Art of Problem Solving
Math Competition Program Lead
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Hybrid - San Diego, CA
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Full-Time
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$100K - $130K
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Other
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July 3rd, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Art of Problem Solving is hiring a Math Competition Program Lead. This role involves defining and executing strategies to engage students in math competitions, managing logistics and cross-team coordination, and analyzing contest data to improve offerings. The lead will also build relationships with external organizations and help evolve AoPS's role in the academic competition ecosystem.
Highlights
- Lead the strategy and operations for student participation in math competitions.
- Manage logistics for hosting competitions and coordinate across teams.
- Develop systems to track student performance in major external competitions.
- Analyze participation and performance data to inform program improvements.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Curriculum, and Educational Services to plan contest-related programming and communications.
- Maintain relationships with external contest organizations and represent AoPS externally.
- Strong mathematical background and familiarity with the math competition landscape required.
- Experience in competition participation, coaching, organizing, or leadership preferred.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and analytical skills needed.
- Full-time hybrid position based in San Diego, with a salary range of $100,000 to $130,000, benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, PTO, and relocation bonus.
Math Competition Program Lead Full Description
As the Math Competition Program Lead you will play a key role in shaping how AoPS engages with the academic competition ecosystem, connecting students at every level to the contests and experiences that develop great problem solvers.
The Math Competition Program Lead will:
- Define and maintain AoPS's approach to encouraging and enabling our students to participate in important math competitions, and own the operational execution that makes it happen from campus hosting logistics to cross-team coordination
- Build and scale systems to track AoPS student performance across major external math competitions
- Use contest participation and performance data to drive program assessment and surface insights across the organization, including student achievements, engagement trends, and opportunities to improve our contest-related offerings
- Partner with Marketing, Curriculum, and Educational Services to plan and execute AoPS's annual contest calendar, including the programming, resources, and communications we build around key contest seasons
- Build and maintain relationships with external contest organizations, and represent AoPS in the broader math competition ecosystem
- Stay current on the math competition ecosystem and act as the internal resource for how the landscape is evolving, from format changes at established contests to new competitions worth paying attention to
- Over time, help shape AoPS's broader role in the academic competition ecosystem including the evolution of our contest preparation sequences, how we foster a strong community of contestants, and how we partner with established competitions
The ideal candidate has:
- Strong mathematical background from college-level coursework, high-level competition experience, or similar
- Deep familiarity with the math competition landscape, including major contests, preparation pathways, and the experiences that develop strong problem-solvers
- Experience participating in, coaching, organizing, or leading mathematics competitions or advanced problem-solving programs
- Demonstrated ability to build and scale operational programs, define processes, and drive cross-functional execution
- Excellent organizational, communication, and analytical skills
Why Join AoPS:
This is a hybrid full-time position based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. The full salary range for this position is 100k-130k. Here are some things you can look forward to:
- Impact: As the Math Competition Program Lead, you'll be the driving force behind how AoPS students engage with the competitions that shape great problem solvers
- Flexibility: Casual work environment with a hybrid work week and flexible scheduling
- Benefits: Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans
- Future Planning: 401(k) with company match
- Quality of Life: PTO Plan and supportive leadership that gives you the work-life balance you deserve
- Ease of Transition: Relocation bonus (if currently located outside of San Diego)
Background Check:
Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.
Work Authorization:
Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.
About AoPS:
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.
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