As the Director, Operations & Strategic Projects at CredLens, you will play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence, applied research, and strategic projects across the organization. This role blends research analysis, project management, and organizational strategy to accelerate the growth and impact of CredLens — a national data trust committed to delivering verified outcomes for non-degree credentials.
You will serve as a connector between research, strategy, and operations, ensuring projects are effectively scoped, executed, and aligned with the organization’s mission. The ideal candidate thrives in a startup environment, balances analytical rigor with hands-on execution, and brings exceptional communication and organizational skills to a rapidly evolving team.
CredLens is building a nonprofit national data trust focused on verified outcomes for non-degree credentials. The effort is an initiative launched by the Strada Education Foundation in 2024. CredLens will deliver actionable insights and power ongoing research for industry-based, professional, and workforce credentials.
CredLens is designed to fill the data gap for non-degree credentials. The attainment of these credentials is growing, but there is little to no data tracking their outcomes. CredLens will offer tailored data analytics and visualizations to credential issuers, workforce training providers, philanthropic funding partnerships, and state system partnerships to support the continuous improvement of credential quality and to support informed funding and scaling decisions.
The Director, Operations and Strategic Projects has four core responsibility areas, listed below with the approximate time required.