Coleridge Initiative

Director

• Lead assigned policy domains and state engagements within Coleridge’s state portfolio
• Assess state agency priorities, institutional context, data capacity, and readiness for administrative data collaboration
• Advise state partners on cross-agency collaboration, data governance and stewardship, evidence-building priorities, and administrative data use
• Apply knowledge of state decision-making, budget and procurement processes, interagency relationships, and policy environments to address implementation challenges
• Lead substantive discussions with agency leaders, program staff, data stewards, researchers, legal counsel, and technical teams
• Develop domain priorities with the Vice President and identify opportunities for partnerships, applied research, and cross-state learning
• Serve as project lead for designated state engagements from scoping and initiation through implementation and closeout
• Define project objectives, outcomes, workstreams, acceptance criteria, workplans, resource needs, and responsibilities
• Direct the substantive work of project teams, consultants, and subject matter experts
• Partner with project management staff on schedules, task tracking, dependencies, budget monitoring, risks, and reporting
• Monitor project and domain progress, resolve substantive and partner issues, assess scope changes, and escalate decisions as needed
• Serve as substantive relationship lead for state engagements and coordinate complex agency-level issues
• Use partner feedback and engagement outcomes to improve technical assistance and delivery approaches
• Support training and other research products
• Identify and assess new state opportunities with the Vice President and other staff
• Contribute expertise to proposals, scopes of work, technical approaches, pricing assumptions, and contract renewals
• Build relationships with state leaders and cross-sector partners
• Represent Coleridge at conferences, working groups, and partner convenings
• Contribute to presentations, written resources, convening themes, agendas, speakers, and peer-learning opportunities

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