Deputy Director, Flourishing and Future of Education

Job description

OVERVIEW The Deputy Director is the senior strategic and operational partner to the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) for the Flourishing and Future of Education portfolio within the Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future , with a dual mandate: to lead the team’s operating model and cross-cutting execution, and to partner on its most important programmatic work. As the senior operational leader for the Flourishing and Future of Education team and a key strategic thought partner to the CLO, you will translate priorities into action, build the systems and conditions for strong execution, and keep important work moving. You will also help advance the team’s major inquiries and initiatives, bringing structured support on high-priority initiatives, connecting work across the portfolio, and helping turn learning into impact at scale. You are a highly proactive leader with strong programmatic knowledge, senior-level judgment, and exceptional operational skill. You bring structure to complex work, drive progress across multiple priorities, and know how to engage and mobilize others to move work forward. Launched in 2025, the Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future is a center for global learning, leadership development, and evidence generation for people working to transform classrooms, schools, and systems so that all students can develop holistically. Within the Institute,…