Senior Manager, Learning Experience Design

CodePath is a national non-profit that is reprogramming higher education to create the most diverse generation of software engineers, CTOs, and founders. We deliver industry-vetted courses and career support centered on the needs of Black, Latino/a, Indigenous, and low-income students. Our students train with senior engineers, intern at top companies, and rise together to become the tech leaders of tomorrow. As of 2023, we've served 10,000 students a year nationwide, and we plan to scale up to ~100,000 students a year by 2028.

Founded in 2017, CodePath has taught over 26,000 students and delivered courses across over 110 universities. We are supported by some of the largest and most well-respected organizations, including Amazon, Andreessen Horowitz, Blue Meridian Partners, Comcast, Google, JP Morgan Chase, Knight Foundation, Meta, New Profit, and Salesforce, among others. In 2024, CodePath was recognized as one of the Most Innovative Companies in Education by Fast Company.

About the Role

Location: Remote, United States

Role-Type: Full-Time

Reporting To: Senior Director of Learning

Compensation: $110,000 to $150,000 per year

The Senior Manager of Learning Experience will lead CodePath’s efforts to revolutionize instructional standards and innovate in post-secondary computer science education. Rooted in Learning Experience Design (LXD) principles, this role will focus on designing student-centered learning environments that are engaging, effective, and scalable.

The Senior Manager of Learning Experience will be responsible for defining, refining, and continuously evolving the instructional frameworks that guide the CodePath learning model. By leveraging a human-centered design approach, they will craft learning experiences that cater to diverse student needs, drive mastery, and promote collaboration. This role will focus on building learner journeys that are personalized, data-driven, and designed to optimize the cognitive and emotional engagement of students.

Working closely with leadership and the instructional, curriculum, and platform teams, this individual will integrate best practices from learning science and LXD to create dynamic, adaptive learning environments. The Senior Manager will also guide the experimentation and implementation of innovative instructional models, using insights from student feedback and data analytics to iterate on and improve the learning experience.

Read about our programs here: https://books.codepath.org/learning-at-codepath/

Key Success Metrics

• Elevated Student Engagement: Increase student engagement and mastery through the implementation of innovative, learner-centered instructional methods, resulting in measurable growth in retention, engagement, learning rate, and student satisfaction

• Effective Experimentation: Design, propose and pilot 2-3 unique experiments per semester, reporting on objective results, and maintaining a 60%+ adoption rate from Senior Leadership

• Engaging Learning Journeys: Achieve a Net Promoter Score of 70+ for students through designing and implementing engaging, motivating and personalized learner journeys that maximizes student achievement and satisfaction

• Scalable Learning Innovation: Implement scalable learning methods and technologies that are capable of improving quality while reducing per-student delivery costs by 20% annually

• Consistent Quality: Ensure clear and consistent instructional standards, when implemented with fidelity will incur no more than a 10% variance in student outcomes across different cohorts, university partners, and modalities

Responsibilities

Learning Experience Design & Strategy:

• Define and implement innovative instructional standards that align with best practices in Learning Experience Design (LXD)

• Develop strategies to continuously improve student engagement, retention, and mastery, ensuring that learning experiences are personalized, effective, and scalable

Instructional Innovation & Experimentation:

• Lead experimentation efforts to test and refine new learning models and instructional strategies

• Collaborate with internal teams to pilot cutting-edge learning methods, track their impact, and integrate successful practices into CodePath’s instructional framework

Data-Driven Instructional Improvement:

• Establish systems to measure and analyze the effectiveness of instructional practices

• Use data insights to iterate on and enhance learning models, ensuring continuous improvement in student outcomes, instructional quality as well as student and faculty satisfaction

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work collaboratively across a diverse set of teams to align learning experience initiatives with the broader organizational strategy

• Foster strong alignment across teams to ensure LXD goals are met

Scalability & Operational Efficiency:

• Develop scalable instructional solutions that maintain high-quality learning experiences as the student population grows from 10,000 to 100,000

• Focus on operational efficiency by designing processes that reduce per-student costs while sustaining educational effectiveness and personalization

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Learning Experience Design, instructional design, educational program management or curriculum development, ideally in high-scale, technical learning environments

• Proven track record of designing, testing, and implementing personalized and innovative learning experiences that drive student engagement and mastery

• Experience scaling educational programs or instructional systems to accommodate large student populations while maintaining high standards of quality and personalization

• Strong understanding of learning science, data-driven instructional improvement, and the application of mastery-based learning models in educational settings

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, managing ambiguity while driving innovation in learning models

• Demonstrated experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams, including curriculum developers, platform engineers, and instructional staff, to achieve common learning goals

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex instructional concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Ability to foster a culture of experimentation, high performance, and psychological safety, encouraging creativity and feedback across teams

• Strong project management skills, with attention to detail and the ability to balance multiple initiatives while meeting deadlines

• Proven ability to work autonomously and collaborate with remote teams in a distributed work environment, managing projects across time zones

• Experience in computer science education or technical training environments is a strong plus

• Have enthusiasm for and belief in our mission and vision

Compensation

CodePath has standardized salaries based on the position’s level, no matter where you live. For this role, we’re hiring for a Senior Manager level position at an annual salary of $110,000 to $150,000. Salary is determined based on your relevant experience and skills as evaluated through our interview process.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision premiums paid at 90% for FT positions and their dependents 

• Flexible vacation and sick time policy with 12 company paid holidays plus a week long "winter break" office closure from Christmas to New Years. Employees take the time when they need it

• Flexible workplace and work schedule

• CodePath provides a laptop, monitor, and ergonomic office setup  

• Annual professional development stipend 

• Ability to voluntarily contribute pre and post-tax earnings to our 401k plan

• 10 weeks of paid parental leave

• A commitment to developing leaders from within the organization

• Frequent opportunities to connect with students, universities, and communities we serve

• Opportunities to engage, collaborate and partner with top technology companies, venture capitalists, and engineering leaders

About the Current Team

We are individuals from a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and unlikely stories, all connected by a single dream: a world in which regardless of background, socioeconomic status, gender, or race all people have pathways to reach their full potential.

With a staff and board that cares deeply about diversity and equity, we believe that diverse perspectives and backgrounds create a richer work environment and enhance our ability to pursue our mission.