Senior Program Officer, K-12 Field Readiness – Educators

The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofitfighting poverty disease and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere regardless of identity or circumstances should have the chance to live healthy productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve.We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage with no premiums generous paid time off paid family leave foundation-paid retirement contribution regional holidays and opportunities to engage in several employee communities.As a workplace were committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

The foundations U.S. Program (USP) K-12 team works to ensure that all studentsespecially Black and Latino students and students experiencing povertyhave access to high-quality instructional materials and AI-enabled tools that accelerate math learning and achievement. The foundations K-12 education strategy is organized around two objectives: demonstrating that AI-enabled full-stack solutions can drive meaningful student acceleration and preparing the field to adopt and scale those solutions responsibly. K-12s Engagement team leads the work to ensure system leaders educators and their networks are ready to engage in ways that support their ability to make high-quality procurement decisions implement solutions with fidelity and sustain impact at scale. This team operates at the intersection of policy practice and productbuilding the conditions and relationships that make large-scale adoption of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) and AI-enabled tools possible.

Your Role

You are responsible for developing and executing investment strategies that prepare school-based educatorsincluding teachers principals and coachesto effectively adopt implement and use high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) and AI-enabled tools and solutions. You design and manage a portfolio of grants and partnerships with the professional networks and associations that serve these educators building practical capacity for safe responsible and effective use of AI-enabled components of full-stack solutions. You have mastery-level knowledge of how school-based educators engage with and make decisions about instructional tools and deep familiarity with the organizations networks and professional learning ecosystems that shape educator practice at scale.

*This position is a limited-term position for 11 months. Relocation will not be provided. Our preference is for this role to be based in Seattle WA or Washington some instances we are open to hiring a US-domestic remote based employee. International remote outside of the US is not possible.

**Applications are accepted until 5 PM Pacific Time on Monday August 24 2026.

What Youll Do

• Lead strategy and execution of a portfolio focused on building the readiness of educators (principals teachers and school-based staff) and their affiliated networks to adopt and effectively use AI-enabled HQIM-aligned solutions applying a strategic thinking and decision-making lens to connect investments to the teams acceleration agenda.

• Design and manage partnerships with key intermediaries and professional networkssuch as subject-matter associations school-based affinity organizations and unionsto influence and support policy selection and implementation practices.

• Lead grantmaking and performance-based investments that increase educator capacity to evaluate AI-enabled tools implement HQIM with fidelity and use AI responsibly to drive student acceleration.

• Cultivate trusted relationships with districts teacher and principal professional networks and unions to inform policy and decision-making practices prioritizing equity and the needs of educators working with students furthest from opportunity.

• Provide internal technical guidance on educator readiness including instructional supports professional learning design and evidence translation for AI-enabled tools tailoring communication to diverse audiences including school leaders and classroom practitioners.

• Represent the foundation externally as a thought leader on preparing K-12 educators for responsible AI adoption anchored in HQIM contributing to organizational stewardship and shared knowledge across the K-12 pillar.

• Synthesize field intelligence and investment learnings to surface emerging educator needs identify opportunities to strengthen capacity-building efforts and course-correct investments against clear success metrics.

• Build surround sound coherence for educators across professional learning tool selection guidance and policyensuring messaging and supports are reinforcing rather than fragmented across the systems educators navigate.

• Collaborate across K-12 sub-teamsincluding Product R&D Implementation R&D and Measurement Learning & Evaluationto ensure educator readiness efforts are integrated with the teams full-stack strategy operating with a one team mindset in service of the divisions goals.

• Serve as an embedded collaborator with key strategic partners (to be determined) building the co-investment structures feedback loops and joint reporting mechanisms that strengthen execution and field impact.

• Support inclusive culture through modeling behaviors and actions; escalate issues in a timely fashion to appropriate stakeholders.

Your Experience

• An Advanced degree or equivalent demonstrated experience.

• Mastery level knowledge of schools schooling and instruction including deep understanding of how teachers principals and school-based staff make decisions about instructional materials selection implementation and AI-enabled tool use.

• Significant experience designing and leading complex cross-sector collaborations and managing portfolios of grants or performance-based investments toward measurable educator capacity outcomes.

• Significant experience with the organizations and networks that influence school-based educatorsincluding subject-matter associations (e.g. NCTM and affiliates) unions and teacher support organizationsand how to engage them effectively to shape practice at scale.

• Demonstrated experience across the education research-to-practice continuum including evidence standards professional learning design and how research translates into educator capacity-building and instructional practice.

• Demonstrated experience with HQIM and AI in K-12 education including the implications for educator readiness in the areas of instructional use tool selection and policy.

• Significant experience building and sustaining trusted relationships with senior education leaders and diverse external stakeholders with the ability to translate ambiguous policy and technology environments into actionable strategies that influence practice at scale.

*Must have unrestricted work authorization in the country where this position is located. The Foundation does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. This includes direct company sponsorship and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (eg: H-1B O-1 L-1 E OPT STEM-OPT CPT TN J-1 etc.).

The salary range for this role is $190100 to $294700 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in Seattle WA and Washington D.C. where our offices are located. The range for this role in these locations is $209100 to $324100 USD. As a mission-driven organization we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidates job-related skills experience and expertise as evaluated during the interview process.

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Hiring Requirements

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Candidate Accommodations

Were committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you have a disability or medical condition and need an accommodation at any stage of the application or interview processsuch as an ASL interpreter alternative interview format or physical accessibility supportwere happy to help. Please contact with the position number and a brief description of your accommodation needs. Requests will be handled confidentially.

Inclusion Statement

We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity equity and inclusion of voices ideas and approaches and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.

All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race color age religion pregnancy sex sexual orientation disability gender identity gender expression national origin genetic information veteran status marital status and prior protected activity.