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Senior Director of Data & Impact

Full-time

Hybrid

Deadline

August 23, 2025

About the organization

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HopeWell

Organization type

Social Impact Organization

In A Nutshell

Location

Hybrid Dedham, MA, USA

Salary

$115,000-$130,000

Job Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-level

Deadline to apply

August 23, 2025

Lead HopeWell’s impact measurement, learning, and continuous improvement strategies to ensure data-driven decision-making across programs and policy initiatives.

Responsibilities

Cultivate a Culture of Learning and Improvement

  • Build staff capacity to engage with data through training and structured reflection.
  • Lead initiatives that normalize inquiry, experimentation, and shared accountability in the pursuit of continuous quality improvement.

Design and Drive a Strategic Learning Agenda

  • Develop and operationalize a learning agenda that clarifies organizational learning priorities across both direct service and systems change strategies.
  • Align the learning agenda with HopeWell’s Theory of Change, ensuring focus on critical questions to inform strategic direction and resource allocation.

Translate Insights into Actionable Strategy

  • Synthesize data into actionable insights tailored for executive leadership, program teams, and external stakeholders.
  • Produce evaluation summaries that influence decision-making, strategy development, and field facing communications.
  • Ensure that impact data is leveraged to strengthen policy advocacy and positioning.

Lead Adaptive Learning and Evaluation Initiatives

  • Design learning frameworks that evolve in response to evidence and feedback.
  • Implement evaluation strategies across organizational initiatives.
  • Support external evaluations to ensure alignment with values and intended impact.

Align Impact Measurement with Strategic Priorities

  • Lead logic model development to reflect core components and pathways of change.
  • Ensure alignment between data collection, measurement, and strategic priorities.
  • Ensure metrics capture both service delivery fidelity and participant outcomes.

Strengthen Internal Systems for Data Management and Use

  • Oversee data systems and visualizations that support real-time decision-making.
  • Supervise the Director of Data & Impact and provide coaching, mentorship, and professional development to strengthen team capacity.
  • Collaborate with internal HopeWell departments (IT, Finance, etc.) to integrate systems that support cross-functional learning and accountability.

Build Strategic Partnerships for Learning and Influence

  • Represent HopeWell externally in learning partnerships and coalitions.
  • Partner with funders, consultants, and peers to expand capacity, share findings, and shape field-level discourse.

Skillset

  • Advanced degree (Master’s or equivalent) in applied research, social sciences, evaluation, or related field.
  • Minimum of 8 years of leadership in impact measurement, evaluation, or learning roles.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience supervising.
  • Exceptional change management thinking and implementation skills.
  • Decisive, effective leadership, supervision, and management skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
  • Unwavering commitment to Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity (DBIE) & centering the voices of people with lived experience.
  • Ability to drive high levels of performance, engagement, and accountability.
  • Experience working across teams to embed decision-making into organization strategies.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to translate research findings into practical recommendations.
  • Experience within MS Excel and a background with SPSS, Power BI or similar platforms.

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