Vice President, Talent Strategy

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.

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 visionary, execution-oriented leader to define, operationalize, and scale its approach to culture and talent strategy. A deliberate culture and values reset is underway and this role will be central to shaping how Great Minds attracts, develops, and retains the talent it needs to deliver on its mission. The leader will design and own the systems, frameworks, and programs that make up the enterprise talent architecture spanning workforce planning, job and career frameworks, performance management, learning and leadership development, succession planning, talent reviews, culture and ways of working. Anchored within HR and reporting to the Chief People Officer, the role operates in close partnership with the Chief Strategy Officer ensuring talent priorities are directly connected to Great Minds’ strategic direction.

Responsibilities

• Workforce Planning and Talent Strategy:
• Internalize Great Minds’ near- and long-term strategic direction and work closely across all functions to define the capability and skill requirements by function, level, and time horizon needed to meet growth objectives.
• Translate strategic direction into a rigorous workforce plan (buy, build, borrow) in close partnership with the leadership team; partner with executive leaders on pathways to address gaps and execute against the plan.
• Manage job architecture and career frameworks that create clarity, fairness, and growth pathways across the organization.
• Coach leaders on critical talent identification to provide clear visibility into bench strength, succession plans, and development priorities.
• Lead the Inclusion & Belonging agenda by reviewing the current state and building a sustainable approach integrated into the talent system.
• Develop and maintain an organization design framework that supports strategic goals.