Director, Learning Experience Design Science

Job Overview:

Are you an educational visionary who believes that learning resources should be as joyful and intuitive as they are effective? A lot of EdTech products out there lack inspiration—but we aren't interested in building standard products.

As the Director of Learning Experience Design Science, you will champion the pedagogical vision for science across our science portfolio in collaboration with leaders from literacy and math. We are looking for a rare blend of creative product taste, deep analytical capability, and strong operational skills. You will lead a high-performing team of Learning Experience Designers to turn complex research on student learning into innovative, highly differentiated, impactful, and genuinely fun-to-use digital experiences.

This is a high-visibility leadership role requiring an innovator who can leverage both quantitative data insights and creative intuition to advance product excellence and drive measurable student outcomes.

Job Responsibilities:

Creative Product Innovation & Differentiation

• Champion Product Taste: Set a high benchmark for efficacy, creativity, usability, and fun that comes from the intrinsic engagement of exploring scientific principles and solving problems.
• Translate Vision to Artifacts: Work with a team of Learning Experience Designers to drive the development of engaging instructional artifacts (scopes, sequences, prototypes) that reflect learning science, standards-alignment, and equity-driven, culturally responsive pedagogy.
• Drive Discovery: Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Creative Services, and others to design in partnership with end users for forward-looking initiatives, driving the organization’s capacity to design and refine our solutions based on real feedback from teachers and students.

Content Leadership

• Create Learning Experiences: Coach and support your team in creating the content for learning resources and experiences.
• Champion Formative Research: Establish robust frameworks for content creation, gathering feedback to inform and improve resources.
• Leverage Learning Science: Work with a team of Learning Experience Designers to create learning design briefs, logic models, and support post-release research done by our efficacy team to prove our products work.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Marketing and Go-to-Market teams to ensure our product narratives authentically reflect our unique learning philosophy and market-leading positioning.

Culture & Operational Leadership

• Nurture Talent: Manage, coach, and inspire LXD team members, fostering an inclusive culture focused on collaboration, pedagogical excellence, and innovation.
• Scale with Precision: Manage capacity planning, project budgets, and external vendors. Optimize workflows for multi-format content creation, including the innovative use of AI tools.

Job Requirements:

• Experience: 8+ years in learning experience design or educational content development.
• 3+ years leading or managing teams in an iterative, fast-paced product development environment.
• 3+ years of K-12 classroom teaching experience (or equivalent applied experience).
• The Analytical Edge: Demonstrated experience using data, analytics, and codesign to guide product iterations and design decisions.
• Creative Portfolio: A proven track record of conceptualizing and launching highly engaging, interactive digital learning experiences.
• Domain & Leadership Expertise: Deep knowledge of national/state academic standards, the K-12 competitive landscape, and experience managing external vendors or large-scale content pipelines.
• Leadership experience within an EdTech company or modern educational publishing house.
• Experience designing specifically for digital platforms

Why Work for Us

When you join ExploreK12™, you become part of a mission to help educators unlock brighter futures for every student.

As a trusted leader in educational technology, we serve more than 17 million students and educators across 150+ countries with innovative, research-backed learning solutions that truly make a difference. Our flagship products—Gizmos™, Raz-Plus®, and Reflex™—are beloved by educators and students alike for being as practical and effective as they are fun.

To learn more about our organization and the exciting work we do, visit www.ExploreK12.com.

Remote First Work Environment 

Our Remote First approach gives employees the flexibility and trust they need to effectively balance work with life. It creates a culture in which all employees are valued and where success is measured in results. It allows us to work collaboratively, inclusively and for greater positive impact, regardless of our individual locations.

If you will be working remotely, either occasionally or on a permanent basis, you must have a reliable internet connection through a cable or fiber-optic broadband service with minimum speeds of 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.

The successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in video-based interviews during the recruiting process and ongoing virtual meetings with their camera on, as part of their role. To maintain confidentiality and ensure a fair evaluation process, the use of note-taking tools, reference materials, or AI-powered tools (including generative AI, language models, or similar technologies) during interviews or other selection activities is prohibited unless prior written approval has been obtained from the People Experience team. If you require an exception for medical, accessibility, or other reasons, please contact your Talent Acquisition team member to discuss accommodations in advance.

As part of our Remote-First benefits, Cambium offers reimbursement to help cover the cost of setting up your home or remote office.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas, and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender, gender identity/expression, or sexual orientation), national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or genetic information (including family medical history).

We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  You may request an accommodation during the recruiting process with your Talent Acquisition team member.