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Software Engineer
Company: Ascend Learning
Location: Other US Location
Posted Oct 16, 2023
Education and Experience Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalentWork experience in an Agile based development methodology or similar formal methodologies are requiredExperience with Linux systems, Kubernetes, Python, GitFamiliarity with Pulumi, Kafka, Postgres, ElasticSearch preferred Skills and Abilities Demonstrated organizational and teamwork skills, strong attention to detail, and a willingness to participate in collaborative development projectsExcellent problem-solving skills and an ability to translate a business scenario into an automated technical solutionExcellent verbal and written communication skills Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). The Software Engineer will have responsibility for developing, testing, implementing, and maintaining enhancements to our Kubernetes platform, containerized applications and CI/CD pipelines in a for-profit organization utilizing a variety of technologies. This is a full-time position working hybrid from our Leawood, KS office location. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. We believe in trust, transparency, freedom and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion and diversity of thought. No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Ascend Learning is headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and remote workers in cities across the U.S. Ascend Learning is hiring a Software Engineer for our Site Reliability Engineering team. Responsibilities Develop and support enhancements to Kubernetes, containerized applications and automated pipelines.Work closely with a high-performance team daily to design and implement automation across several different projects.Capable of working collaboratively with team members on different teams and in different locations.Provide technical expertise and troubleshooting as needed in order to support production issues.Actively participate in all relevant agile ceremonies for each project iteration. LI-NK1 Continual investment in our over 1500 employees is also a core principle realized through ongoing professional development and providing opportunities to grow, develop and lead.
Senior Business Design & Innovation Lead
Company: Ascend Learning
Location: Other US Location
Posted Oct 24, 2023
Ascend Learning is a leading provider of online educational solutions in various high-growth professions. They are passionate about accelerating learning and improving job readiness, employment success, and employee retention. Their culture is results-driven, selfless, and focused on customers. They invest in their employees through ongoing professional development. Ascend Learning is currently seeking a Senior Business Design & Innovation Lead to collaborate on designing cutting-edge learning experiences using technologies like generative AI and XR. The role involves leading multi-functional teams, conducting market analysis, facilitating ideation and prototyping activities, and coaching teams to develop valuable products and services. The ideal candidate should have 7+ years of experience in product design, UX, or product management, and a strong combination of analytical and creative skills.
Senior Talent Development Specialist
Company: Ascend Learning
Location: Other US Location
Posted Oct 13, 2023
Skills & Abilities Apply instructional design, adult learning principles, development, and authoring approaches aimed at delivering engaging learning experiences.Demonstrated, end-to-end project/program management experience: conception and initiation, planning, execution, performance/monitoring, and project close.Collaborate with the ability to brainstorm and bring new perspectives to the table.Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills to communicate effectively and credibly, both verbally and in writing, with audiences at all management levels.Keen attention to detail, action-oriented, and demonstrated ability to successfully move forward multiple projects simultaneously.Ability to build strong relationships, communicate with impact, and collaborate effectively across all functions and levels of the organization.Approximately 10-20% travel Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). Education & Experience Bachelor's Degree preferred or equivalent experience required.5+ years of growing experience in instructional design, learning and development, and talent development.Experience with a wide variety of instructional design tools and methodologies, including cutting-edge technology and concepts in areas of assessment, performance management, and career development. Responsibilities Develop and execute a comprehensive curriculum of learning experiences through collaboration with the HR and business leaders.Execute talent initiatives in support of our HR strategy, ensuring that programs have a transformational impact on the engagement and development of our team members.Manage the design, development, implementation, and evaluation learning and capability-building programs.Support ongoing Performance Management, Succession Management, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging initiatives.Collaborate with HR Business Partners, Brand/Communications Partners, and key stakeholders to execute solutions that will meet the needs of our team members and facilitate organizational success.Bring instructional design expertise and thought leadership to build innovative, scalable, and contemporary solutions to the talent organization.Manage relationships with existing vendors and identify and partner with additional vendors as needed. This position will be working a hybrid schedule from our Burlington, MA or Leawood, KS office location strongly preferred. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of success executing talent, learning, and development initiatives as well as emphasizing on-the-job learning opportunities supported by targeted high-impact formal programming. Remote will be considered. We believe in trust, transparency, freedom, and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion and diversity of thought. As a Senior Talent Development Specialist, you will help further design and execute the talent and learning and development strategies for the organization, enabling the growth of our people and our businesses. As a member of the HR team, you will have the opportunity to drive impact by enhancing our talent agenda to ensure Ascend Learning continues to be a career destination for exceptional talent.
