About Academian

Position Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and roadmap for K–12 content solutions, prioritizing market needs, differentiated offerings, revenue opportunities, and delivery capabilities.
• Design offerings for curriculum and instructional content development, editorial services, assessment content, standards alignment, state adaptations, print and digital production, accessibility, and content modernization.
• Advise clients on content architecture, metadata, single-source publishing, authoring workflows, and responsible use of AI to improve quality, speed, and reuse.
• Lead discovery with publisher and EdTech executives, curriculum leaders, and product teams; translate requirements into solution approaches, phased scopes, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with Sales and Account Management on strategic pursuits, proposals, pricing inputs, client presentations, account growth, and new business development.
• Guide the design and execution of content programs across grade bands and subjects, establishing editorial quality, instructional integrity, standards accuracy, accessibility, and production expectations.
• Build repeatable methods and delivery models that connect onshore subject matter and editorial leadership with distributed production, engineering, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Assess project economics, staffing, risks, and delivery performance with practice and account leaders; improve solution profitability without compromising content quality.
• Build and coach a small team of content solution leaders while influencing cross-functional teams and strengthening customer-facing expertise.
• Represent Academian in executive discussions and industry forums, developing relationships and identifying opportunities for partnerships and co-development.

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years of leadership experience in U.S. K–12 educational publishing, curriculum development, instructional content, or related content solutions.
• Deep understanding of K–12 curriculum design, standards alignment, editorial development, assessment, adoption requirements, and print and digital publishing workflows.
• Experience leading complex content programs from discovery and solution design through development, production, quality assurance, and launch.
• Proven ability to develop client relationships, lead proposals and executive presentations, and contribute to revenue growth and account expansion.
• Ability to define scopes, estimate delivery effort, balance quality and cost, and guide cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; willingness to travel approximately 25%.

Preferred

• Experience across core, supplemental, intervention, CTE, science, literacy, mathematics, or assessment programs.
• Knowledge of content models, metadata and taxonomy, structured content, publishing automation, and accessible digital content.
• Experience applying AI to content workflows with appropriate editorial review and quality controls.
• Experience with state-specific customization, large-scale curriculum production, strategic partnerships, or co-development.
• Experience managing solution economics, budgets, or revenue targets. This role does not carry direct P&L ownership.
• Advanced degree in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Business, or a related field.