Chief Education to Career Officer

About the role

Chief Education to Career (E2C) Officer Flexible Location WHO WE ARE TNTP is the nation's preeminent education nonprofit that brings research, policy, and consulting together to meet the needs and aspirations of young people, families, communities, and the nation.

We are educators, researchers, and innovators working to ensure every young person has the chance to reach their full potential, every educator and leader is set up for success, and every community has the resources necessary to connect young people to paths of opportunity.

We work at every level of the PK-12 system, side by side with educators, system leaders, and communities across 41 states and more than 4,000 systems nationwide to reach ambitious goals for student success. Our vision pushes beyond school walls, catalyzing cross-sector collaboration to create pathways for young people to achieve academic, economic, and social mobility. Learn more about us, what we do, and working here.

WHAT YOU'LL DO As a member of the Executive Team, the Chief Education to Career Officer will lead TNTP's next phase of Education to Career work as a central strategic priority.

This leader will continue to build and scale new lines of work that extend TNTP's reach beyond its historic K-12 footprint with employers, industry, workforce, and postsecondary partners, while connecting systems in service of stronger career pathways for young people.

This leader will be a forward thinker who understands how AI is reshaping work and ensures TNTP's strategy helps young people and the systems that support them prepare for a changing economy. The Chief will advance the portfolio through a clear market strategy, new business, and sustainable partnership and funding models.

The successful candidate will be entrepreneurial and revenue-minded, able to identify demand in new markets and sectors, build trust quickly with unfamiliar partners, and turn emerging ideas into tested, scalable, high-impact work.

Some responsibilities include: Enterprise Strategy, Vision & Impact Set and articulate a clear, compelling vision for TNTP's Education to Career portfolio that reflects the organization's strategic shift into transformational work, new markets, and new sectors. Define enterprise strategy for connected education-to-career pathways across K-12, postsecondary, workforce, employer, and industry systems.

Bring external insights, labor-market trends, AI-driven shifts, and partnership opportunities to shape organizational direction and long-term positioning. Create new lines of work, incubate and test emerging service models, and scale what proves effective across markets and sectors.

Bring real AI fluency to TNTP's Education to Career strategy and determine what young people and the systems serving them need to prepare for a changing economy. Own measurable outcomes across TNTP's education-to-career ecosystem, driving impact for young people and the partners supporting their pathways to meaningful work and long-term economic mobility.

Growth, Sales & Sustainability Develop and execute a comprehensive growth, sales, and market-entry strategy for the E2C portfolio, including sectors beyond TNTP's historic K-12 footprint. Secure new business, meet revenue targets, diversify TNTP's service offerings, and shape sustainable funding and partnership models.

Build and maintain relationships with clients, funders, employers, industry leaders, workforce partners, postsecondary institutions, and strategic partners. External Voice & Thought Leadership Serve as a leading external voice on education-to-career pathways and economic mobility. Amplify TNTP's narrative through speaking, publications, and partnerships. Translate TNTP's work into compelling narratives that influence the field.

Executive Leadership & Enterprise Contribution Serve as a builder and enterprise leader on TNTP's Executive Team, helping shape the next phase of Education to Career work. Lead and develop a high-performing leadership team. Advance revenue-minded approaches to market entry, partnerships, funding models, and services that contribute to organizational sustainability.

Foster a culture of experimentation, disciplined learning, and continuous improvement so TNTP can test new lines of work and scale what proves effective. WHAT YOU BRING Required Experience & Credentials 10+ years of senior leadership experience in workforce development, career pathways, or a related field. Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.

Proven experience building, launching, and scaling transformational education-to-career, workforce, employer-partnership, or cross-sector systems work. Demonstrated success in business development, professional-services growth, partnership development, revenue generation, and sustainable funding models.

Deep understanding of connected education-to-career ecosystems and the ability to interpret labor-market signals, policy changes, employer needs, emerging trends, and technology shifts. Experience creating new lines of work, testing emerging models, using data to assess outcomes, and scaling effective services or business lines.

Exceptional executive communication, narrative, and storytelling skills, with experience serving as a senior organizational spokesperson and influencing national or system-level decisions. Established relationships across public, private, civic, philanthropic, employer, industry, postsecondary, and/or workforce-development sectors.

A strong record of building and leading high-performing teams, aligning varied stakeholders around shared outcomes, navigating ambiguity and competing interests, and making principled decisions with accountability and resilience. Ability and willingness to travel 35-40% to engage with partners, clients, funders, TNTP teams and other stakeholders. WHAT WE OFFER The salary range for this position is $250,453 - $375,680.

New hires can typically expect a starting salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint ($250,453-$313,067), in alignment with experience, qualifications, and our commitment to equity in compensation. This role is also eligible for an annual incentive opportunity of up to 9%.

TNTP also offers a compelling overall Total Rewards package, including competitive mid-market salaries, generous PTO, and comprehensive benefits, with a range of plans and programs designed to support the physical, mental, and financial wellness of employees and their dependents. We suggest learning more about our benefits! (Spoiler alert: we're closed the last two weeks of December). Email to request accommodation.

HOW TO APPLY Submit your resume online through Workday. In your application, we will also ask you to answer brief questions about your interest in TNTP; your "why" matters to us! The priority application deadline for this position is November 6th, 2026, though we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

This policy covers all programs, services, policies, and procedures of TNTP, including recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, and administering all personnel actions, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs or terminations. Applicants for employment with TNTP must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U. S.