Director of Measurement and Impact (PBC)

Director of Measurement and Impact

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, with a hybrid schedule, or remote
Travel: Approximately 10 to 25%
Annual Salary: $100,000-$120,000
About Purpose Built Communities

Purpose Built Communities® (“Purpose Built”) is a philanthropically funded nonprofit organization that serves as an incubator, convener, and catalyst for neighborhood-level social change. In partnership with local leaders and Network Members across the country, Purpose Built helps design, direct, and accelerate comprehensive neighborhood transformation so residents can experience greater racial equity, improved health outcomes, and increased upward mobility.

Purpose Built currently supports 60 neighborhoods across 24 states through pro bono guidance, coaching, technical assistance, policy and fundraising support, and a robust Community of Practice. Its holistic model brings together high-quality mixed-income housing, excellent schools, inclusive spaces that promote health and belonging, and economically vibrant commercial corridors. Throughout this work, Purpose Built is committed to uplifting the legacy, knowledge, and vision of the people who have long called these neighborhoods home.

Purpose Built’s work is grounded in three core values:

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Possibility: Our purpose is proving the possible, not settling for the probable.

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Impact: We take action and build bridges to create lasting impact.

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Community: We cultivate connected, mutually contributing communities.

The Opportunity

Purpose Built Communities is seeking a thoughtful, collaborative, and technically skilled Director of Measurement and Impact to help strengthen how the organization and its Network use data and evidence to understand progress, inform decisions, and tell a collective story of impact.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Impact and Learning, the Director will translate Purpose Built’s impact measurement framework into practical research plans, evaluation strategies, data collection protocols, and evidence-building initiatives. This person will help ensure that information is not simply collected, but interpreted and applied in ways that strengthen programs, support organizational learning, and improve outcomes across Network Member communities.

The Director will serve as an important bridge between complex research and the people who need to use it. Working with residents, community leaders, Network Members, staff, funders, and policymakers, the Director will translate quantitative and qualitative findings into accessible insights, compelling narratives, and practical recommendations. The successful candidate will understand that meaningful measurement must reflect community context, acknowledge the limitations and potential biases within data, and center resident voice and lived experience.
The Role

The Director will partner closely with the Senior Vice President, Impact and Learning, and other organizational leaders to establish meaningful outcomes, indicators, benchmarks, and methods for assessing progress. This person will design and continuously improve systems for collecting, organizing, analyzing, and reporting information while helping staff and Network Members build the confidence and skills to use evidence in planning, decision-making, and continuous improvement.

A central part of the role will be implementing community-based and participatory research approaches that honor local knowledge and engage residents in the collection and interpretation of data. The Director will remain current on emerging developments in administrative data, place-based evaluation, community research, artificial intelligence, and equity-centered measurement, thoughtfully incorporating new tools and methods when they strengthen the work.

The Director will also oversee relationships with evaluation firms, academic partners, consultants, data providers, government agencies, and community organizations. This will include developing scopes of work, managin