Director of Learning Strategy $400,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
You have articulated a clear academic vision and taken ownership of the results it produced. You have led from a position of accountability, not from the periphery. When it comes to learning science, your involvement is substantive. You have built systems that deliver measurable outcomes, validated your approach with evidence, and earned credibility to represent it publicly. If this describes your experience, 2 Hour Learning seeks a strategic leader to anchor its academic direction.
2 Hour Learning operates a model that enables students to learn at twice the conventional rate within a two-hour daily window. The model relies on AI-powered tutoring, mastery-based progression, and structural departures from traditional classroom design. Outcomes have been consistently strong. The organization now requires a leader who can harmonize execution across multiple school implementations, elevate academic leadership standards, and serve as the authoritative voice for a model rooted in empirical learning science.
This position is not an exercise in academic abstraction. It is a leadership directive. You will own the operational expression of the academic strategy, establish rigorous standards, surface performance gaps, and guide high-performing teams toward concrete outcomes. You will bridge the organization's scientific foundation with disciplined execution and build the external case for this approach.
What you will be doing
- Developing academic frameworks that convert learning science principles into actionable guidance for curriculum design, motivational architecture, and application development.
- Conducting academic execution reviews with Heads of Academics to ensure that school teams remain aligned, accountable, and focused on outcome delivery.
- Integrating insights from data analysis, stakeholder interviews, and direct observation into comprehensive academic ecosystem reviews that identify high-impact barriers to accelerated learning and recommend targeted interventions.
- Maintaining strategic alignment through structured planning, continuous feedback, and milestone accountability to sustain focus on student learning objectives.
- Serving as the organization's primary representative in high-profile contexts, including keynote presentations and engagements with Ministries of Education, to advance systemic transformation in educational thinking.
What you will NOT be doing
- Engaging in isolated curriculum initiatives that lack systemic impact or strategic integration.
- Producing theoretical research disconnected from measurable student outcomes or operational execution.
- Transferring accountability for performance oversight to mid-level managers or external consultants.
- Depending on institutional reputation or unvalidated theory to influence skeptical decision-makers.
Key responsibilities
Expand and strengthen 2 Hour Learning's validated academic model by aligning execution across multiple school environments, raising leadership performance standards, and establishing yourself as the authoritative public advocate for a movement built on rigorous science and demonstrated results.
Candidate requirements
- Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D) in Learning Science, Educational Psychology, Instructional Design, or a related field
- At least 7 years in academic or EdTech leadership roles, leading a team of staff/employees (not an informal peer leader role, such as grade-level lead); you must have been responsible for hiring, monitoring performance, coaching, and making termination decisions
- Experience driving learning outcomes for students and upholding student performance standards
- Experience applying AI or emerging technologies to improve education, such as through personalized learning, adaptive learning, AI agents, etc.
- Experience managing academic teams of 50+ people (e.g., the teams you managed directly executed curriculum, instruction, or assessment)
- Experience interacting directly with students, teachers, or school leaders in a professional setting
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