Associate Director, Accelerator Operations

Associate Director, Accelerator OperationsBraven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students, followed by support that lasts through graduation.Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring an Associate Director, Accelerator Operations to own core tools and processes end-to-end and ensure operational readiness before launch of the Accelerator, Braven's career-readiness credit-bearing course. You will set strategy for your domain by designing systems a semester or two in advance, managing rollout plans, training regional teammates, and holding readiness gate authority.We build the maps, we teach people to read them, and we own the call on when something is ready to go. You'll own a piece of that.In this role, you will oversee one to three operational domains that support the delivery of our Accelerator course. Domains are assigned based on the strengths you bring and where the team most needs depth, and fall into four general areas:Academic operations — grading systems and the tracking that flags students who need support before they fall behindProgram delivery operations — logistics, staffing workflows, and execution standards behind live student sessionsStudent experience and compliance — onboarding communications, accessibility, accommodations, and data privacyOperational systems and knowledge management — workflow tooling, execution boards, and the documentation the team runs onThis role is on the Accelerator Operations team and reports directly to the Senior Director, Accelerator Enablement.Product Ownership & Build (25%)Serve as product owner for the tools, processes, and protocols in your domain, designing them one to two semesters ahead of when they are neededConsistently consider where AI can be used to drive efficiency and effectiveness in our workflowsPartner with multiple cross-functional teams to translate roadmap decisions into operational buildsAdoption & Enablement (30%)Roll out every tool and process you own with a documented adoption plan, a named support contact for every site, and a post-launch check-inTrain and enable site execution teams through documentation, training, and wrap around supportsTrack adoption against an 80% fidelity standard, diagnose what is blocking it, and iterate, whether it's a different tool, better training, or a simpler processReadiness & Gate Authority (20%)Hold readiness gate authority for launches in your domain by defining what "ready" means, assess against it, and make the rollout recommendationSurface operational risk early, drive high-stakes issues to resolution, and document risk classification and mitigation when a launch proceeds without clearing the gateDomain Oversight, Insight & Continuous Improvement (25%)Oversee one to three operational domains end-to-end, accountable for how well each one serves the site teams and FellowsContinuously gather qualitative and quantitative data on what is working and what is not: audits, QA checks, user feedback, and adoption and fidelity data across sites, and act on what it tells youLook around corners: pressure-test whether today's systems will hold as we scale, and surface opportunities for improvement before the problems surface on their ownMaintain current Standard Operating Procedures in Confluence for every process you own