Transcend

Operations

• Foster strong relationships with partners, Portfolio Directors, Project Leads, and internal teams
• Serve as project manager for operations, creating and managing timelines, coordinating project plans and calendars, and supporting logistics
• Support and progressively own Transcend’s annual org-wide Team Retreat, a three- to four-day gathering for 130+ teammates each June
• Lead conference coordination, including travel plans, conference spaces, and attendee communications
• Craft and manage operations-focused communications, including emails, Slack messages, participant guides, and logistics memos
• Lead operations and logistics for virtual and in-person workshops, inspiration visits, and events
• Create, distribute, analyze, and report on team survey data
• Schedule internal meetings and project events, prepare agendas, take notes, and manage follow-through
• Manage conference, event, and other team budgets, including credit card expense review and documentation
• Support special projects such as team stepbacks, school application processes, grant writing and reports, analytics, video and media editing, internal websites, and cohort websites

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Operations Manager

Designer

• Work directly with schools and districts to pilot, validate, and scale innovative assessment approaches
• Support communities in building shared vision, aligning instruction and systems, and moving from design into piloting and implementation
• Lead complex projects end to end in collaboration with the Managing Partner
• Define project success, milestones, deliverables, metrics, plans, and local-context alignment
• Manage project expenses within the approved budget and communicate progress
• Build and lead project teams, establishing collaboration and communication structures
• Foster team culture and reinforce Transcend’s values, mission, and equity commitments
• Cultivate and steward relationships with school partners, funders, and system leaders
• Support scoping for prospective projects and grants
• Contribute to Evidence team learning about the future of assessment and accountability systems
• Share field experiences with internal and external audiences
• Lead projects involving AI-augmented literacy assessment, charter accountability systems, and Portrait of a Graduate workshops

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Partner, School Design – Assessment

Account Manager

• Lead cultivation and coordination for assigned Transcend portfolio teams
• Own partnership cultivation, scope-writing, coordination, contracting, and ongoing stewardship
• Expand the partner pipeline across the K–12 education landscape
• Build and nurture relationships, generate warm introductions, identify opportunities, and activate networks
• Lead external cultivation calls and active partner meeting check-ins
• Prepare and coordinate escalations for complex, high-stakes, or cross-portfolio partnerships
• Represent Transcend at convenings, conferences, and partner meetings
• Draft scopes of work and pricing for assigned portfolios
• Coordinate scope reviews and partner with Finance on contracting workflows
• Track and report pipeline and capacity progress in CRM systems
• Manage the end-to-end contracting cycle through signature and handoff to delivery teams
• Collaborate with portfolio leads and organizational leadership on relationship plans
• Drive internal alignment by sharing field insights, gathering input, and facilitating decisions
• Surface portfolio insights and trends to inform cultivation strategy
• Work with MarComms to capture partnership stories, case studies, and collateral
• Support meeting preparation, documentation, knowledge management, and cross-functional operations
• Improve systems, routines, and templates for the partnerships function
• Participate in SPOT Team meetings, partnership meetings, and other cross-functional cadences
• Represent assigned portfolios and support communication across Transcend teams
• Contribute to quarterly strategy and reflection cycles

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Operations Manager

Partner, School Design – Assessment

Partner – Partnerships Development