Director, Learning Experience Design Science

Job Overview

Are you an educational visionary who believes that learning resources should be as joyful and intuitive as they are effective? A lot of EdTech products out there lack inspiration—but we aren't interested in building standard products.

As the Director of Learning Experience Design Science, you will champion the pedagogical vision for science across our science portfolio in collaboration with leaders from literacy and math. We are looking for a rare blend of creative product taste, deep analytical capability, and strong operational skills. You will lead a high-performing team of Learning Experience Designers to turn complex research on student learning into innovative, highly differentiated, impactful, and genuinely fun-to-use digital experiences.

This is a high-visibility leadership role requiring an innovator who can leverage both quantitative data insights and creative intuition to advance product excellence and drive measurable student outcomes.

Job Responsibilities

Creative Product Innovation & Differentiation

• Champion Product Taste: Set a high benchmark for efficacy, creativity, usability, and fun that comes from the intrinsic engagement of exploring scientific principles and solving problems.
• Translate Vision to Artifacts: Work with a team of Learning Experience Designers to drive the development of engaging instructional artifacts (scopes, sequences, prototypes) that reflect learning science, standards-alignment, and equity-driven, culturally responsive pedagogy.
• Drive Discovery: Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Creative Services, and others to design in partnership with end users for forward-looking initiatives, driving the organization’s capacity to design and refine our solutions based on real feedback from teachers and students.

Content Leadership

• Create Learning Experiences: Coach and support your team in creating the content for learning resources and experiences.
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