Sales Enablement Manager
Company: Carnegie Learning
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posted Oct 03, 2023
Carnegie Learning is seeking a Sales Enablement Manager for a fully remote position in the Eastern Timezone, Pennsylvania. The role involves training, coaching, and empowering the sales team that works with educators across the country. The manager will develop and deliver training on K-12 Math, ELA, and World Language programs, as well as internal systems and processes. The ideal candidate should have deep knowledge of adult learning methodologies, excellent training and facilitation skills, strong communication and collaboration abilities, and proficiency with Google Suite and Microsoft Suite. Carnegie Learning offers a mission-driven culture, competitive benefits, and a flexible work environment.
Manager, HR Business Partner - West
Company: Learning Care Group
Location: Phoenix – Mesa – Scottsdale, AZ
Posted Sep 24, 2023
We support child development for infants to school-age students, through a comprehensive, research-based curriculum in a safe, nurturing, fun school environment. Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including total rewards, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity, and inclusion, learning and development, talent acquisition and management, and application of federal and state employment laws. Proficient time management, organizational skills, and ability to meet established deadlines. Strong analytical skills and the ability to quickly interpret data, identify trends, and recommend multiple solutions. Effective written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills. As experts in child care and early education, we empower children to be ready for school, we instill a lifelong love of learning, and we provide a solid foundation for a successful future. Excellent consulting and coaching skills. Our Promise To make a difference and have a positive impact on every child at our schools, their families, and the communities we serve every day. Working proficiency with HRIS systems and MS Office Suite Travel as needed, expected 15%, including overnight travel About Us Learning Care Group, Inc. is the second-largest for-profit child care provider in North America and a leader in early education. Strong business acumen with a keen aptitude to quickly assimilate new information relating to the drivers to company performance, the industry, and the marketplace.
Senior Product Design & Innovation Lead
Company: Ascend Learning
Location: Other US Location
Posted Oct 24, 2023
Ascend Learning is a leading provider of online educational solutions in various high-growth professions. They are passionate about accelerating learning and improving job readiness, employment success, and employee retention. Their culture is results-driven, selfless, and focused on customers. They are investing in their employees through ongoing professional development. Ascend Learning is currently seeking a Senior Product Design & Innovation Lead to collaborate on creating cutting-edge learning experiences using technologies like generative AI and XR. The role involves leading product design and innovation projects, conducting market analysis, facilitating ideation and prototyping activities, and coaching teams to develop valuable products and services. The ideal candidate should have 7+ years of experience in product design, leading multi-disciplinary teams, and bringing products to market. They should be comfortable with ambiguity, have strong analytical and creative skills, and excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Senior Data Engineer
Company: Ascend Learning
Location: Other US Location
Posted Oct 20, 2023
Ascend Learning is a leading provider of online educational solutions in high-growth professions. They are committed to accelerating learning, improving job readiness, and employee retention. The company is results-driven, customer-focused, and invests in its employees' growth. The Senior Data Engineer role involves designing and maintaining data pipelines, ensuring data accuracy, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has a degree in Computer Science, extensive data engineering experience, and proficiency in SQL, data warehousing, and cloud platforms.
