COMPANY PROFILE
Great Minds, a mission driven Public Benefit Corporation, brings teachers and scholars together to craft exemplary instructional materials that inspire joy in teaching and learning. Our English curriculum, Wit & Wisdom®, Eureka Math™ and PhD Science™, all support teachers as they take students beyond rote learning to provide a deeper, more complete understanding of the humanities, mathematics, and the sciences. Founded in 2007, Great Minds now employs more than 1,000 people.
For additional information please visit: www.greatminds.org
OUR MARKET POSITION
Great Minds’ Eureka Math is the most widely used curriculum in the history of American education. It enjoys an unrivaled 40+ net promoter score. Eureka and its sister products, Wit & Wisdom English and PhD Science, embrace much higher expectations for all students and all teachers. In a market dominated by scripted, procedural materials that drive expectations down, Great Minds produces curricula that celebrate knowledge, respect the craft of teaching, and acknowledge the true capabilities of students.
Job Purpose
Seeking a highly intellectually curious and experienced transformation project leader to accelerate Great Minds towards our strategic objectives. The Sr. Director, Transformation is a key part of the Transformation Office and supports the Chief Transformation Officer and the Executive Leadership Team to define, lead, and launch high-velocity key initiatives that deliver capabilities critical to accelerating organizational growth or scale strategies. These initiatives may span organizational and operating model design, new technology implementation and process optimization, or capability development.
This role will work closely with and influence cross-functional internal teams and customers to think big and design transformation strategies and solutions rooted in the customer experience. This role must be highly strategic and adept at navigating ambiguous environments with a strong “bias for action” to bring velocity to the pace of change for the organization.
Responsibilities
Support Chief Transformation Officer to define 3-5 year transformation objectives and roadmap by collaborating with Great Minds' executive leadership team
Create compelling cases for change through storytelling and facts for leadership and the organization
Shape key transformation initiatives via written briefs and generate value creation models to support and scope investment cases
Drive one or two concurrent transformation initiatives to successful implementation and effectively lead informal, matrixed, and dotted-line team(s) of business partners, change managers, and external contractors through complex and ambiguous work
Work side-by-side with internal teams and partners in initiatives to drive lasting change and results and gets hands-on in designing and building new tools, systems, and ways of working
Act as a change leader across Great Minds and provide training, coaching, and leadership development to ensure leaders are intentionally and actively building their capacity to change and achieve greater effectiveness
Work in partnership with Analytics teams to use analytics on projects to quantify problems, guide solution development, and develop monitoring plans to measure solution effectiveness after launch
Use facts and data to facilitate high-bar, data-driven inspection and decision making
Apply methods of rapid-cycle hypothesis testing and proof-of-concepts to build and scale new tools, systems, processes, and ways of working
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