Alumni Strategy Director — Education Partnerships & Impact

Teach For America; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Teach For America Nashville-Chattanooga is seeking a Managing Director of Alumni Strategy to build and lead a comprehensive approach that engages roughly 1,100 alumni across education roles from classroom teaching to district leadership. You will connect alumni with regional priorities, partnerships, and opportunities to advance student outcomes.

The role emphasizes strengthening alumni boards, expanding the school leadership pathway with Lipscomb University, and designing a sustainable senior

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in strategic planning, alumni or community engagement, leadership development, partnership management, nonprofit leadership, or education systems improvement.
• Demonstrated success setting and executing multiyear strategies with clear priorities, operating plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Understanding of K-12 teaching and leadership development needs across career stages.
• Experience designing, facilitating, or strengthening professional learning and leadership development for adults using feedback to improve programs.
• Ability to build trusted partnerships with senior executives, school and district leaders, university partners, and volunteers to drive impact.
• Familiarity with Teach For America mission, alumni experience, and equity-focused work.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, including data management and evidence-based decisions.
• Commitment to educational equity and collaborative work with students, families, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen alumni boards and community by setting shared priorities and building belonging and opportunities.
• Advance the school leadership pathway by strengthening the Lipscomb University partnership and the two-year Aspiring School Leader Fellowship.
• Build a new senior alumni engagement strategy with relationships to executives and leaders across education organizations.
• Lead an integrated, multiyear alumni strategy with annual priorities, resource planning, and cross-team collaboration.
• Define, measure, and communicate impact with data, milestones, and outcomes linked to reading and math priorities.

Skills

Strategic planning

Alumni engagement

Leadership development

Partnership management

Nonprofit leadership

Education systems improvement

Relationship building

Analytical skills

Job description

Teach For America Nashville-Chattanooga is seeking a Managing Director of Alumni Strategy to build and lead a comprehensive approach that engages roughly 1,100 alumni across education roles from classroom teaching to district leadership. You will connect alumni with regional priorities, partnerships, and opportunities to advance student outcomes.

The role emphasizes strengthening alumni boards, expanding the school leadership pathway with Lipscomb University, and designing a sustainable senior