Test Developer
Company: Ascend Learning
Location: Other US Location
Posted Sep 25, 2023
Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). Coordination across various departments is required to develop content, ensure content validity, communicate progress, and resolve issues. Use an internal database to create and maintain assessments (high stakes, low stakes, and certification) to predetermined specifications while meeting established deadlines and coordinating with cross-functional teams, including psychometrics, content experts, media development, and project management.Coordinate and lead Item Review meetings with content experts while transcribing the input of content experts, navigating an internal database, ensuring that everyone stays on task, and accounting for all test requirements.Responsible for documenting assembly tasks in detail, building tests, performing testing in a production environment, and coordinating to ensure that all issues are resolved before final product release.Copyedit products to ensure consistency with company standards.Understand the various steps within the test development process, why they are performed, and when they should be modified. Use this knowledge to contribute to process modification and/or the resolution of customer support inquiries.Assist manager to coordinate with IT teams to create, test, and release new functionality, prevent incidents, and troubleshoot issues.Provide administration and management of internal databases.Prepare pretest items and perform pretest rotations as needed to maintain bank health.Analyze assigned item bank and identify item development targets for content experts. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Position Summary This position is responsible for creating, maintaining, and editing assessments for Ascend Learning. Education & Experience Bachelor's DegreeTwo years' editing experienceProficiency with Microsoft Office Skills & Abilities Ability to trouble shoot and solve problems using available resourcesAbility to multitaskAbility to communicate effectivelyKnowledge of editing and proofreadingAbility to follow instructions carefully and thoroughlyAbility to plan and organize work, set priorities, and direct own activitiesDesire to take accountability of projects and qualityDesire and ability to work in a fast-paced environment Other Requirements: Must be able to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends. No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. We believe in trust, transparency, freedom, and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion and diversity of thought. The Test Developer is also responsible for beta testing assessments for quality and end-user functionality.
Marketing Manager
Company: Ascend Learning
Location: Other US Location
Posted Oct 20, 2023
Ascend Learning, a national leader in online educational solutions, is seeking a Marketing Manager for its ExamFX division. The role involves developing marketing strategies, creating customer communications, managing email campaigns, tracking campaign metrics, coordinating promotional materials, and working cross-functionally to build operational efficiencies. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in marketing or related field, 3-5 years of marketing experience, and proficiency in Adobe creative software. Knowledge of Sitefinity, Salesforce, and HubSpot is a plus.
Senior Director of Product Management - Cyber and Trades
Company: Ascend Learning
Location: Burlington
Posted Oct 16, 2023
This person needs to be a creative/critical thinker, a data-driven strategist, an innovator, a leader, a collaborator, and an evangelist for our customers and products. Responsibilities: Lead the cyber and trades product strategy, go to market launch and roadmap inclusive of content, tech milestones and deliverables to support current product portfolios as well as the future expansion/evolution.Coordinate GTM (go to market) activities, including aligning and managing sales, marketing and product management efforts.Drive the overall execution of product lifecycle management including strategy, development, launch, maintenance of products/solutions in all markets as part of a cross functional business team.Partner with Content Strategists, sales and engineering team to drive execution of holistic roadmapManage department-level and product budgetsResponsible for brand's product portfolio P&L and forecasting. Oversees pricing across brand's portfolio of products and solutions to ensure profitable growth.Collaborate with business and cross functional leaders/departments on strategic direction and growth opportunities for the broader organizationDefine and validate market problems, leading research approach with external and internal stakeholders as well as industry expertsLead approach and strategic effort for future market expansionOversee monitoring of the competitive landscape and strategy development for winning against the competitionIdentifying Potential Acquisition Targets, third party partners, and divestiture candidates along with participating in acquisition reviewsIdentify and lead third-party partnerships to expand reach and expand solution setsRigorously explore new mediums and opportunities for growth for faculty and learners, including use of AI, simulations and VR and expansion of learning modalities Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree; Master's preferred12+ Years in Product Management, Product Development, or related fieldExperience in high-tech, cybersecurity and trades education solutions preferredExperience with product management processes such as Pragmatic Marketing preferredExperience with Agile methodologies preferred Skills and Abilities: Determine customer needs and desires by specifying and conducting research, implementing rapid iterative loops to learn, build, and deliver.Expertise in researching and developing strong insights for the customer segments and the industry in which they work and understands the dynamics of cyber and trades marketsFamiliarity with the current technologies and content development in education markets, and with the emerging technologies that will serve them in the futureFluent in software product development, including quality and reliability techniquesSuperior business and data analysis acumenBoldness to create and shape markets whenever possible, exploiting Company technologies, market positions and brandAbility to synthesize market and customer feedback and existing and new products into solutionsExpertise delivering complex projects to meet demanding feature, cost, quality and introduction date targetsDemonstrable communication skills and ability to lead an organization to develop market leading products and solutionsProven communication skills and ability to influence colleaguesExcels at translating customer feedback, data, and intuition into high performing product solutionsStrong ability to guide and prioritize based on product solution and client needsProven ability to drive financial resultsStrong and effective decision maker Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). We believe in trust, transparency, freedom, and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion, and diversity of thought. Both markets are high-growth opportunities, and the Senior Director will lead strategic and tactical efforts to identify new market opportunities, new customers and solutions, and efforts to accelerate commercial success of the product lines. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. This position leads the creation and achievement of new solutions from idea to launch to ongoing adoption, usage and profitability. Reporting to the JBL/PSG General Manager, the ideal candidate will have a history of bringing new and impactful products and business models to market that produce measurable customer outcomes and business return on investment. If you enjoy working directly with customers to solve complex needs through innovative strategies that drive our business forward, this role could be for you. No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted.
