Job Description
Who we are ILO Group is a proudly women-owned education strategy and policy firm. We are a dedicated team of strategic partners and specialists who support school districts and states in executing on their biggest bets and highest-priority efforts. We work as members of our partners’ teams, operating side by side with the country’s leading educators, experts, and government partners. Our work is as diverse as our partners’ ambitions are bold. We work across leadership development, comprehensive project management and implementation support, systems transformation, and more. We enable education leaders to be catalysts for enduring change that benefits their students, schools, and communities. In addition to technical assistance to districts and states, our expert team provides the capacity and expertise to power difference-making partnerships of our own, including Women Leading Ed and The Forum for Educational Leadership. Who we are looking for We are seeking a Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives to serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and senior leadership team. This individual will lead high-priority strategic initiatives, drive complex cross-functional projects, and provide executive level problem-solving and analytical capacity across the firm's most critical priorities. As a member of the Office of the CEO, this role will work alongside other members of the CEO's office to advance strategic initiatives, support executive decision-making, and help drive the continued growth and evolution of the organization. The successful candidate combines the analytical rigor and structured problem-solving of a top-tier consulting background with an entrepreneurial, roll-up-your-sleeves mindset. Success in this role requires a willingness to both shape strategy and personally produce the analyses, recommendations, workplans, materials, and deliverables needed to move initiatives forward. This individual brings structure to ambiguity, translates complex challenges into
