Job Description:
The Sr. Director, Curriculum is a skilled senior leader who cares deeply about technology education and possesses a proven ability to direct content creation across a broad range of technical domains. This role is responsible for co-creating, in coordination with the VP of Content, Pluralsight's topical content strategy, determining which technologies/topics are covered, to what extent, on what time horizon. Core to this role is an innovative outlook on how technical content creation is evolving and what steps need to be taken to modernize on-demand learning. In this role, the Sr. Director will be evangelizing Pluralisight's content story and leading to the future of Pluralsight's content offering.
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Who you're committed to being:
- A technologist who works tirelessly to keep their knowledge current and fresh
- A content professional who is driven by creating world-class, professional-level content. What you value in content creation mirrors our content values:
- We value quality over quantity
- We value impact and engagement over speed of production
- We value the learner's time
- We value the learner's attention
- We embrace technology
- We value innovation and creativity over tradition and convention
- A lifelong learner with an insatiable curiosity and an intrinsic desire to share what they learn
- A business-minded professional who can translate company-level business objectives into team-level key results and motivate a team to deliver
- An empathic leader who leverages data, experience, and sound judgment to solve complex problems and rally support for solutions
- An intuitive communicator who can speak and relate to a multitude of audiences
What you'll do:
Curriculum Design and Development
- Co-creation and execution of the content roadmap that informs the work of our curriculum teams, and in turn, the entirety of our author network
- Design and implementation of new, innovative content styles intended to create repeated, progressive learner engagement
- Accountability for the content creation and maintenance budget, inclusive of course completion fees
Leadership
- Direction of a team of content professionals which includes direct management of a team of Curriculum Directors, and in-direct management of their teams of Curriculum Managers and Project Coordinators. This will necessitate:
- Leading with inspiration and the ability to communicate a vision that motivates others to create
- Owning the outcomes of your team and the work they produce, both from a roadmap and quality perspective
- Attracting, hiring, and retaining A-level talent
Collaboration & Communication
- Co-creation of a singular content workflow, inclusive of processes, tooling, and reporting
- Curriculum representation in meetings and presentations with customers and potential customers in a manner that boosts their confidence and their desire to buy Pluralsight
- Collaboration with Marketing, Public Relations, Revenue, and Professional Services to co-create measurably successful go-to-market narratives and campaigns
- Cross-functional efforts with Product, Engineering, and Data Science
- Team representation at Skills and Content All Hands as well as author events such as Author Summit and customer events such as Navigate
- Close collaboration with all members of the Content leadership team
Experience you'll bring:
- Proven experience as a leader of leaders
- Technical subject matter expertise in at least one domain of technology and conversational literacy across all
- Experience successfully setting and executing data-driven content strategies
- Experience building and directing geographically distributed teams comprised of differing roles and skill sets
Requirements:
- 7+ years track record in technical education, specifically on-demand eLearning/SaaS
Travel Requirements:
While Pluralsight operates under a remote and hybrid work model, we believe that in-person connection and collaboration are important. Recurring travel to our HQ in Utah may be required depending on the role and team member location.
Why you'll love working here:
- We're remote- and hybrid-friendly
- We're mission driven and guided by our culture pillars
- We have a strong commitment to diversity and belonging
- We cultivate a culture of trust, autonomy, and collaboration
- We're lifelong learners and champion team member growth and advancement
- We've got you covered - team member benefits include competitive compensation packages, medical coverage, unlimited PTO and Summer Fridays, wellness reimbursements, Pluralsight subscription, professional development funds and more.
About us:
We're Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company that helps teams build better by knowing more and working better together. Using our Skills, Flow, and Cloud products, teams can develop critical skills, improve processes and gain data-driven insights.
Learning and development are at the core of who we are. We're out to help every technologist build better, and we're looking for curious, talented people to help us inspire and empower the tech workforce to achieve their goals. Our culture of autonomy, continuous learning, and collaboration creates an environment for growth and empowers us to drive impact through innovation.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
Work is performed in an office (or home office) environment and requires the ability to operate office equipment and keyboards. Sedentary work. Repetitive work. Ability to perform tasks related to documentation, data analysis, transcription and extensive content analysis. Learn new tasks, remember processes, complete tasks independently, and make timely decisions in the context of a workflow.
EEOC Statement
Bring yourself. Pluralsight is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or protected veteran status. Pluralsight will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Please visit the bottom of our website to learn how to request an accommodation.
For more information on Pluralsight's commitment to building a more diverse and inclusive workforce, please review our most recent Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging report here.
The annual US base salary range for this role is $166,600 - $205,700 USD. Pluralsight's pay ranges vary based on work location. Talent Acquisition can share more detail during the hiring process when applicable. Each candidate's compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. In addition to the base salary, this role may also be eligible for benefits and bonuses.
Applications must be submitted within 90 days after the initial posting date to be considered.
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