Senior Technical Program Manager Data
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$ 223569 - 236250
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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
At Khan Academy our Data Insights Group (DIG) is critical in leveraging data to evaluate our impact on learners and educators. By ensuring our data is accurate actionable and welldocumented we help measure effectiveness identify areas for improvement and support datainformed decisionmaking. The team includes Data Scientists Analytics Engineers Machine Learning Researchers and Efficacy & Research Scientists.
Were seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager Data to help us change the world. Weve built a talented team of people from a variety of backgrounds. We believe the best way to provide impactful education is to create a diverse team of people from different backgrounds races religions genders sexual orientations ages and experiences. Together were a team that is deeply invested in your future.
As a Senior Technical Program Manager Data in the Data Insights Group (DIG) you will lead the planning and coordination of the delivery of complex data initiatives aligning multiple engineering teams to enhance DIGs efficiency and impact. Your work will empower DIG to discern our users needs better and measure product efficacy enabling us to build the best products to serve our mission.
What youll do:
- Translate Data Initiatives into Actionable Requirements Work with Data Analysts Data Scientists and Efficacy & Research Scientists to translate analytic/research asks into data requirements for highpriority complex and large inscope data initiatives. You will then coordinate with Analytics Engineering to bridge and translate this work by facilitating discussions so that Analytics Engineering can define and build the data solution.
- Facilitate CrossTeam Data Alignment Partner with engineering and DIG to deeply understand and communicate fitforpurpose data requirements. Bridge gaps between teams by surfacing key insights resolving misalignment and ensuring data needs are well understood. Use your technical expertise product mindset and prioritization skills to influence decisions drive consensus and keep data initiatives aligned with strategic priorities.
- Monitor Product Changes & Mitigate Data Risks Stay informed about product changes and proactively alert DIG leaders to updates that could impact data interpretation or disrupt data pipelines. Ensure crossfunctional teams have the necessary visibility to prevent inconsistencies and maintain data integrity.
- Develop & Optimize Data Processes Collaborate with engineering leadership to design implement and refine datarelated processes that accelerate and simplify data capturing and validation.
WHAT YOU BRING
- 8 years of experience as a Technical Program Manager successfully leading big datafocused programs (or multiple projects) from inception to .
- Technical background in software development data engineering or analytics. We do not expect you to apply the technical skills of a software engineer or data scientist. However having prior experience in a technical role is necessary to be effective make informed decisions and collaborate effectively with technical teams. Familiarity with entityrelationship diagrams and basic SQL skills or willingness to learn are preferred.
- Proficient in program/project management tools (e.g. JIRA Confluence Gantt charts spreadsheets presentations etc.; comfortable collaborating in an online/cloudbased environment (e.g. Google Workspace Slack etc..
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships and influence across multiple levels of the organization comprised of technical and nontechnical individuals. You are the kind of person who cant help but get in there and listen deeply and help bridge information gaps between teams by asking deep questions about the data models and pulling out each teams ideas to share with the rest.
- Excellent organization skills acute attention to detail and ability to balance multiple tasks in an everchanging environment.
- The ability to think creatively and use data to solve ambiguous and complex problems
- Motivated by the Khan Academy mission to provide a free worldclass education for anyone anywhere.
- 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 $165446 $175000 USD / $223569 $236250 CAD. 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
- Sals TED talk from 2011
- Sals TED talk from 2015
- 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
