Senior Director, Total Rewards

Who We Are

Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. As a for-profit, Public Benefit Corporation, we believe all students deserve access to meaningful, challenging content—and all teachers deserve tools that are intuitive, effective, and built for the realities of today’s classrooms. We develop high-quality, knowledge-rich math, science and ELA curricula grounded in research and designed in collaboration with educators. Our materials reflect real classroom needs and are built to drive lasting student outcomes.

We are committed to usability, coherence, and practical implementation—supporting teachers not just through curriculum, but with professional learning, purposeful technology, and responsive service that enable strong adoption and impact.

What We Build

Our products—Eureka Math and Eureka Math², Wit & Wisdom, PhD Science, Geodes, and the newly launched Arts & Letters ELA—are trusted by thousands of schools and districts nationwide. Eureka Math is the most widely used math curriculum in the U.S., and is focused on balancing conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application. Wit & Wisdom® and Arts & Letters ELA™ anchor our reading strategy with content-rich, grade-level instruction that integrates literature, history, and the arts, grounded in the science of reading. Geodes® complements our reading suite with decodable texts that pair phonics with meaningful content to support early literacy. PhD Science is a hands-on K-5 Science program that sparks curiosity as students build enduring knowledge of how the scientific world works. These programs reflect a shared belief in high expectations, joyful rigor, and deep respect for educators and students.

Where We’re Headed

Great Minds is entering a new stage of growth and product maturity. We are focused on building more connected, customer-informed experiences across the full educator journey—from curriculum to professional learning to platform and support. Our long-term vision is to become a true partner in impact—not just delivering curriculum, but supporting educators in achieving outcomes at scale.

Job Purpose

Great Minds is seeking a strategic and hands‑on leader to oversee our Total Rewards function. This role is critical in aligning our compensation and benefits strategies with the organization’s mission and growth goals and will lead and manage enterprise‑wide reward programs and compensation governance while acting as a key integrator across HR, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and HR Systems. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in designing competitive, scalable rewards programs to enhance employee experience, support data‑driven decision making, and drive operational excellence by building controls and decision frameworks that support Great Minds’ mission.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Chief People Officer and Great Minds executives to craft and maintain a relevant, comprehensive compensation, benefits, and total rewards philosophy that accelerates Great Minds’ broader business strategy infused with key market insights and current best practices.
• Lead and develop a forward-thinking, lean Total Rewards team of benefits and compensation professionals, fostering strong collaboration within the team and building trusted partnerships across the organization.
• Evaluate market trends and benchmarks to ensure competitiveness and cost-effectiveness of rewards program through market benchmarking, utilization analysis, and employee feedback.
• Lead annual strategic planning for rewards programs and budgets in close partnership with Finance.
• Serve as a primary integrator across HR, Payroll, Finance, Legal, and Systems to ensure compensation programs are governed, understood, and reliably executed.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners to navigate competing needs between internal, non-HR stakeholders and the overall business.
• Lead people-centric communication and change management efforts related to total rewards initiatives.