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Khan Academy Kids is seeking a Senior Strategy & Operations Manager to define and execute their product strategy, enhancing their impact on early childhood education. The ideal candidate will leverage strategic analysis and market research to drive initiatives and identify growth opportunities.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include conducting strategic analysis, market research, defining product strategy, and developing go-to-market strategies. The role also involves partnership development to expand global impact.

Skills: Candidates should have 4+ years of experience in strategy consulting, product management, or business development, with strong analytical skills and experience in market research and competitive analysis, preferably in EdTech or early childhood education.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include industry experience in early childhood education, ed-tech, and/or the non-profit sector, with bonus points for knowledge in AI, curriculum development, and global education markets.

Location: This full-time hybrid role prefers candidates to work 2-3 days a week from the Khan Kids office in San Mateo, CA.

Compensation: $127423 - $159279 / Annually

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 155 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.

OUR COMMUNITY 

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve. We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

THE ROLE

The Khan Academy Kids team is looking for a dynamic and driven Senior Strategy & Operations Manager to join our team. As a Senior Strategy & Operations Manager, you will play an important role in defining and executing our product strategy and grow our impact on early childhood education. You’ll work closely with leadership to identify market opportunities and drive high-impact initiatives as we explore new technologies and new products.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Analysis: Develop and refine strategies to expand our reach, enhance our products, and drive our impact
• Market Research & Competitive Analysis: Identify emerging trends, new technologies, learner needs, and competitive forces to inform product and content strategy
• Product Strategy: Define and refine product positioning to ensure product-market fit and differentiation 
• Product Innovation: Stay ahead of technical and AI developments and learning innovations to inform product decisions. Work with product and engineering teams to evaluate and determine technical solutions
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage analytics to inform iterative improvements, optimize strategies, and ensure measurable impact
• Go-to-Market Strategies: Design and execute strategies for entering new markets and global regions, launching new products, and scaling existing initiatives
• Partnership Development: Identify and cultivate strategic partnerships to expand our impact globally

This is a full-time hybrid position. We have a preference for candidates who can work 2-3 days a week from the Khan Kids office in San Mateo, CA

WHAT YOU BRING

• 4+ years of experience in strategy consulting, product management, business development, or related fields (preferably in EdTech or early childhood education)
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into into clear and compelling written and verbal narratives and actionable solutions
• Experience in market research, financial modeling, and competitive analysis
• A strong entrepreneurial and self-starter mindset, with a willingness to roll up your sleeves to help the team get the work done
• ​​Industry experience in early childhood education, ed-tech, and/or the non-profit sector preferred
• Bonus points for experience with AI speech recognition, curriculum development, language learning, and/or global education markets
• Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of other, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team extremely well! We offer:

• Competitive salaries
• Ample paid time off as needed – Your well-being is a priority.
• Remote-first culture - that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed, at times
• Generous parental leave
• An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best
• The chance to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education
• Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups
• And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and life

At Khan Academy we are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, the well-being of our employees, and our Khan community. This belief is why we have built out a robust Total Rewards package that includes competitive base salaries, and extensive benefits and perks to support physical, mental, and financial well-being.

The target salary range for this position is $127,423 - $159,279 USD. The pay range for this position is a general guideline only. The salary offered will depend on internal pay equity and the candidate’s relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and job market data. Exceptional performers in this role who make an outsized contribution can make well in excess of this range. Additional incentives are provided as part of the complete total rewards package in addition to comprehensive medical and other benefits.

MORE ABOUT US

• Sal’s TED talk from 2011
• Sal’s TED talk from 2015
• Sal's TED talk from 2023
• Our team: http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team

OUR COMPANY VALUES

Live & breathe learners

We deeply understand and empathize with our users. We leverage user insights, research, and experience to build content, products, services, and experiences that our users trust and love. Our success is defined by the success of our learners and educators.

Take a stand

As a company, we have conviction in our aspirational point of view of how education will evolve. The work we do is in service to moving towards that point of view. However, we also listen, learn and flex in the face of new data, and commit to evolving this point of view as the industry and our users evolve.

Embrace diverse perspectives

We are a diverse community. We seek out and embrace a diversity of voices, perspectives and life experiences leading to stronger, more inclusive teams and better outcomes. As individuals, we are committed to bringing up tough topics and leaning into different points of view with curiosity. We actively listen, learn and collaborate to gain a shared understanding. When a decision is made, we commit to moving forward as a united team.

Work responsibly and sustainably

We understand that achieving our audacious mission is a marathon, so we set realistic timelines and we focus on delivery that also links to the bigger picture. As a non-profit, we are supported by the generosity of donors as well as strategic partners, and understand our responsibility to our finite resources. We spend every dollar as though it were our own. We are responsible for the impact we have on the world and to each other. We ensure our team and company stay healthy and financially sustainable.

Bring out the joy

We are committed to making learning a joyful process. This informs what we build for our users and the culture we co-create with our teammates, partners and donors.

Cultivate learning mindset

We believe in the power of growth for learners and for ourselves. We constantly learn and teach to improve our offerings, ourselves, and our organization. We learn from our mistakes and aren’t afraid to fail. We don't let past failures or successes stop us from taking future bold action and achieving our goals.

Deliver wow

We insist on high standards and deliver delightful, effective end-to-end experiences that our users can rely on. We choose to focus on fewer things — each of which aligns to our ambitious vision — so we can deliver high-quality experiences that accelerate positive measurable learning with our strategic partners.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply.

As part of this commitment, Khan Academy will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact careers@khanacademy.org