Great Minds
Director, Curriculum Operations
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Remote - US
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Full-Time
💰
$132K - $148K
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Operations
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April 23rd, 2026
K-12
K-5
Smartsheet
Edtech.com's Summary
Great Minds is hiring a Director, Curriculum Operations. This role involves managing operational aspects of curriculum development and maintenance, leading team members, and coordinating resources to deliver high-quality instructional materials aligned with the company's mission. The Director will also support budgeting, vendor relationships, and cross-departmental collaboration to ensure efficient, mission-aligned product delivery.
Highlights
- Lead operational management for print and digital curriculum product lines.
- Partner with senior leadership to prioritize initiatives and manage department budgets.
- Support Managing Editors and cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and within budget.
- Maintain relationships and contracts with external contributors and vendors.
- Ensure alignment of products and strategies with Great Minds’ mission.
- Required advanced proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet) and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Minimum 7 years in education publishing or related fields with complex project and team management experience.
- Strong skills in budget forecasting, cost analysis, and account reconciliation.
- Bachelor’s degree required; experience with change management and mission-driven organizations preferred.
- Base salary range between $132,000 and $148,000, depending on qualifications and other factors.
Director, Curriculum Operations Full Description
Director, Curriculum Operations
Remote
DC, District of Columbia, United States
Product
Product
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.
Job requirements
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in education publishing, curriculum development, K-12 education services, or a comparable organization with demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-workstream delivery (print and digital) on time and on budget
- 5+ years of experience in a team leadership role, managing the work of employees, contractors, or vendors
- Demonstrated track record managing large, complex, cross-functional projects with overlapping timelines
- Experience developing and managing multi-year project budgets, including forecasting, cost analysis, and account reconciliation
- Deep familiarity with content publishing workflows (print and digital)
- Advanced proficiency in project management principles and tools (Smartsheet or similar)
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and collaborative platforms (SharePoint, Google Workspace, or similar)
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, set goals, and drive teams to meet deadlines within budget
- Strong analytical skills, particularly in assessing the financial impact of project changes and resource decisions
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize diverse perspectives into a unified plan
- Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with external vendors and contributors across simultaneous projects
- Ability to remain flexible in an ambiguous, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with change management for enterprise-level systems or process initiatives
- Experience in a mission-driven or Public Benefit Corporation environment
- Knowledge of the K-12 curriculum market landscape and competitive environment
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree
Status
Full-time
Location
Remote
The expected base salary range for this position is $132,000-$148,000, however the offered salary may be higher or lower than the above range dependent on numerous factors including, but not limited to location, work experience, skills and internal equity considerations. The base salary is not inclusive of benefits or other incentives.
A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position.
New employees will be required to successfully complete a background check.
Any communication to applicants relating to the Great Minds hiring process will only come from email addresses with the domains greatminds.org or greatminds.recruitee.com. If in the course of the application or hiring process with Great Minds you are contacted through another domain, are requested to provide banking or other sensitive information, or you note any other suspicious activity, please contact security@greatminds.org
Great Minds is an equal opportunity employer. We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our policy reflects and affirms the organization’s commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.
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