The client is seeking an experienced early childhood education leader for the Senior Director of Early Learning Centers. The role leads consistent, high-quality early learning environments that support children, families, and staff, providing educational, operational, and supervisory oversight across multiple early learning centers. Responsibilities include implementing and monitoring new initiatives and program requirements, upholding professional standards, and supporting staff development to strengthen instructional and operational performance, while serving as a key culture and leadership voice for center-based teams and as a liaison between center-based and non-center-based groups.
The Senior Director will provide strategic guidance as an in-house expert on curriculum, instructional practice, quality standards, and licensing requirements to ensure excellence and compliance across all sites. The position directly manages and supervises the Assistant Director and Program Directors across multiple centers, offering mentoring, support, and accountability in staff leadership and management. The role also coordinates center activities to ensure alignment and collaboration, models positive and open leadership communication across all organizational levels, participates in strategic and operational planning and organizational policy development, and recommends, develops, and implements guidelines to ensure compliance with funding and government regulations, including grants aligned to the client’s mission.
Additional responsibilities include overseeing program budgets and authorizing expenditures within budget limits, attending board meetings and selected committees as required, and representing the client’s positions with external audiences. The Senior Director will interpret relevant state and federal regulations into proposals for new service delivery concepts and submit periodic program status reports to funding and regulatory agencies, while managing licensing and monitoring required documentation and evaluations in accordance with applicable standards. Preferred qualifications include extensive experience in early education and care with demonstrated leadership and administrative capability in policies and management (with large or multi-site program experience preferred), and certification as an EEC Director II, alongside a collaborative leadership style aligned with a high-quality child care mission.