Manager of business systems and it operations

About Educators Rising: Educators Rising is a national movement helping young people discover, explore, and step into the future of education. Through a network of more than 21,000 student members across 50 states, we create exceptional experiences that give young people a place to belong, opportunities to lead, and real experiences that help them discover what they are capable of and who they are becoming. Teaching is our entry point, but the experience is bigger than preparing for a single career. Through chapters, coursework, competitions, conferences, leadership, and authentic practice, students build skills, belonging, agency, leadership, and professional identity while discovering the many ways they can shape the future of education.

Summary: The Manager of Business Systems and IT Operations will own our organization’s technology ecosystem, balancing strategic process engineering, efficiency optimization, and hands-on infrastructure management. Across all initiatives, the core objective of this role is to increase efficiency, compatibility, and fluency across our platforms—ensuring that true success is measured across multiple user experiences, both internal and external. This role is tasked with auditing, redesigning, and streamlining our core business systems—including our Association Management System (AMS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database, Content Management System (CMS), Learning Management System (LMS), workflow tools, and project management applications—to drive operational efficiencies, increase organizational capacity, and improve the experience of both staff and members.

A critical near-term priority is pioneering support deflection initiatives, ranging from modernizing our phone tree/Interactive Voice Response (IVR) routing to implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven email and call response solutions to significantly reduce inbound support volume. Bringing a strong "AI-as-a-tool" mindset, this role leverages automation and emerging AI technologies to enhance internal productivity and workflows. This position combines financial analysis, vendor management, and platform strategy with day-to-day IT administration. This is a 100% remote position. A laptop will be provided to you during onboarding. You are expected to be online during our business hours that align with the Eastern Time Zone. This role reports to the Chief Business and Operations Officer.

Core Responsibilities and Measures of Success:

• Systems Architecture, Integration & Data Strategy Owns the auditing, restructuring, and bi-directional API synchronization of core enterprise databases (AMS, CRM, and LMS) and productivity infrastructure.
• Process Engineering, Efficiency & Change Management Drives operational workflows and organizational productivity by applying rigorous process engineering and practical "AI-as-a-tool" automation.
• Support Deflection & Automation Minimizes staff-handled inbound volume by modernizing IVR routing, phone trees, and deploying AI-driven self-service triage.
• Financial Analysis, Procurement & Governance Evaluates technology investments through cost-benefit analyses, maintenance estimates, and budgeting while managing software vendor RFPs and contracts.
• Internal IT & Infrastructure Operations Ensures secure, reliable daily IT operations by managing endpoint administration, Mobile Device Management (MDM) for PC and Mac, backups, disaster recovery, and cloud/local hosting.

How You Think and Lead: When you wake up, you think about how to scale our systems, make them more efficient, and imagine how to maximize our talent and programs. Driven by this innovative mindset and an inherent "AI-as-a-tool" approach, you focus on a singular, core mission: to increase efficiency, compatibility, and fluency across our platforms, recognizing that true success is measured across multiple user experiences—both internal and external. You bring a systematic perspective to bridging high-level enterprise architecture with hands-on technical execution. You are a strategic thinker who can evaluate multi-platform data migrations and financial models, yet readily roll up your sleeves to troubleshoot infrastructure or configure workflow automations. Ultimately, you thrive on connecting technical solutions with human workflows, empowering staff through effective training, and championing process engineering and intelligent automation to drive operational excellence across a mission-driven organization.

Experience and Qualifications: 4–6 years of progressive experience managing non-profit, membership, or school district/educational IT stacks, combining systems administration, data architecture, software implementation, process engineering, and operational efficiency improvement. Demonstrated hands-on administrator experience managing major office productivity and collaboration suites (specifically Microsoft 365 administration—including SharePoint and Power Platform automation—or Google Workspace). Proven background in endpoint management, Mobile Device Management (MDM) for PC and Mac platforms, system backups, disaster recovery, and cloud/local IT infrastructure. Demonstrated experience configuring and managing Association Management Systems, Customer Relationship Management platforms, and Learning Management Systems. Prior experience with specific enterprise platforms—such as Impexium for AMS, HubSpot for CRM, and Slayte for workflow management—is highly preferable. Strong familiarity with data mapping, database migrations, helpdesk ticketing automation, and practical AI-driven support deflection tools. Proven ability to build financial models, evaluate software Total Cost of Ownership, manage vendor contracts, and translate technical options into executive-level decisions. Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and training skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to nontechnical audiences, reporting directly to executive leadership, and providing empathetic, hands-on IT support to internal staff. Associate or bachelor's degree in information systems, information technology, business systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Compensation: Salary range will be between $80,000 - $90,000, commensurate with experience, plus competitive benefits.

How to Apply: Your resume and cover letter will serve as your application. To be considered for this role, submit your resume, cover letter, and application to HR@educatorsrising.org with the subject line: Manager of Business Systems and IT Operations. Deviation from this subject line will cause a delay in the processing of your application. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.