Director, Curriculum Operations

🇺🇸Remote$130K–$180K/yri3h ago

K-12 Operations Curriculum Development Operations Management Project Management Content Development Instructional Design

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Summary

Director of Curriculum Operations at Great Minds will oversee the development and maintenance of print and digital curricular materials while managing significant operational aspects of a content and editorial team. The role is critical to ensuring high-quality, knowledge-building instructional materials are delivered on time and within budget while supporting the organization's mission.

Key Responsibilities: Manage Managing Editors and coordinate cross-functional collaboration to create work plans, schedules, and resources for product development teams. Support budget forecasting, vendor relationships, and department operations while fostering team culture and ensuring alignment with Great Minds' instructional design and editorial processes.

Skills & Tools: Exceptional organizational and communication skills with strong project management capabilities, vendor management expertise, and ability to mentor and develop team members. Demonstrated ability to balance multiple initiatives, facilitate cross-functional collaboration, and maintain alignment with organizational mission and strategic vision.

Qualifications: Significant experience in operations, project management, or content/editorial team leadership, preferably in educational publishing or curriculum development. Strong background in budget management, vendor coordination, and leading teams through complex, multi-phase product development initiatives.

Location: Remote

Compensation: $130K–$180K/yr (estimated)

Job Description

Who We Are

Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. As a for-profit, Public Benefit Corporation, we believe all students deserve access to meaningful, challenging content—and all teachers deserve tools that are intuitive, effective, and built for the realities of today’s classrooms.

We develop high-quality, knowledge-rich math, science and ELA curricula grounded in research and designed in collaboration with educators. Our materials reflect real classroom needs and are built to drive lasting student outcomes.

We are committed to usability, coherence, and practical implementation—supporting teachers not just through curriculum, but with professional learning, purposeful technology, and responsive service that enable strong adoption and impact.

What We Build

Our products—Eureka Math and Eureka Math², Wit & Wisdom, PhD Science, Geodes, and the newly launched Arts & Letters ELA—are trusted by thousands of schools and districts nationwide.

Eureka Math is the most widely used math curriculum in the U.S., and is focused on balancing conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application.
Wit & Wisdom® and Arts & Letters ELA™ anchor our reading strategy with content-rich, grade-level instruction that integrates literature, history, and the arts, grounded in the science of reading. Geodes® complements our reading suite with decodable texts that pair phonics with meaningful content to support early literacy.
PhD Science is a hands-on K-5 Science program that sparks curiosity as students build enduring knowledge of how the scientific world works.

These programs reflect a shared belief in high expectations, joyful rigor, and deep respect for educators and students.

Where We’re Headed

Great Minds is entering a new stage of growth and product maturity. We are focused on building more connected, customer-informed experiences across the full educator journey—from curriculum to professional learning to platform and support.

Our long-term vision is to become a true partner in impact—not just delivering curriculum, but supporting educators in achieving outcomes at scale.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Senior Director, Content and Editorial, the Director, Curriculum Operations will play a critical role in the development and maintenance of print and digital curricular materials for a curriculum product line that aligns to the Great Minds mission of serving all students with high-quality, knowledge building instructional materials. The Director will accomplish this by managing significant operational aspects of the team’s work. Using exceptional organizational and communication skills, the Director will facilitate department operations and support team members by providing mentorship, guidance, training, and feedback to help improve efficiency and align their work with Great Minds’ product vision.

Responsibilities

Partner with the Senior Director to prioritize departmental initiatives, coordinate Content and Editorial resources effectively, and support department budget management.
Maintain ongoing cross-departmental communication to facilitate improvement of systems and processes, including the change management of new enterprise initiatives.
Support the development of Managing Editors as they collaborate with cross-functional teams to create work plans, schedules, resources, and guidelines that allow product development teams to deliver high quality work on time and within budget.
Develop and maintain relationships and contracts with external contributors and vendors to deliver high quality content at times for simultaneous projects or initiatives of different sizes.
Support department budget forecasting and account reconciliation.
Collaborate with Directors/Associate Directors, Managing Editors, and Managers to support calibration in relation to instructional design and editorial processes.
Cultivate strong working relationships with leaders and professionals throughout the organization to ensure that vision, strategy, and products align to Great Minds’ mission and goals
Foster a healthy, strong team culture that values humility, collaboration, continuous improvement, commitment to quality, and alignment to Great Minds’ knowledge building mission.