Senior Director, Digital Transformation

Senior Director, Digital Transformation

Bellwether is a national nonprofit that exists to transform education to ensure students furthest from opportunity achieve outcomes that lead to fulfilling lives and flourishing communities. We work hand in hand with education leaders and organizations to accelerate their impact, inform and influence policy and program design, and share what we learn along the way.

We are a remote-first team, and our work is national in scope, so our flexible working style allows our professionals to work where they have built their lives, which means Bellwether can hire the best person for each role, regardless of geography. This role can be based anywhere in the United States. Up to approximately 15% travel may be required.

As Bellwether implements our new strategic plan, we will reimagine how we work; embrace emerging technologies, evolve our service offerings, and embed the processes and mindsets for learning across the organization. A key part of this transformation is harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance how we operate, collaborate, and deliver value. Bellwether sees AI not just as a tool for efficiency, but also a strategic lever for insight generation, innovation, and rethinking how we deliver impact for the education sector.

AI is reshaping the education landscape and how organizations like Bellwether can make a difference for the partners we support and, ultimately, the students, families, communities we aim to serve. For us, AI represents an opportunity to :

• Inform and guide the sector in navigating the complex question of how AI affects learners and the systems and organizations working to improve education.
• Develop and integrate new tools and resources into our workflows, so that Bellwether to provide high-quality support to more partners, extending our impact.
• Engage in organizational learning and knowledge sharing to continuously reflect on and improve how we work.
• Build robust and nimble infrastructure that enhances collaboration and frees our team from routine tasks so they can focus on human-centered work.
• Support the thoughtful adoption of AI in our work and in the sector, in alignment with our values.

Our Senior Director of Digital Transformation will be at the forefront of making this vision reality, ensuring that AI adoption is thoughtful, ethical, and mission-aligned, ultimately strengthening our ability to drive educational opportunity for young people.

The Senior Director of Digital Transformation is a leadership position on the Central Support team, reporting to Senior Partner & Chief Operating Officer, DaWana Williamson. The Central Support team includes finance, business systems, operations, and human resources. Its purpose is to ensure that Bellwether's program areas have the tools and services needed to serve our client partners and ultimately achieve Bellwether's mission.

We are seeking a forward-thinking, systems-savvy leader to guide Bellwether's digital transformation, driving strategy and implementation of tools, technologies, and systems that deliver operational excellence and future-ready ways of working. This role will :

This is a strategic and hands-on role, part designer, part builder, part coach. You'll help distinguish high-value, people-intensive work from replicable, automatable workflows and architect solutions that shift the balance in favor of insight, impact, and mission.

This new role will partner across teams to unlock efficiencies, integrate emerging technologies, and support the evolution of how we collaborate and deliver services.

Responsibilities include :

Your impact in the first 18 months will include :

Competitive candidates for this role will demonstrate a passion for our work and content expertise. To be successful, candidates must have strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills. Candidates should also possess the following :

The base salary range for this role for incoming team members is $165,250 - $177,625 annually, with eligibility for an annual performance bonus targeted at $19,000 based on individual and organizational success. While the final offer amount will be determined by multiple factors including previous experience and content knowledge and may vary from the stated range, Bellwether is committed to transparency, and all offers align with our compensation philosophy.

Bellwether provides competitive compensation and an attractive benefits package that includes a performance bonus based on individual and firm success, health care coverage, and a 401(k) plan with matching employer contributions.

Use your online application a custom letter of interest and a current resume to show us you have the skills listed here or why the skills you have are the ones we need. You should also use your application materials to clearly highlight ways in which your background and experience align with Bellwether's mission, including our commitment to helping young people furthest from opportunity.

Please address your letter of interest to DaWana Williamson, Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer. This role has a priority application deadline of October 24, 2025. While we prioritize applications