National Education Director

Beyond Bedtime is committed to building a culturally diverse team and strongly encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Beyond Bedtime, formerly Pajama Program, is a national nonprofit that helps children discover and experience the superpower of sleep, so they can wake up ready to thrive. Sleep is essential to every child's well-being, yet challenges like disruptive environments, inconsistent schedules, and limited resources often stand between children and the deep, restorative sleep they need. For 25 years, we’ve provided new pajamas, storybooks, and sleep health education to children facing adversity—reaching more than 9 million children across the U.S. Through partnerships with schools, shelters, and community programs, we combine the comfort of cozy pajamas, the magic of storybooks, and evidence‑based sleep health education to support families in creating healthy bedtime routines.

The National Education Director is a strategic education leader responsible for growing, strengthening, and scaling Beyond Bedtime’s sleep health education programs nationwide, with a special focus on New York City. Reporting to the Chief Program Officer, this role will lead program growth strategy, business development, partner relationship management, and program quality oversight, with a focus on expanding fee‑for‑service revenue through intentional partnerships with schools, districts, early childhood systems, public agencies, and community‑based organizations.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in education, adult learning, curriculum design, facilitation, and partnership development, and is energized by building excellent programs as well as the relationships that allow those programs to grow. This position supervises the Senior Program Manager and a part‑time facilitator in Detroit. The role is approximately 80% remote and 20% in person at our New York City program center or a local partner school, candidates must be local to the New York City area.

• Develop and manage a pipeline of prospective fee‑for‑service education partners, including school districts, early childhood systems, public agencies, community‑based organizations, and national or regional networks.
• Lead consultative outreach to prospective partners, identifying needs, presenting Beyond Bedtime’s education offerings, and shaping partnership opportunities that align with both partner goals and organizational revenue priorities.
• Collaborate with the Chief Program Officer to develop partnership strategy, pricing models, proposals, scopes of work, and implementation plans for fee‑for‑service opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision‑makers, including district leaders, early childhood administrators, nonprofit executives, public agency staff, and funder‑connected partners.
• Deepen and grow existing strategic program partnerships, identifying opportunities for expansion, renewal, and long‑term engagement.
• Represent Beyond Bedtime externally at conferences, coalition meetings, partner convenings, and other field‑building opportunities that support program growth and visibility.
• Collaborate with the Chief Program Officer to develop and execute national and local growth strategies for Beyond Bedtime’s sleep health education programs, with a focus on strategic partnerships, scalable implementation, and fee‑for‑service revenue growth.
• Work with the Senior Program Manager to establish strong systems for partner onboarding, relationship management, renewal, and ongoing engagement, creating a community of sleep health ambassadors across schools and partner organizations.
• Own and grow relationships with existing strategic program partners, including Fred Rogers Productions, the New York City Department of Education Office of Students in Temporary Housing, United Neighborhood Houses, Children’s Aid, and other key partners, with a focus on quality implementation, expansion opportunities, and long‑term partnership value.
• Develop and execute implementation plans that meet programmatic, impact, and revenue…