Managing Director, Partnership Experience & Impact
Managing Director, Partnership Experience & Impact
Location: Flexible within the United States
ABOUT ANET
Achievement Network (ANet) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping all students achieve strong educational outcomes. We partner with school and system leaders to strengthen teaching and learning through the strategic use of assessments, coaching, and tools that drive meaningful results. Individuals who join ANet become part of a dynamic, mission-driven, and collaborative organization focused on making a lasting impact in schools. We are committed to supporting one another and growing together as a team.
OPPORTUNITY
The Managing Director, Partnership Experience & Impact (MD) ensures that ANet’s partners experience measurable impact, sustained instructional improvement, and a clear case for renewal and expansion. Reporting to the Vice President, Partnership Experience & Impact, the MD serves as both a strategic advisor to system leaders and a manager of coaches delivering high-quality service. This leader holds the multi-year vision for their portfolio, makes ANet’s impact visible, and strengthens long-term partner investment.
TRAVEL
Up to 30% based on partnership needs and internal retreats
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead and Sustain High-Impact Partnerships
- Serve as primary client lead for a portfolio of partners, accountable for renewal and expansion.
- Advise superintendents, CAOs, and senior leaders, aligning ANet’s products & services to partner priorities and timelines.
- Translate instructional insights into compelling impact narratives that support long-term investment.
- Supervise and coach a team of ANet coaches to deliver consistently excellent service.
- Provide feedback, professional development, and performance management to maximize team impact.
- Cultivate a team culture rooted in ANet’s core values, accountability, and learning.
- Lead coaches to set ambitious learning and impact goals with partners; monitor and adjust strategies to ensure results.
- Integrate client leadership with product & service implementation support so that renewal conversations flow naturally from demonstrated impact.
- Collaborate across Implementation Success teams to ensure coherence of ANet’s service model.
- Elevate insights from partnerships to inform ANet’s product & service implementation support design, product strategy, and organizational learning.
- Collaborate with national and regional leaders to refine partnership practices and strengthen ANet’s field presence.
- In order to be successful in this role, candidates must demonstrate the following:
COMPETENCIES
- Leads with Vision: Holds a multi-year vision for partner success and inspires alignment to long-term goals.
- Communication: Builds trust and influences senior system leaders through clear, empathetic, and strategic communication.
- Decision Making: Uses evidence and insights to inform partner strategies and renewal decisions.
- Management: Develops, coaches, and manages a high-performing team; fosters a values-centered culture.
- Expertise in Area of Focus: Brings instructional expertise to diagnose needs, align products & services, and translate insights into visible impact.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Works across teams to integrate insights and strengthen organizational learning.
- Ideal candidates must also demonstrate the following required qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS
- Proven client leader with experience managing complex partnerships and influencing senior system leaders.
- Instructional leadership expertise with credibility in teaching, coaching, and/or system leadership.
- Strong people leader with a track record of developing diverse, mission-driven teams.
- Strategic thinker who anticipates needs, identifies opportunities, and drives actionable strategies.
- Values- and relationship-driven, with humility, curiosity, and a commitment to student impact in education.
COMPENSATION
The salary range for this position is between $114,750 - $191,250. New hires will start between the range minimum and midpoint ($114,750 - $153,000) based on qualifications assessed during the hiring process, past experience, and internal equity. In order to uphold our commitment to transparent, equitable, competitive, and sustainable compensation, ANet does not negotiate pay.
BENEFITS
We offer comprehensive benefits to best support our people. Benefits include: medical, dental and vision insurance where ANet pays a portion of the cost of these benefits for employees and their families/domestic partner; generous paid time-off including 10 paid holidays and paid days off between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays; paid parental leave; educational expenses reimbursements; flexible spending accounts; professional development; a 401(k) plan with a 4% match; short and long-term disability coverage; and basic life and personal accident insurance.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ OUTSIDE WORK DISCLOSURE
Because this role includes direct instructional coaching and partnership work, candidates must disclose any current consulting, contracting, or employment with organizations that provide instructional coaching, curriculum implementation support, or similar services to schools or districts. ANet reviews outside work to ensure there is no conflict of interest with core services or partner relationships. Individuals currently contracting with organizations that are in direct competition with ANet may not be eligible for this role.
APPLY
We are now accepting applications for this position, which will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit your application online. Learn more about the application process here.
ANet is committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds and gender identities to apply to our positions.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.