Director of Academics, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) - $400,000/year USD

Overview

You have shaped academic vision with clarity and carried full ownership of results. You have led visibly, not from the margins. In learning science, your work has been substantive—building proven systems, delivering measurable impact, and earning credibility to speak publicly on what works. If this describes your track record, 2 Hour Learning is seeking its academic leader. 2 Hour Learning has developed a system enabling students to achieve twice the learning in two hours daily. Mastery-based progression, AI-driven tutoring, and a fundamental redesign of traditional classroom structures produce these results. Outcomes speak for themselves. We now need a leader to harmonize execution across varied school environments, elevate academic standards, and serve as the public advocate for a movement rooted in rigorous learning science.

This role is not theoretical. It is an operational mandate. You will control academic strategy in action, define exacting standards, surface performance gaps, and guide exceptional teams toward tangible results. You will convert scientific principles into executable discipline and articulate this model's value globally.

What You Will Be Doing

• Designing academic frameworks that convert learning science into actionable direction for curriculum design, motivation architecture, and application development.
• Conducting academic execution reviews with Heads of Academics to confirm alignment, accountability, and delivery across school teams.
• Integrating data, stakeholder interviews, and direct observation into comprehensive academic ecosystem assessments that identify high-impact obstacles to accelerated learning and recommend concrete interventions.
• Ensuring strategic coherence through planning cycles, feedback mechanisms, and milestone monitoring to sustain focus on learning goals.
• Serving as 2 Hour Learning's principal external representative—from keynote presentations to engagements with Ministries of Education—advancing systemic transformation in global education paradigms.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Engaging in isolated curriculum initiatives disconnected from broader systemic impact.
• Producing theoretical research lacking direct connection to student outcomes or operational execution.
• Transferring accountability for performance to middle management or external consultants.
• Depending on institutional credibility or academic theory to convince skeptical audiences.

Director Of Academics Key Responsibilities

Expand and refine 2 Hour Learning's validated academic model by aligning execution across multiple school environments, raising leadership benchmarks, and establishing yourself as the authoritative public representative of a movement built on rigorous science and demonstrated outcomes.

Basic Requirements

• Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D) in Learning Science, Educational Psychology, Instructional Design, or a related field
• At least 7 years in academic or EdTech leadership roles, leading a team of staff/employees (not an informal peer leader role, such as grade-level lead); you must have been responsible for hiring, monitoring performance, coaching, and making termination decisions
• Experience driving learning outcomes for students and upholding student performance standards
• Experience applying AI or emerging technologies to improve education, such as through personalized learning, adaptive learning, AI agents, etc.
• Experience managing academic teams of 50+ people (e.g., the teams you managed directly executed curriculum, instruction, or assessment)
• Experience interacting directly with students, teachers, or school leaders in a professional setting

About 2 Hour Learning

Education is broken, but 2 Hour Learning is proving it doesn’t have to be. They’re tearing down the outdated one-size-fits-all model and replacing it with AI-driven personalized learning that helps kids master academics in just two hours a day.

With students consistently ranking in the top 1-2% nationally and the top 20% achieving an astonishing 6.5x growth, they’re proving that smarter learning is possible. At 2 Hour Learning, it’s talent and performance that matter.

They offer a dynamic, on-campus and remote-friendly environment where innovators, educators, and AI specialists can be a part of fixing a broken school system.

2 Hour Learning is reprogramming learning for the AI era.

Here’s How They’re Fixing It.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $200 USD/hour, which equates to $400,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-5595-US-NewYork-DirectorofAcad1.017

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