Impact And Evaluation Leader

Summary

Join Kiddom as their Impact & Evaluation Leader and play a pivotal role in ensuring their educational platform delivers on its promise of student growth and achievement. You will lead the design and execution of validation tests, collaborate with cross-functional teams, apply mixed-methods research expertise, and guide colleagues in validating educational technology products. This role requires a strong understanding of learning science, proficiency in data analysis, and experience in evaluating educational technology. You will create detailed documentation and present findings to leadership. Kiddom offers a competitive salary, equity, comprehensive health benefits, paid time off, and family leave.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience, preferably in developing and evaluating educational technology products
• Doctorate in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, Educational Leadership, Research Methods, or a related technical field
• Fluent in SQL and Python (or other scripting languages), comfortable with GIT
• Familiarity with data warehouse design, development, and best practices
• Strong understanding of learning science as it applies to pK-12
• Passion for education and a commitment to empowering educators and students through innovative solutions

Responsibilities

• Increase overall product results, i.e. student growth and achievement on curricular programs and increased teacher confidence in using Kiddom’s products
• Lead the design and execution of validation tests and studies for Kiddom products and programs to validate impact. Coordinate with stakeholders (internal and external) to carry out validation studies
• Collaborate with Kiddom’s CEO and CAO, data scientists, engineers, instructional designers, product managers, and SMEs to develop and refine products and programs
• Apply a mixed-methods expertise to take advantage of different qualitative and quantitative research methods, including when and how to apply them during the product development and validation process
• Partner with Kiddom’s co-founders to offer guidance and leadership to colleagues in validation of educational technology products
• Create detailed documentation of work results, including white papers, memos, and SOPs
• Presents periodic tests and results to the CEO and CAO and other members of Kiddom leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in applying both data-backed heuristics and machine-learning techniques to solve practical product problems
• Experience with knowledge graphs, NLP, or topic modeling

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Health benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
• 10 paid sick days per year
• Unlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year
• Paid family leave for eligible employees