Director of Public School Strategy – Scholarship Services (Education Policy)

Location: Hybrid in the United States; remote work is available part of the week for associates living within 30 miles of an office, with in-office presence three days per week. Travel up to 50% is required.

Annual compensation: $160,000–$175,000, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global Business Services provides payment technology and education services to higher education institutions, K-12 schools, students, families, and supporters.

What you will do

• Own FACTS' public school engagement strategy for the federal tax credit scholarship program.
• Maintain expertise in Section 25F/FSTC federal rules and state opt-in developments, translating Treasury guidance into clear implications for districts, foundations, and SGOs.
• Build FACTS' credibility and relationships within federal and state policy coalitions, K-12 associations, advocacy groups, and public-sector forums.
• Educate superintendents, school boards, district CFOs, and foundation leaders about the program and its benefits for public schools, students, and families.
• Develop public-sector messaging and collateral, map districts, foundations, and SGOs, and coordinate with government-relations and business-development functions.
• Lead staff, manage priorities and projects, monitor performance and compliance, develop reports, and provide coaching and feedback.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in public policy, government relations, coalition or association management, or public-sector education advocacy, with direct exposure to how school boards, superintendents, and district leadership evaluate programs.
• Existing credibility and relationships within public education policy coalitions, K-12 associations, or state and federal education-policy circles.
• Ability to build relationships with districts, coalitions, policymakers, school leaders, state school officers, school boards, rural superintendents, and administrators.
• Ability to educate districts about program benefits and participation requirements and translate technical mechanics into a clear case for adoption.
• Working knowledge of nonprofit or SGO structures, scholarship or education-savings-account administration, or education finance; ability to learn technical program rules quickly.
• Comfort operating in an evolving policy environment with incomplete federal guidance and changing participating-state requirements.
• Willingness to travel regularly to policy coalitions, districts, foundations, and SGOs.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; four-year college degree preferred. Advanced degree preferred.
• Leadership experience, including leading, training, retaining, and developing staff; the posting also specifies three years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Skills in oral and written communication, Microsoft Office, problem solving, decision-making, critical thinking, workforce management, strategic and tactical planning, team building, and project management.
• Candidates must already be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Direct administrative experience within a public school district, such as district central office, superintendent's cabinet, business or operations administration, or school-board support.
• Equivalent experience in a federal policy or think-tank setting.
• Prior government-relations, policy-advocacy, or association-management experience in public K-12 education.
• Relationships with public school foundations, school-board associations, or SGOs operating in participating states.
• Familiarity with the Education Freedom Tax Credit and Section 25F policy landscape and state opt-in dynamics.
• Experience in education finance, EdTech, SGO or scholarship administration, or a K-12 advocacy or membership organization.
• Some exposure to business-development conversations; quota-carrying sales experience is not required.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment supporting remote work part of the week and in-office collaboration three days per week for eligible associates.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, earned time off, 401(k), student-loan repayment, life and disability insurance, and an employee assistance program.
• Additional benefits include an employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, wellness support, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Workplace emphasizes service excellence, continuous process improvement, respectful collaboration, and equal employment opportunity.