Senior Strategy Operations Manager Khan Academy Kids
Senior Strategy Operations Manager Khan Academy Kids
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$ 127423 - 159279
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ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY
Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free worldclass education to anyone anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free highquality supplemental learning content and practice that cover PreK 12th grade and early college core academic subjects focusing on math and science. We have over 155 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide focusing on learners in historically underresourced communities.
OUR COMMUNITY
Our students teachers and parents come from all walks of life and so do team includes people from academia traditional/nontraditional education big tech companies and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company value diversity equity inclusion and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we know that transforming education starts inhouse with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be worldclass in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.
THE ROLE
The Khan Academy Kids team is looking for a dynamic and driven Senior Strategy & Operations Manager to join our team. As a Senior Strategy & Operations Manager you will play an important role in defining and executing our product strategy and grow our impact on early childhood education. Youll work closely with leadership to identify market opportunities and drive highimpact initiatives as we explore new technologies and new products.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Strategic Analysis: Develop and refine strategies to expand our reach enhance our products and drive our impact
- Market Research & Competitive Analysis: Identify emerging trends new technologies learner needs and competitive forces to inform product and content strategy
- Product Strategy: Define and refine product positioning to ensure productmarket fit and differentiation
- Product Innovation: Stay ahead of technical and AI developments and learning innovations to inform product decisions. Work with product and engineering teams to evaluate and determine technical solutions
- DataDriven Decision Making: Leverage analytics to inform iterative improvements optimize strategies and ensure measurable impact
- GotoMarket Strategies: Design and execute strategies for entering new markets and global regions launching new products and scaling existing initiatives
- Partnership Development: Identify and cultivate strategic partnerships to expand our impact globally
This is a fulltime hybrid position. We have a preference for candidates who can work 23 days a week from the Khan Kids office in San Mateo CA
WHAT YOU BRING
- 4 years of experience in strategy consulting product management business development or related fields (preferably in EdTech or early childhood education)
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into into clear and compelling written and verbal narratives and actionable solutions
- Experience in market research financial modeling and competitive analysis
- A strong entrepreneurial and selfstarter mindset with a willingness to roll up your sleeves to help the team get the work done
- Industry experience in early childhood education edtech and/or the nonprofit sector preferred
- Bonus points for experience with AI speech recognition curriculum development language learning and/or global education markets
- Proven crosscultural competency skills demonstrating selfawareness awareness of other and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives attitudes and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization.
PERKS AND BENEFITS
We may be a nonprofit but we reward our talented team extremely well! We offer:
- Competitive salaries
- Ample paid time off as needed Your wellbeing is a priority.
- Remotefirst culture that caters to your time zone with open flexibility as needed at times
- Generous parental leave
- An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best
- The chance to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on highimpact products that are already defining the future of education
- Opportunities to connect through affinity ally and social groups
- And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) 4 matching & comprehensive insurance including medical dental vision and life
At Khan Academy we are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices the wellbeing of our employees and our Khan community. This belief is why we have built out a robust Total Rewards package that includes competitive base salaries and extensive benefits and perks to support physical mental and financial wellbeing.
The target salary range for this position is $127423 $159279 USD. The pay range for this position is a general guideline only. The salary offered will depend on internal pay equity and the candidates relevant skills experience qualifications and job market data. Exceptional performers in this role who make an outsized contribution can make well in excess of this range. Additional incentives are provided as part of the complete total rewards package in addition to comprehensive medical and other benefits.
MORE ABOUT US
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- Sals TED talk from 2023
- Our team: COMPANY VALUES
Live & breathe learners
We deeply understand and empathize with our users. We leverage user insights research and experience to build content products services and experiences that our users trust and love. Our success is defined by the success of our learners and educators.
Take a stand
As a company we have conviction in our aspirational point of view of how education will evolve. The work we do is in service to moving towards that point of view. However we also listen learn and flex in the face of new data and commit to evolving this point of view as the industry and our users evolve.
Embrace diverse perspectives
We are a diverse community. We seek out and embrace a diversity of voices perspectives and life experiences leading to stronger more inclusive teams and better outcomes. As individuals we are committed to bringing up tough topics and leaning into different points of view with curiosity. We actively listen learn and collaborate to gain a shared understanding. When a decision is made we commit to moving forward as a united team.
Work responsibly and sustainably
We understand that achieving our audacious mission is a marathon so we set realistic timelines and we focus on delivery that also links to the bigger picture. As a nonprofit we are supported by the generosity of donors as well as strategic partners and understand our responsibility to our finite resources. We spend every dollar as though it were our own. We are responsible for the impact we have on the world and to each other. We ensure our team and company stay healthy and financially sustainable.
Bring out the joy
We are committed to making learning a joyful process. This informs what we build for our users and the culture we cocreate with our teammates partners and donors.
Cultivate learning mindset
We believe in the power of growth for learners and for ourselves. We constantly learn and teach to improve our offerings ourselves and our organization. We learn from our mistakes and arent afraid to fail. We dont let past failures or successes stop us from taking future bold action and achieving our goals.
Deliver wow
We insist on high standards and deliver delightful effective endtoend experiences that our users can rely on. We choose to focus on fewer things each of which aligns to our ambitious vision so we can deliver highquality experiences that accelerate positive measurable learning with our strategic partners.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex gender gender identity or expression national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability or Veteran status. We value diversity equity and inclusion and we encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply.
As part of this commitment Khan Academy will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed please contact
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
