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Bezos Academy · 3 months ago

Chief Learning Officer

Seattle, Washington, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$271K/yr - $462K/yr

15+ years exp

Bezos Academy is dedicated to providing excellent early education to children in under-resourced communities. The Chief Learning Officer will lead a multi-disciplinary team to ensure the delivery of a Montessori-inspired curriculum and drive continuous improvement in child learning outcomes, while also serving as an educational expert for the organization’s products and solutions.

ChildrenEducationNon Profit

Responsibilities

Lead an enterprise-wide, multi-disciplinary team focused on child learning outcomes

Ensure every Bezos Academy preschool delivers on our Montessori-inspired curriculum for all learners, including multi-lingual learners and children with special needs

Champion a culture of continuous improvement, using child outcomes data to validate our curriculum, instructional practices, and approach to child support and interventions

Hold ultimate accountability for ensuring all graduates of Bezos Academy preschools are ready for kindergarten and positioned to thrive as lifelong learners

Serve as an educational expert and advisor, ensuring that products and solutions are developmentally appropriate, informed by child development research and best practices in early childhood education

Work with product and technology teams to integrate cutting-edge learning science into tools and solutions under development

Ensure solutions and products effectively address the biggest challenges and opportunities in early childhood education

Qualification

Child development expertiseCurriculum designData-driven decision makingTeam leadershipEarly childhood educationAnalytical skillsCross-functional collaborationRelationship buildingProblem-solvingAdaptability

Required

Bachelor's degree

Fifteen or more years of relevant experience, including at least ten years of managing interdisciplinary teams

Track record of hiring, managing, and developing diverse, geographically-distributed, high performing teams to deliver meaningful and measurable outcomes for children

Proven ability to use data to drive significant improvements and implement effective solutions and programs that benefit children

Expertise in child development, curriculum, and evidence-based instructional best practices that support all learners, including multi-language learners and children with special needs

Exceptional analytical skills, including the ability to identify and solve ambiguous and complex problems, prioritizing actions that matter

Fluency in an array of tools and methods for assessing and analyzing child learning, growth, and development

Proven ability to build effective and trusting relationships across lines of difference

Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Preferred

Higher degree in a relevant field (e.g., curriculum, instruction, child development)

Significant subject-matter expertise in early childhood curricula, including familiarity with multiple pedagogies (e.g., Montessori, Reggio Emilia, etc.) and experience mapping curricula to early learning standards

Demonstrated ability to operationalize cross-organizational strategy from inception to actualization (e.g., problem-identification, aligned solution development, communication, constituent investment, planning, implementation, impact measurement, learning, and improvement)

Experience advising on educational products, media, and/or technology to ensure developmental appropriateness and alignment with learning objectives and developmental milestones

Comfort and confidence in the core concepts of research science and statistical methods

Experience leading cross-functional teams from diverse backgrounds effectively, including through ambiguity and change