Vice President, Culture Enablement

Who We Are

Great Minds is a high-growth mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. As a for-profit Public Benefit Corporation we believe all students deserve access to meaningful challenging contentand all teachers deserve tools that are intuitive effective and built for the realities of todays classrooms.

We develop high-quality knowledge-rich math science and ELA curricula grounded in research and designed in collaboration with educators. Our materials reflect real classroom needs and are built to drive lasting student outcomes.

We are committed to usability coherence and practical implementationsupporting teachers not just through curriculum but with professional learning purposeful technology and responsive service that enable strong adoption and impact.

What We Build

Our productsEureka Math and Eureka Math² Wit & Wisdom PhD Science Geodes and the newly launched Arts & Letters ELAare trusted by thousands of schools and districts nationwide.

• Eureka Math is the most widely used math curriculum in the U.S. and is focused on balancing conceptual understanding procedural fluency and application.

• Wit & Wisdom and Arts & Letters ELA anchor our reading strategy with content-rich grade-level instruction that integrates literature history and the arts grounded in the science of reading. Geodes complements our reading suite with decodable texts that pair phonics with meaningful content to support early literacy.

• PhD Science is a hands-on K-5 Science program that sparks curiosity as students build enduring knowledge of how the scientific world works.

These programs reflect a shared belief in high expectations joyful rigor and deep respect for educators and students.

Where Were Headed

Great Minds is entering a new stage of growth and product maturity. We are focused on building more connected customer-informed experiences across the full educator journeyfrom curriculum to professional learning to platform and support.

Our long-term vision is to become a true partner in impactnot just delivering curriculum but supporting educators in achieving outcomes at scale.

Job Purpose

Great Minds is seeking a visionary execution-oriented leader to define operationalize and scale its approach to culture and operating excellence. This role will be a linchpin in advancing a culture of high performance operating efficiency and mission alignment. The role reports to the Chief Strategy Officer and has a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Chief Human Resources Officer. The role will require close coordination with the Senior Director Organizational Design & Effectiveness and it will involve regular interactions with other C-level and n-1 leaders.

Reports to: Chief Strategy Officer dotted line into Chief Human Resources Officer

Responsibilities

The VP of Culture Enablement will be accountable for:

1. Strategy and Talent Alignment

   • Internalize our near and long-term strategic direction and work closely across all functions to determine the appropriate capabilities and skills that are needed now and in the future

   • Provide predictive analytics in anticipation of shifts in workforce needs and capabilities to ensure relevance and sustainability of our human capital plan.

   • Partner with executive leaders on the pathways to address required gaps and the strategic execution to do so

   • Work with CHRO to define and communicate our long-term people strategy to the company

2. Operating Values Strategy & Implementation

   • Work in concert with the HR leadership team to embed and iterate upon our recently-created core operating values in day-to-day behaviors decision-making and leadership norms. Will include hiring onboarding performance management recognition etc.

   • Coordinate with Senior Director OD&E to design and lead cultural change initiatives to accelerate Great Minds achievement of our strategic priorities

   • Design recognition systems that celebrate high performance and alignment with our operating value

3. Ways of Working & Culture Strategy

   • Elevate how teams work together especially in hybrid/remote settings: best practices for meeting design collaboration rhythms virtual decision making and cross-team alignment

   • Lead training and coaching for leaders on effective remote management inclusive meetings and communication norms.

   • Partner with operations and IT to ensure tools systems and workflows serve productive low-friction collaboration.

4. Performance Management & Variable Incentive Strategy

   • Modify and help implement an integrated performance and goal-setting system (OKRs and KPIs) for all levels from executives through staff.

   • Working closely with HR help executives and managers in cascading goals setting measurable and stretch objectives and conducting high-impact reviews.

   • Use qualitative and quantitative metrics to drive continuous feedback growth and accountability.

   • Be a key partner and leader in developing and evolving short-term incentive plans that are tied to enterprise objectives and map to our annual operating plans for the company and each function.
     Partner with internal and Board stakeholders to design new long-term incentives such as phantom equity or performance options that tie to Great Minds long-term outcomes

   • Collaborate with the Executive Team HR team and other stakeholders to model compensation outcomes communicate reward structures and adjust over time

Requirements

• Senior-level experience (typically 1215 years) in talent culture or organizational development functions preferably in fast-scaling or mission-driven organizations.

• Demonstrated success in defining and operationalizing culture / values at scale.

• Experience in remote or hybrid-first organizations including designing collaboration norms and virtual leadership practices.

• Deep capability in compensation/incentive design with understanding of both short- and long-term rewards.

• Strong track record with performance systems / goal cascading / OKRs or equivalent.

• Excellent communicator coach and influencer can build trust with senior leaders and translate strategy into practice.

• Data-driven mindset; able to use talent analytics to inform decision-making.

• Talent for change management cultural transformation and scaling systems across an organization.

Required Education

Bachelors degree required. Masters preferred

Status

Full-time

Location

While this is a remote position it is home-based in the Boston-Metropolitan area. The strategy team meets in a co-working environment a few times a month.

The expected base salary range for this position is $232000-$260000 however the offered salary may be higher or lower than the above range dependent on numerous factors including but not limited to location work experience skills and internal equity considerations. The base salary is not inclusive of benefits or other incentives.

New employees will be required to successfully complete a background check.

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Great Minds is an equal opportunity employer. We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race religion color sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation and gender identity) national origin disability age genetic information or any other status protected under applicable federal state or local laws. Our policy reflects and affirms the organizations commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.

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