Senior Manager of Curriculum

Girls Who Code•New York City or Remote, NY

11d•$97,000 - $121,000

About The Position

The Senior Manager of Curriculum reports to the Director of Curriculum and builds project-based, AI-forward curricula that inspires girls, female-identifying, and non-binary students to become changemakers in tech. Specifically, they will play a critical role in a new strategic project to develop and scale direct-to-student learning experiences that build critical thinking skills alongside technical ones, center social and community learning, and prepare young people for careers in tech and tech-adjacent fields. They will also own a smaller portfolio of existing programmatic curriculum and manage a team of consultants and/or part time staff. The ideal candidate has at least six (6) years of professional experience and proven success in developing standards-aligned, responsive STE(A)M or CS curriculum for a wide range of middle and/or high school students. This is a role for an educator with managerial experience, a highly creative curriculum builder with strong editorial instincts. They can joyfully and fluidly move between creating, supervising and collaborating, demonstrating skills to scope a project with precision, sequence complex material for different age groups, make confident decisions about what belongs and what doesn't, and communicate with care and clarity.

Requirements

Believe that all girls can code, and be excited to work to close the gender gap in tech.
Have 6+ years of applicable experience developing curriculum within computer science, STEAM, or related domains
Of those 6 years of experience, have at least 2 years experience managing or supervising the work of others.
Have teaching experience with grades 6-12 or college-aged students from a wide range of backgrounds.
Have strong familiarity with Understanding by Design, Universal Design for Learning, Project-Based Learning, and/or Inquiry-Based Learning.
Have an ability to apply instructional design techniques/frameworks and learning theory at all levels of curriculum planning, from a series of courses and projects across an entire program to a short virtual workshop.
Be a strong content creator with great editorial and graphic design instincts who can craft engaging, age-appropriate text, visuals, and other media for students, teachers, and volunteers.
Have experience using generative AI tools to develop, refine, or translate content while consistently refining evaluating output for bias, accuracy, and context.
Demonstrate an active interest in AI, emerging technologies, and computer science education, including an understanding of current and future trends, methodologies, and technologies to engage students effectively.
Be an intellectually curious and responsive team leader, delivering and receiving feedback regularly, and eager to learn and stay up to date on computer science education.
Demonstrate comfort with adjusting work to evolving priorities in a dynamic work environment
Be proficient with at least one text-based programming language (for example: Python, JavaScript (p5.js), Swift (iOS), Java (especially for Android), Arduino, etc).
Be an excellent project management skills and experience juggling multiple workstreams

Nice To Haves

Hold a Bachelor’s degree in a Science Technology Engineering Math or Education field, or have commensurate or demonstrable experience in STEM.
Strong graphic design background applied with an understanding of how layouts and information hierarchies within visual resources can reduce cognitive load, strengthen learning routines, promote conceptual understanding, and increase instructional clarity.
Experience developing video tutorials or video-based lessons.
Experience managing a team of curriculum developers or content contributors.
Experience building AI specific curriculum
Experience building STEM curriculum aligned to career pathways
Experience collaborating closely with a tech product team
Experience working with or developing curriculum for a wide variety of student backgrounds and needs including, English language learners (ELLs), students with special needs, and international students.

Responsibilities

Owning the curriculum design and development for a highly visible, top priority project from mid-stage planning through launch and beyond, including leading project management, creating supplementary user resources, consulting on AI systems integration, building internal documentation, reporting outcomes, and managing the content lifecycle
Managing curricular projects and maintenance for an existing, well-established programmatic portfolio while anticipating and planning for this portfolio to expand into a new platform.
Translating high level curriculum maps into executable scope and sequences, project plans, development roadmaps, and consultant briefs, making strong editorial decisions about alignment to AI literacy and educational standards and frameworks, content quality, complexity reduction, and pacing.
Managing a small team of curriculum consultants, providing supportive guidance and clear feedback while holding them accountable to fast-paced timelines, quality standards, and Girls Who Code's voice and values.
Partnering with Curriculum team members around community feedback and testing initiatives to ensure integration of youth voice across curriculum products.
Contributing to internal Curriculum team processes, documentation, and systems with a close eye to maintaining coherence and consistency of implementation across programs.
Taking on special projects as organizational needs arise.
Representing the Curriculum team in cross-functional meetings, serving as an in-house expert on GWC’s pedagogical approach, learner experience, and content implementation on our platforms.
Collaborating with Tech, Research, Programs, Marketing, and Development to communicate updates, seek alignment, surface project challenges, problem-solve issues, and support reporting for relevant cross-functional projects.
Supporting the Director of Curriculum with goal development and strategy; team planning and project management; and team professional development.
Participating in local and national Computer Science Education events and sharing Girls Who Code’s insights and best practices with external stakeholders.