Manager, PD Content Development

The purpose of Zearn

Zearn is the nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to inspire all kids to love learning math. Everything we do is driven by our belief that every kid is a math kid.

Our top-rated learning platform is designed to catch kids up and move them forward in grade-level math. And it works. Large-scale efficacy research shows students who use Zearn make significant gains in math proficiency, including the students who start multiple grade levels behind.

As a nonprofit, all of our work is driven by what is best for kids. At the same time, we operate as an intense and fast-moving technology company, inclusively solving hard problems that will impact current and future generations. The problems we solve require expertise in teaching, learning science, software development, design, video production, and countless other disciplines. As an organization that is always stretching to get to the next level of impact, every single person owns mission critical work.

If you’re ready to join our Team of problem solvers, and own work that will drive us to achieve impact at scale, we are looking for you.

Learn more about us at https://about.zearn.org/.

The Manager of PD Content Development brings Zearn’s professional learning strategy to life by creating and maintaining high-quality, facilitator-ready materials that help teachers and leaders succeed with Zearn. This role ensures that every professional development experience, whether delivered nationally or customized for partners, reflects our instructional vision, aligns with product updates, and models the best of adult learning practices. By managing the systems, processes, and continuous improvement cycles for PD content, this role ensures our materials remain clear, current, and deeply connected to the realities of the classroom. Working across PD Delivery, Product, and Partnerships, the Manager of PD Content Development keeps Zearn’s professional learning both grounded in educator experience and scaled for impact. This is achieved by:

Developing and evolving PD content to ensure clarity, alignment, and impact.

• Plan, manage, and execute a scalable system for regularly updating Zearn’s professional learning materials, including both an annual refresh and ongoing updates as needed, ensuring they reflect evolving product updates and new instructional learnings, and define clear workflows for drafting, review, and rollout to ensure materials consistently strengthen teacher practice.
• With input from the broader Zearn team (e.g. Academics, Partnerships, Marketing), develop and adapt PD materials (including handouts, activities, and case studies) that strengthen teacher practice post-training and reflect state or partner priorities while maintaining fidelity to Zearn's instructional voice.
• Develop session proposals and presentations for conferences and webinars, and represent Zearn at regional, localized events to ensure clear, consistent external-facing PD.
• Collaborate with product and academic teams to develop and adapt PD materials that connect classroom training to in-app experiences, creating and curating content, including scripts for shorter asynchronous videos, to extend learning beyond live sessions.
• Ensure every resource is accurate, executable, and consistent with Zearn’s national messaging and adult learning best practices.

Managing continuous PD content systems and collaboration to deliver quality at scale.

• Coordinate the full-year PD revision calendar, managing internal deadlines, external certification timelines, and learning cycles so that all teams (e.g., internal and external facilitators, Partnerships) have the materials and knowledge to support educator partners.
• Maintain clear systems for version control, timelines, and contributor coordination.
• Partner across PD Delivery, Product, Academic, and Marketing teams to ensure PD materials are facilitator-ready, localized when needed, and consistent in tone, structure, and instructional intent across sessions and platforms.
• Build and manage your own systems to stay ahead of deadlines and coordinate across multiple teams. Anticipate bottlenecks, solve problems independently, and maintain organized, transparent documentation of progress.

Synthesizing insights from the field to drive continuous content improvement.

• Facilitate on-site and virtually nearly full time from late July through September, on Election Day, and in the first week of January to stay grounded in educator experience, meet customer demand, and ensure content remains relevant and accurate.
• Gather and analyze data from facilitators, partners, and states using existing feedback systems; propose content updates for the PD Content Director’s review and refine these systems as needed to capture stronger insights.
• Propose content updates for the Director’s review and continuously refine systems to capture stronger, more actionable data and feedback that inform future improvements.
• Translate field feedback and usage patterns into actionable recommendations for the Director of PD Content and the broader PD roadmap.
• Leverage these insights to inform future updates and ensure PD remains relevant and effective across diverse educator contexts.

Example Problems to Be Solved

• How can we continuously improve PD content so it stays clear, actionable, and tightly aligned with evolving product updates while improving teacher behavior post-training?
• How do we gather and synthesize feedback from facilitators, partners, and states to surface meaningful trends and drive content updates, refining existing feedback systems as needed?
• How can we streamline versioning and revision systems so PD updates happen predictably, efficiently, and with transparency across teams, including internal deadlines, external certification timelines, and learning cycles?
• How can we adapt national PD materials to state- or partner-specific needs without diluting Zearn’s instructional voice or quality standards, while reflecting each state’s policies, standards, and classroom realities?
• How do we connect PD to in-app learning so teachers can apply what they learn in training directly to the product experience?
• How can we create systems and templates that support collaboration across PD Delivery, Product, Academic, Marketing, and Partnerships teams, making content creation easier without reinventing the wheel?

The Skills & Behaviors You’ll Use

Exceptional Communication and Clarity
You craft content that is clear, compelling, and easy for facilitators to use, bringing structure to complex ideas and ensuring instructional intent shines through.

Instructional Design & Adult Learning Expertise
You understand how adults learn and apply that knowledge to build PD experiences that are engaging, reflective, and practical for educators.

Process and Systems Thinking
You design repeatable, scalable systems for managing content updates, ensuring that creativity and operational rigor coexist.

Data-Informed Decision-Making
You use data from the field, facilitator feedback, partner insights, and usage patterns—to inform and prioritize PD content improvements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
You work seamlessly across PD, Product, and Partnerships, ensuring alignment and creating shared ownership for PD content quality and outcomes.

Continuous Improvement Mindset
You take feedback seriously, act on it quickly, and constantly look for ways to make PD materials more effective and impactful for educators.

Potential Markers of These Skills

• 5–7 years of experience in professional learning, curriculum design, or instructional content development, ideally within K–8 education or edtech.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining educator-facing materials, facilitator guides, or professional learning resources.
• Familiarity with adult learning theory and facilitation best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex revision cycles and version control processes.
• Track record of cross-team collaboration and successful on-time project delivery.
• Passion for supporting educators and a commitment to Zearn’s mission of helping all students learn and love math.
  

Measures of Success

• 90%+ of internal and external facilitators confirm PD content is clear and executable.
• 100% of PD updates delivered on time and aligned to the team’s roadmap.
• Great Minds PD delivered on time and aligned to the guidelines in the contract.  
• PD content quality and clarity consistently rated as high by facilitators and partners.
• Data-driven insights and proposed improvements clearly documented and used to inform the next-year PD roadmap.
• Partner and state-specific PD materials stay up to date and consistent with national messaging.

HOW WE WORK

• We aim to create a numeracy movement. This is no easy feat, and no one of us can solve this on our own.  Given that, Zearn is a transparent, collaborative, and open-to-feedback culture. 
• This team has to work in close collaboration and partnership with the other Academics teams.  One of which focuses on delivery, and the other on the tools that help fit Zearn within existing contexts and curricula.
• As a result, our work is often collaborative in nature:
• We own our deliverables in close collaboration with the entire Academic Team
• We maintain Factor boards for our strategies, and share early thinking and drafts often.
• We often must support other parts of Zearn through collaborative influence.

LOCATION 

This role is remote and can be performed in any of the following states/locations:  

CA, CT, FL, IL, LA, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C.  

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The compensation range for this role is $90,000 - $100,000 per year.

We offer a competitive benefits package, including comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, 401K matching, parental leave, a generous Holiday policy and a flexible PTO policy. We also offer a collegial and passionate culture and the potential to positively impact the lives of millions of children.

TO APPLY: https://apply.workable.com/j/1CEA2A0383

Zearn is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.