Curriculum Team Manager - Community for Rigor - Penn Engineering
About The Position
The Community for Rigor (C4R) is a growing and innovative team at the University of Pennsylvania dedicated to changing research culture by providing comprehensive educational materials, promoting best practices, and fostering a community committed to improving research reliability. Community for Rigor is a 6-year funded project from NIH NINDS, and operates as a hub that coordinates the efforts of multiple partner institutions. We are seeking a Curriculum Team Manager to direct the creation of C4R's educational content and to steward the people and processes behind it. You will shape how scientific rigor is taught, bringing subject-matter judgment to what goes into our units and finding engaging, original ways to reach learners at every career stage. This is a role for someone who will champion pedagogical rigor in scientific-training, strengthen collaboration across teams, and guide units from creation through to dissemination and uptake. In addition to empowering scientists, we also aim to empower every member of our team, through a supportive, inclusive, and open working environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and two to three years of experience in a higher education setting or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Preference for background in Neuroscience or related field.
- Experience leading a team or group toward shared goals, including giving and receiving constructive feedback.
- Expertise in scientific training, and rigor and reproducibility issues, especially in the biomedical sciences.
- Familiarity with evidence-based pedagogy and instructional design.
- Demonstrated ability to create effective and engaging instructional content, including text, interactive activities, audio/visual scripts, etc.
- Strong writing and documentation skills, including providing written feedback and updating internal knowledge base documents.
- Ability to teach varied audiences and represent a team to external partners and stakeholders.
- Interest in developing new skills and taking on new responsibilities as the project evolves.
Nice To Haves
- Experience coordinating work across teams in a multi-stakeholder or multi-institution setting.
- Hands-on technical fluency with interactive educational content, web applications, games, etc.
- Experience with coding in Python and/or Javascript.
- Familiarity with AI tooling for content development, such as Claude Code and system-prompt design.
- Experience creating educational multimedia (graphics, audio recordings, video clips, interactive simulations).
- Experience with proof-reading and copyediting.
- Certified Instructor for The Carpentries or similar certification.
- Familiarity with explicit teaching / explicit instruction.
- Familiarity with project management tools or systems (Monday.com, Trello, Asana, Jira, etc.).
- Availability to work in the office minimum once a week. Application for remote work will be considered but hybrid strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Project manage two collaborative working pods in collaboration with the Director of Operations and the Director of User Research.
- Lead a pod of curriculum developers through the design and revision of educational units, setting direction and fostering thoughtful, creative work.
- Working with the Curriculum Team and leadership, create vision for future direction of C4R resources, including novel formats, expanding existing work, new product types, etc.
- Write and shape instructional content in alignment with existing style and format, including design educational content and web applications, and prototyping new ways to teach rigor alongside the team.
- Review all C4R educational content for consistency and clarity.
- Bring subject-matter judgment to content decisions, and weigh feedback from collaborators and reviewers to distinguish core issues from surface fixes.
- Cultivate the processes that keep unit production moving, turning big-picture goals into clear priorities.
- Represent the Curriculum Team within C4R's leadership and governance, co-leading product decisions and enhancing coordination across teams.
- Serve as the voice of curriculum development and vision in conversations with external partners (funders, stakeholders, and institutions).
- Present C4R content to audiences when needed (including instruction to test audiences) and travel to conferences to represent C4R (travel requirement <10%).
Benefits
- Excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families
- Generous retirement benefits
- A wide variety of professional development opportunities
- Supportive work and family benefits
- A wealth of health and wellness programs and resources
- Health, Life, and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Tuition assistance for employees, spouses, and dependent children
- Generous retirement plans
- Time Away from Work
- Long-Term Care Insurance
- Wellness and Work-life Resources
- Professional and Personal Development
- Access to a wide range of University resources as well as cultural and recreational activities
- Discounts and Special Services
- Flexible Work Hours
- Penn Home Ownership Services
- Adoption Assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