School Operations Associate
Company: Parallel Learning
Location: Remote
Posted Oct 04, 2023
We provide a variety of services, including: Psychological Assessment & TherapyCounselingSpeech-Language TherapySpecial EducationAnd more!Want to know what it's like working here? We connect students with qualified professionals while significantly reducing waiting times, costs, and confusion. To us, this means helping them build confidence in their unique strengths and create strategies to work around their challenges. Parallel simplifies the process of getting support for learning differences by consolidating providers and resources on a single platform. You will support multiple schools at a given time, and work alongside the school implementation team by owning scheduling, and other service logistics. You will be responsible for all operational aspects of service delivery for your assigned schools. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to:Make an impactHelp transform an antiquated industryWork somewhere mission-drivenWork somewhere flexible, supportive, and collaborativeWork somewhere with unparalleled opportunities for growthJoin a female-led and DEI-focused organizationWork somewhere that is team-oriented and where people are equipped to succeedJoin a fast-growing startup, backed by top VCs, on the ground floorWhat You’ll DoMaintain relationships with individual school sites and their assigned providers, acting as their primary point of contact on all matters related to care delivery (ongoing sessions & assessments)Answering client questions and resolving issues as they arise via email and phone in a timely mannerFully onboarding school clientsCreate student accounts in our proprietary platformDevelop and maintaining support service schedules based on school’s needsOwn & lead tech testing calls for each school site within their assigned districtMaintain regular, open communication with Parallel Implementation & Customer Success Specialists, to proactively plan for optimum care results and problem-solve potential issuesBe accountable for upholding a superior quality of care with Parallel services by our school clients, and attaining high satisfaction scores from both schools and providers, as measured by client satisfaction scores Within your market, act as primary coordinator of all cross-functional operations pertinent to your assigned schools, ensuring smooth operations of provider conducting sessions and completing student assessments Post implementation tasks such as:(re-)scheduling appointments as neededUploading client documents to their accountsDeveloping plans for compensatory minutesEnsuring IEP deadlines are metUtilize an array of proprietary and third-party software to complete your daily tasksUnderstand and apply federal and state requirements regarding family confidentiality and the principles of maintaining protected health information (PHI), such as HIPAA & FERPAWhat You’ll Need This position is perfect for someone with 1-2 years of experience in Customer Support. In addition, you’ll need:A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experienceProfessional experience working in administration or operations and working closely with service providers Previous experience managing standard operating procedures and trainings for clinicians Strong customer service skills and mentality Detail oriented and excellent written communication skillsStrong process management and improvement skills with a track record of leveraging technology to improve processes Tech savvy and able to come up to speed quickly on new systems Bonus points if you have prior experience in a high growth start-up or other fast-paced work environmentBonus points if you have knowledge of K-12 special education processes&128075; About UsParallel is the first tech-forward provider of care for learning and thinking differences across the United States. )Reports To: School Operations Director About This RoleAre you ready to make a difference? In this role, you’ll serve as a case manager and care coordinator for students receiving Parallel services through schools. Check out our Glassdoor reviews! We believe learning differences are parallel ways of thinking that should be celebrated! Our mission is to provide students with the resources and encouragement to succeed in the classroom and beyond.
Head of Customer Acquisition
Company: Age of Learning, Inc.
Location: Remote
Posted Oct 19, 2023
Age of Learning is a leading education technology innovator, offering a range of digital education programs for children. The company's flagship product, ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy, is an award-winning comprehensive curriculum. Adventure Academy, a massively multiplayer online game, provides elementary- and middle-school-age learners with critical knowledge in various subjects. The company's School Solutions Programs include My Math Academy and My Reading Academy. The Head of Customer Acquisition will be responsible for driving growth of the subscriber bases for Age of Learning's educational products and services, developing and executing a comprehensive subscriber growth strategy, and leading a team of digital marketing professionals.