Success Lead

Summary

Join Great Minds as a Success Lead and play a pivotal role in supporting the successful implementation of our curriculum products. You will manage a portfolio of strategic district partnerships, partnering with district and school leaders to execute effective implementations. Responsibilities include developing comprehensive implementation plans, providing on-site support and coaching, facilitating professional learning, and gathering implementation success metrics. This remote role requires strong collaboration, some travel, and a deep understanding of Great Minds curricula. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in education leadership and instructional coaching, along with proven success in managing district partnerships and implementing high-quality curricula. This is a full-time position offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in education with at least 3 years as a school leader or an instructional coach
• Experience managing a portfolio of strategic district partnerships
• Experience implementing one of Great Minds curricula and/or an aligned high-quality, knowledge-building curriculum
• Proficiency with or alignment to Great Minds instructional design and pedagogy
• Demonstrated proficiency in educational consulting or coaching, site-based leadership, curriculum decision making, and professional learning facilitation
• Experience with both digital and print education platforms
• Knowledge of the factors that drive decision making at all levels of public, charter, and private schools
• Clear and succinct writing skills, with the ability to produce implementation plans aligned to the organizational and product vision while honoring districts’ unique contexts
• Strong organizational habits necessary for successful goal setting, project management, collective decision making, deadline execution, and record keeping
• Ability to make solutions-oriented decisions through flexible thinking in an ambiguous, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of strategic district partnerships and serve as the implementation relationship owner for Great Minds customers in a territory
• Partner with district and school leaders to plan and execute effective Great Minds implementations. Offer strategies, resources, and professional learning opportunities that support successful implementation, change management, and improved student outcomes
• Support district partners in ways that achieve aggressive KPIs designed to rapidly improving student learning outcomes and scale services to support more districts
• Provide on-site targeted support to district leaders, school leaders, and coaches. This includes a wide range of support, including school visits and regularly scheduled meetings with partners to monitor and evaluate progress, review data, identify implementation successes and challenges, provide assessment and grading supports, and encourage ongoing PLC and professional learning plans
• Facilitate leadership professional learning networks, PD, and coaching sessions
• Gather, monitor, and record implementation success metrics at regular intervals, make recommendations to improve instruction and student learning outcomes, and document all significant customer interactions and data
• Document and communicate insights about implementation to leadership based on interactions with assigned implementations
• Stay abreast of, and share with the organization, the regional trends and factors that influence customer practices, sensitivities, and impacts on educational reforms
• Collaborate with Great Minds sales professionals in one or more territories to expand adoptions, plan implementation services, and serve as the primary Great Minds content expert
• Plan and execute pre-launch structures and communications by providing content assistance for the sales team, contributing deep content knowledge and responding to customer questions
• Serve as a liaison cross all colleagues (Success, Sales team, etc.) interacting with customers in the region
• Represent Great Minds through presentations at conferences, and contribute to content in the form of blogs, whitepapers, etc
• Cultivate and maintain a strong and supportive Great Minds culture in all work environments, with an emphasis on trust, collegiality, curiosity, and quality
• Perform other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for and commitment to the importance of high-quality, knowledge-rich curriculum
• Commitment to high standards, instructional quality, and continuous improvement for oneself and others
• Receptivity to feedback with a focus on reflective practice
• Highly collaborative with the ability to consistently exhibit diplomacy, tact, and integrity
• Appreciation for the challenges and victories faced everyday by educators and their leaders working toward improving student learning outcomes
• Empathy, curiosity, and the desire to continually grow as a learner
• Deep belief that every child is capable of greatness

Benefits

• The base salary range for this position is $87,000-$95,000, 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
• Remote
• The Success Lead may travel up to 50% of the time, depending on location