Academic Operations Manager

Stride, Inc.•US - VA - Remote, VA

4d•$52,000 - $78,000•Remote

About The Position

The Academic Operations Manager is responsible for leading the daily execution, performance, and continuous improvement of key academic operations functions, including the Support Team. This role ensures that academic support services are delivered accurately, efficiently, and consistently while maintaining strong service standards for schools, students, families, and teachers. The Academic Operations Manager serves as an operational leader who balances people management, process discipline, service quality, production accuracy, and cross-functional coordination. This position is responsible for managing team performance, resolving escalations, improving workflows, supporting operational readiness, and ensuring that academic support processes align with organizational goals and service-level expectations.

Requirements

Ten (10) years of related professional experience in academic operations, education operations, customer support, service delivery, production support, or a related operational function.
Five (5) years of leadership experience, including direct people management, team development, performance management, and operational accountability.
Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage competing priorities, improve processes, and drive results in a fast-paced operational environment.
Experience monitoring performance metrics, service levels, quality standards, backlog, production output, and operational trends.
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with frontline teams, leadership, and cross-functional partners.
Ability to create a team environment that supports accountability, active listening, professional communication, and constructive problem-solving.
Ability to travel up to 5% of the time.
Ability to clear required background check.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in education, business administration, operations management, organizational leadership, or a related field; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Academic or Administration Certification.
Experience leading remote or distributed teams.
Experience in K–12 education, online learning, academic services, student support, or education technology.
Experience with systems such as Salesforce, Canvas, PowerSchool, SharePoint, ticketing platforms, learning management systems, student information systems, or reporting tools.
Master’s degree or MBA.

Responsibilities

Manage the daily operations of the Support team, ensuring work is completed accurately, timely, and in alignment with established service expectations.
Lead, coach, and develop team members by setting clear expectations, monitoring performance, providing feedback, and supporting accountability.
Oversee case intake, triage, routing, escalation, and resolution processes to ensure consistent service delivery and timely support for schools, students, families, teachers, and internal partners.
Monitor, analyze, and report on team performance, production output, quality results, backlog, SLA adherence, and support trends to identify risks, support accountability, and drive operational improvements.
Maintain and improve standard operating procedures, workflow documentation, training resources, escalation protocols, and quality standards.
Partner with academic, IT, data, product, and school-facing teams to resolve operational issues, support system/process changes, and improve cross-functional execution.
Lead operational readiness for peak support periods, school launches, academic calendar transitions, system updates, and other high-volume business cycles.
Identify process gaps, recurring issues, and manual workarounds; recommend and implement improvements that increase efficiency, accuracy, and service consistency.
Prepare clear updates for leadership regarding team performance, operational risks, staffing needs, process improvements, and key priorities.
Perform other duties as assigned by the manager to support departmental goals and business needs.