Director of Manager Effectiveness and Competency Implementation (26-27)

Director of Manager Effectiveness and Competency Implementation

This is a vacancy for the 26-27 school year with a target start date of July 1, 2026

Mission:

The Director of Manager Effectiveness & Competency Implementation ensures that every manager at IDEA Public Schools is equipped with practical skills, high-quality tools, and clear expectations to lead teams effectively. This role designs and delivers training experiences, resources, and best practices that translate IDEA’s leadership competencies and rubrics into consistent, high-impact management behaviors.
By combining expert adult learning design with strong implementation systems, this role ensures that IDEA’s performance frameworks are not just understood, but actively shaping how managers coach, develop, and lead their teams to results. The ultimate goal is to improve the day-to-day staff experience by ensuring all IDEA managers are prepared, capable, and confident leaders.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None at this time

Location:

This is a full-time remote position based in Texas, with preference given to candidates who live in Austin, El Paso, Houston, Permian Basin (Midland/Odessa), Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, and Tarrant County (Fort Worth), or who are willing to relocate.

Travel Expectations:

This role requires travel up to 40% to IDEA regions and campuses for training delivery, coaching, and observations around implementation and impact.

What You’ll Do – Accountabilities

Essential Duties:

• Design Leadership Training and Best Practices:
  Create high-quality training programs, toolkits, and learning resources that teach managers how to apply IDEA’s leadership competencies and rubrics in practical, everyday situations.
• Translate Frameworks into Actionable Manager Tools:
  Develop models, conversation guides, and performance supports that help managers effectively coach, give feedback, set goals, manage performance, and lead teams.
• Drive Implementation of Competencies and Rubrics:
  Own organization-wide implementation strategies to ensure that leadership competencies and performance rubrics are consistently understood, applied, and reinforced across HQ, regional, and campus teams throughout the employee life cycle (i.e. Staff Development Cycle)
• Build Scalable, Technology-Enabled Learning Content:
  Design reusable curricula, microlearning modules, facilitator guides, and digital resources, leveraging technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools (e.g., chatbots and digital agents) to efficiently deliver high-impact learning experiences that strengthen manager capability at scale.
• Use Data to Target Design Priorities:
  Analyze engagement data, performance trends, and stakeholder feedback to identify gaps in manager practice and create targeted learning solutions.
• Align Across Talent Systems:
  Partner with HR, Performance Management, Talent Development, Operations, and Schools Team leaders to ensure that competencies and rubrics are embedded in onboarding, evaluations, and ongoing professional learning.
• Support Change Management and Adoption:
  Lead communication, stakeholder engagement, and training strategies that ensure new tools and expectations are implemented with clarity, consistency, and impact.
  

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Facilitate manager trainings, workshops, and calibration sessions\

• Coach leaders on effective management practices and rubric application

• Partner with regions to support in-field execution of manager initiatives
• Contribute to organization-wide projects related to culture and engagement

• Support creation of LMS content and digital learning experiences

• Ensure all deliverables meet quality, alignment, and timeline expectations

• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge and Skills – Competencies

• Make Strategic Decisions: This team member fosters an inclusive decision-making environment by encouraging diverse perspectives, managing disagreements constructively, and creating space for all voices to be heard. They clearly communicate final decisions, providing context and anticipated impact—even when choices are difficult or unpopular.

• Manage Work and Teams: This team member builds and maintains systems to track progress toward team goals, ensuring clarity through defined roles and responsibilities. They implement structured processes that support smooth team operations and strategically allocate time and resources to drive goal achievement.

• Grow Self and Others: This team member identifies development needs across multiple groups and integrates them into broader strategic plans. They create structures that support ongoing growth, engage in succession planning, and continuously refine development strategies based on outcomes and data. Through this work, they foster a culture where continuous learning is a core part of daily work and leadership.

• Build a Culture of Trust: This team member fosters a team culture where individuals genuinely care for one another both personally and professionally. They lead with transparency, encourage open communication, including healthy conflict—and promote reliability and consistency, while regularly seeking and responding to team feedback to enhance the collective experience.

• Communicate Deliberately: This team member leads inclusive discussions that surface obstacles and drive actionable solutions, ensuring all voices are heard. They communicate key information clearly across multiple channels and establish feedback loops that promote open dialogue, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Additional Skills:

• Expert designer and facilitator of adult learning

• Ability to convert strategy into practical tools and resources

• Strong coaching and feedback skills

• Exceptional written and verbal communication

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 Suite including but not limited to Power Automate, Loop, Planner, Teams, Word, Powerpoint

• LMS administration and digital learning design

• Data analysis and impact measurement (Excel, Power BI, or similar)

• Project management tools (Asana, Trello, or similar)

• Experience with HRIS platforms such as Workday

• Experience with generative AI tools

• Ability to influence without positional authority

Required experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Minimum 5 years of experience in talent development, leadership development, education, or organizational development

• Minimum 2 years of experience managing a team of individuals

• Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating adult learning

• Experience implementing performance frameworks, rubrics, or leadership competencies

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Master’s Degree

• Experience coaching managers or senior leaders

• Experience creating large-scale, tech enhanced professional learning programs

Physical Requirements:

• Able to sit/stand in one place while working on a computer

• Able to move through airports, schools to travel for observations

• Able to lift up to at least 25lbs of video equipment

What We Offer:

Compensation & Benefits:

Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $98,246 and $115,930, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity. This role is also eligible for performance pay based on organizational performance and goal attainment.

Additionally, we offer medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan. You can find more information about our benefits at https://ideapublicschools.org/careers/benefits/.

* IDEA may offer a relocation stipend to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

Application process:

Submit your application online through Jobvite. Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Learn more about IDEA

At IDEA the Staff Experience Team uses our CoreValues to promote human connection and a culture of integrity, respect, and belonging for all Team and Family members. Learn more about our Commitment to Core Values here: https://ideapublicschools.org/our-story/#core-values