Vice President, Program - Tennessee

Blue Engine; Tennessee; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Engine seeks a Vice President, Program for Tennessee to establish and lead a high-performing division delivering statewide RTI²-A+B implementation with measurable impact. This role builds local capacity, drives regional revenue, and partners with the Tennessee Department of Education as a statewide technical assistance provider.

The VP translates state priorities into a coherent regional strategy, builds teams, systems, and relationships, and ensures quality, compliance, and data-informed

Responsibilities

• Own Tennessee RTI²-A+B implementation and impact; oversee statewide strategy and contracts.
• Lead a Tennessee-focused implementation team with capacity and quality control.
• Build the division's operating discipline, staffing, budget, and external representation.
• Cultivate partnerships to drive statewide revenue and expand opportunities.
• Monitor implementation quality, equity, and student outcomes; adjust strategy as needed.
• Serve as escalation point for high-risk challenges and decisions.

Job description

Title: Vice President, Program - Tennessee

Location: Tennessee or surrounding region (within commuting distance to TN); with up to 40% travel required statewide across TN's three Grand Divisions, and occasional travel to nearby regions.

Job Band: Level 5

Reports to: Meredith Pasake, Chief Product & People Officer

Start Date: October 2026 Preferred

Who We Are

Blue Engine is an education non-profit focused on ending the long-standing pattern of disproportionate student outcomes by shifting the paradigm of "typical teaching." Blue Engine partners with schools and systems to elevate educators' mindsets and skills so all students can access and engage in grade-level learning in every lesson. We support educators in effectively teaching to learner variability by supporting the development of 1) inclusive mindsets & practices, 2) effective co-teaching and educator collaboration, and 3) data-driven teacher development systems. Our product offerings support school and systems leaders in system and school-level planning and design, instructional leader development, and content-driven teacher development.

The Role

The Vice President of Program will establish and lead a high-performing Tennessee division that delivers measurable statewide implementation impact, develops local capacity, and generates regional revenue. As Blue Engine launches its partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education as a statewide technical assistance provider, this leader will build the foundations for Blue Engine's Tennessee work and lead statewide support for schools and school systems implementing effective RTI²-A+B. The VP is accountable for executing this work successfully, including implementation quality, contractual performance, team capacity, and evidence of impact across Tennessee's diverse LEA contexts. The VP translates state priorities and Blue Engine's approach to instruction and educator development into a coherent regional strategy, then builds the people, systems, relationships, and operating discipline required to deliver it.

The VP also generates revenue in Tennessee and the surrounding region by cultivating relationships, identifying and shaping opportunities, and partnering with Blue Engine's Partnership Development team to move qualified opportunities toward close. This is a division-leadership role: the VP manages a distributed implementation team, allocates staff and budget, represents Blue Engine externally, and contributes executive-level perspective to organization-wide decisions.

Primary responsibilities and outcomes

1. Own Tennessee RTI²-A+B implementation and impact | 30%

   Set the vision and implementation strategy for Blue Engine's Tennessee RTI²-A+B work, aligning State priorities, contract commitments, LEA needs, and Blue Engine’s product and impact objectives.

   Maintain executive accountability for the quality, timeliness, compliance, and impact of all contracted services, deliverables, reporting, and statewide coordination requirements.

   Ensure technical assistance builds sustainable LEA and school capacity rather than relying primarily on one-time professional learning or Blue Engine delivery.

   Oversee a coherent service model spanning enabling-conditions diagnostics, support planning, coaching, professional communities, consultation, resource development, and data-based continuous improvement.

   Ensure implementation strengthens the connection among Tier I core instruction, Tier II and Tier III supports, academic and behavioral intervention, and access to rigorous grade-level learning.

   Establish and monitor leading and lagging indicators of implementation quality, adult practice, system capacity, equitable access, and student outcomes, especially for students with disabilities.

   Use evidence to identify variation across Grand Divisions and LEAs, diagnose root causes, allocate support, and adjust strategy without lowering the bar for impact.

   Serve as the senior escalation point for high-risk implementation challenges and make timely decisions about partner strategy, staffing, resources, and corrective action.

2. Build and manage a high-performing implementation team | 25%

   Build, manage, develop, and retain a diverse, Tennessee-connected implementation team with the instructional, systems, and relationship expertise required for statewide implementation.

   Build a management and quality-assurance system that includes coaching observations, artifact review, calibration, stakeholder feedback, data review, and targeted professional development.

   Lead workforce planning across geography, expertise, caseload, and contract demand; make staffing assignments that protect service quality, staff sustainability, and financial health.

   Coach directors and managers through technical and adaptive challenges, including performance gaps, partner conflict, ambiguity, and changing state or district priorities.

   Manage the Tennessee division budget and oversee deployment of time, talent, contractors, and other resources against the