Senior Director, Design for the Middle School Math Initiative

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Director, Design for the Middle School Math Initiative in United Arab Emirates.

This senior leadership role is focused on shaping and scaling high-impact professional learning experiences that improve mathematics teaching and student outcomes across multiple districts and school systems. You will lead the design of multi-year learning strategies that translate research, data, and instructional goals into coherent and scalable professional development programs for educators and school leaders. The role carries significant strategic responsibility, ensuring alignment across curriculum, leadership development, facilitation practices, and assessment systems. You will oversee a team of design leaders while collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure implementation quality and system-wide coherence. This position blends instructional expertise, systems thinking, and organizational leadership to drive measurable improvements in student achievement and mathematical identity development. It is an opportunity to influence education at scale in a mission-driven, impact-oriented environment.

• Define and lead the strategic vision for multi-year professional learning programs across districts, schools, and grade levels, ensuring alignment across curriculum, instruction, leadership development, and assessment systems.
• Translate research insights and organizational goals into actionable design strategies that guide multiple teams while maintaining focus on long-term student outcomes.
• Oversee end-to-end design of professional learning systems, ensuring frameworks, tools, and session structures are coherent, scalable, and research-informed.
• Establish quality standards, design protocols, and implementation benchmarks to ensure consistency across facilitators and school systems.
• Provide guidance to design leaders on complex decisions, balancing fidelity, innovation, and scalability across varied contexts.
• Lead data-informed decision-making by analyzing teacher, leader, and student performance data to refine program design and improve outcomes.
• Monitor and integrate emerging trends in math education, pedagogy, and student identity development into program evolution.
• Build and lead high-performing design teams, developing leadership capacity and ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.
• Communicate design vision, priorities, and outcomes clearly to internal teams, leadership, and external partners.
• Ensure professional learning initiatives are directly connected to measurable improvements in teaching practice and student achievement.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience designing, leading, or overseeing professional learning initiatives for educators and school leaders.
• Deep expertise in secondary mathematics education (grades 3–12), including math content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and instructional practice.
• Strong ability to translate educational research into scalable, multi-year learning designs and systems.
• Proven experience leading system-level initiatives across multiple schools, districts, or large educational networks.
• Strong understanding of instructional systems, implementation fidelity, and professional learning design principles.
• Experience using data (student, teacher, and leader performance data) to inform strategic decisions and program improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coach teams, building leadership capacity and driving alignment across complex initiatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust across diverse audiences.
• Strong systems thinking, with the ability to navigate complexity and drive coherence across interconnected educational environments.
• Experience working in fast-paced, evolving education or nonprofit environments is highly valued.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation aligned with senior leadership responsibilities.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health coverage and retirement investment options.
• Generous paid time off and vacation policy.
• Opportunity to lead large-scale educational transformation initiatives with measurable student impact.
• Exposure to system-level education reform across diverse districts and school environments.
• Strong focus on professional growth and leadership development.
• Flexible work environment with remote work options and national travel opportunities (up to 50%).