Senior Director, Program (Math)

• WHO WE ARE
• Teaching Lab is a nonprofit organization with a mission to fundamentally shift the paradigm of teacher professional learning. We envision a world where teachers and students thrive together in communities that enable life-long learning and meaningful lives. In partnership with teachers, we transform professional learning from the ground up to dramatically improve student outcomes. We also work with school, district, and state leaders to create the instructional systems necessary to support these changes. To learn more about Teaching Lab, explore our website at www.teachinglab.org .

• OUR VALUES
• Teaching Lab seeks to fundamentally shift the paradigm of teacher professional learning in pursuit of excellent educational outcomes for every child.

Teaching Lab’s ultimate goals are:

Educators learn more than they would without us

Students learn more than they would without us, in a way that cannot be predicted by race, gender, or family income

Educators we serve say they love our approach, and they want to keep doing it to advance educational equity

All employees are expected to embrace Teaching Lab’s Values to help us achieve our ultimate goals.

Collaboration & Responsive Service

Resilient Solution-Finding

Research & Learning With Humility

Accountable Excellence

Equity & Justice

Read more about Teaching Lab’s Values here .

• Type of Vacancy: Salaried (Full-Time)
• Start Date: September 2026
• Location: NE US: While this is a remote position, we strongly prefer candidates who reside in the Northeastern United States (NY, NJ, PA, MA, CT, VT, ME, RI) due to the regional focus of this role. Applicants from other locations are still encouraged to apply.
• Department: Program
• Reports To: Chief Professional Education Officer
• Supervises: Often supervises Director(s), Program, Senior Manager(s), Program, and/or other Senior Director(s), Program. Dependent on the project, the Senior Director, Program is often a Project Leader with project team supervision responsibilities
• Travel: Remote with frequent travel
• Compensation: $125,000 to $164,889
• Areas of Expertise: Programmatic Leadership Strategy: Helping set and advance programmatic goals and strategy, including identifying partnership challenges and innovating solutions to improve teaching and learning at scale. Math Content Expertise: Serving as a content-area expert in math curriculum and instruction, applying deep knowledge of College- and Career-Ready math standards to shape programmatic decisions and build team members' content expertise. Project and Team Leadership: Leading complex, cross-project and cross-departmental initiatives, managing programmatic projects and team members across content development, state/district implementation, and coaching/facilitation.

• ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
• The Program department’s primary purpose is to design, deliver, and continuously improve teacher professional learning programs that strengthen instructional practice and drive student achievement. The team’s main functions include managing and implementing scopes of work with partners, providing coaching and professional learning for teachers and leaders, and creating research-based content and learning assets tailored to partner needs. The Program department contributes to Teaching Lab’s mission by ensuring that every partnership drives measurable impact on teacher practice and student learning, advancing educational equity at scale.

• ABOUT THE ROLE
• The Senior Director, Program's primary responsibility is to help set Teaching Lab's programmatic goals and lead the development and implementation of the systems, strategies, and processes needed to meet them. Along with the Chief Program Officer and other Senior Directors, Program, the Senior Director, Program will also hold responsibilities in the following areas:

Acting as a math content-area expert, applying deep math curriculum and instructional expertise to programmatic projects while building the content expertise of team members

Serving as Project Lead or Project Sponsor on complex, cross-project and cross-departmental initiatives, ensuring project success and sustainability

Designing and overseeing high-quality, research-based, user-centered professional learning content, services, and tools

Providing vision, direction, coaching, and oversight to direct reports, including hiring, evaluations, and workload management

The Senior Director, Program role is a managerial-level position with considerable management responsibilities. This role is essential to ensuring Teaching Lab's ability to positively impact math educator practice in service of increased student learning, particularly through complex, high-stakes partnerships that require cross-departmental coordination. Success in this position requires strong strategic thinking, effective people management, and deep content expertise.

• ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Education, Work Experience, and Knowledge

Bachelor's degree

Experience setting goals, creating the systems and processes for meeting the goals for educational programming

Experience creating the strategy for a team or business function

Track record of effective people management

Ten or more years of combined experience directing projects and leading teams

Ten or more years of combined experience planning and implementing projects

Ten or more years of combined experience working with partners outside of their organization to manage workflow or deliver services

Ten or more years of combined experience working in PK-12 education, with a minimum of two years of experience teaching PK-12 students from traditionally underserved backgrounds, with demonstrated evidence of impact

Ten or more years of combined experience leading or coaching the implementation of HQIM (in any subject area)

Deep knowledge and experience with College- and Career-Ready math content and practice standards

Experience designing impactful professional learning for educators

Experience facilitating impactful professional learning or coaching for educators

Experience leading relationships with clients and stakeholders in an education context

Experience teaching or coaching at least one of the following curricula:

Math (Amplify Desmos, Carnegie Learning, Envision Mathematics, EngageNY/EurekaMath, Illustrative Math, Into Math, iReady, Savvas, Skyline, Zearn Math)

Values, Skills, and Competencies

Strong commitment to growth mindset for both adults and students, with a desire to continuously strengthen instructional practices and team capabilities

Ability to design and deliver high-quality, evidence-based professional learning that advances teaching and learning outcomes

Compelling communication and facilitation skills that build engagement and influence across diverse educators and stakeholders

Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage complex projects, multiple priorities, and tight timelines in a fast-paced environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced degree

Experience providing professional learning support and services in and for consultative organizations

• STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND KEY SUCCESS INDICATORS (KSIs)
• All team members are accountable for achieving goals set in collaboration with their Home Manager, which are aligned with Teaching Lab’s annual goals, department goals, and Home Manager goals, as applicable.

Within the role, model the radical commitments for our values.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

All team members must be able to work a flexible schedule to support operational needs.

All team members must be able to perform the essential project, duties, and responsibilities with or without accommodation.

All team members are expected to support program/project needs, which could mean that you hold multiple roles on project teams (i.e., Project Lead, Project Sponsor, Coach Developer, Client Partnership Manager, Instructional Designer, Subject Mat