Senior Director, Program (STEM)

Senior Director, Program for a 125+ employee (and growing) remote education non-profit providing professional learning to K-12 educators nationally
Type of Vacancy: Salaried, full-timeStart date: August-September 2025Location Preference: While this is a remote position, we strongly prefer candidates who reside in the Northeastern United States (NY, NJ, PA, MA, VT, NH, ME, CT, RI, MD, DE, DC) due to the regional focus of this role. Applicants from other locations are still encouraged to apply. Report to: Chief Program Officer (CPO) or Senior Director, ProgramSupervises: 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.Compensation: The full salary range for this position is $125,000 - $189,074 annually. This range represents the full earning potential for the role, including opportunities for salary growth over time based on performance, tenure, and organizational budget. The anticipated hiring range for this position is $125,000 - $164,889. Teaching Lab will generally cap salaries for new employees at 105% of the midpoint of the full salary range ($164,889) to allow for continued growth in the role over time. There are two types of experience being considered for this role: Experience that is directly relevant to the role and Total Working Experience, in all fields. This includes: internships, part-time work, and consulting work. In collaboration with the hiring manager, the People and Culture team calculates experience based on the candidate’s most current resume. When calculating the offer, consideration is given to candidates who possess additional qualifications (i.e., desired qualifications). Areas of Expertise: Programmatic Leadership: Setting the vision for instructional management at the system level and implementing a strategy to coach district and state educational leaders (e.g., Superintendents, Chiefs) in alignment with that vision; leading teams to achieve excellent outcomes for students. People Leadership: Effective management and coaching of direct reports and project team members across lines of difference. Leader Coaching: Coaching school or district leaders to maximize time, talent, and curricular resources that support the delivery of high-quality STEM instruction. Instructional Expertise: Deep knowledge of high-quality STEM instructional materials (HQIM) and research-based practices in math and science education, with a focus on fostering conceptual understanding and equitable access for all learners.
Teaching Lab is an equal-opportunity employer committed to reflecting the diversity of the students we serve. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this role.
WHO WE ARETeaching 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.
SUMMARY OF POSITIONThe Senior Director, Program helps set Teaching Lab’s programmatic goals, creates the systems, strategies, and processes for meeting goals, delegates work to team members, and leads the implementation of these systems and processes to meet the programmatic goals. The Senior Director, Program’s work stream is either more complex than that of a Director, or they have more experience in the role compared to a Director, or they may manage a larger group of people in the organization. The Senior Director, Program will often lead projects that require greater complexity,  cross-project, and cross-departmental collaboration. This role is critical in Teaching Lab’s mission to positively impact educator practice in service of increased student learning. 
Frequent travel is required for this role.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Primary responsibilities for the Senior Director, Program include:


• Support the development of Teaching Lab’s programmatic strategy and leadership of the programmatic division
• Help set and review programmatic goals and develop programmatic strategy with the CPO and other Senior Directors, Program
• Identif