structures or processes to support team development where they own planning, implementation, and ongoing refinement (e.g. leading internal content learning, role-specific development).
• Program Inquiry: Leading exploration in an inquiry area in collaboration with the product team to support the identification of key questions, activities aligned to those questions and organizational/team goals, outreach, and metrics for success.

Qualifications

• Deep belief in equitable learning opportunities and the potential for students to access joyful, rigorous, grade-level literacy experiences.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in education, curriculum, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of classroom teaching experience in K-5 or secondary literacy (grades 6-12), including experience with multilingual and diverse learners.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a senior level district role or leading systems-level work.
• Experience in literacy leadership at district, state, or national levels preferred.
• Exceptional communication skills, with experience influencing diverse audiences and representing organizations externally.
• Experience in dynamic, fast-paced environments, with demonstrated adaptability, strategic prioritization, and problem-solving.
• Passion for and deep knowledge of evidence-based literacy instruction required.
• Knowledge of and commitment to continue building capacity of culturally relevant pedagogical practice (preferred).
• Commitment to working in project-based design teams to employ equitable design approaches.

Travel Expectations

• Travel required up to 15–20% annually, including quarterly in-person meetings and external events.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience; salary range for this position is $150,000 - $180,000.
• All employees at Student Achievement Partners work remotely.
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes unlimited vacation time, unlimited sick days, professional development funds, medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA, and an employer-sponsored 401k retirement plan.