Chief Technology Officer - Khan Ted Institute
Listed on 2026-10-19
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IT/Tech
Chief Technology Officer - Khan TED Institute
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- Will this position have direct reports? :Yes
- Salary : $250,000 USD Annually - $275,000 USD Annually
About ETS:ETS is a global education and talent solutions organization enabling lifelong learners worldwide to be future-ready. For more than 75 years, we've been advancing the science of measurement to build benchmarks for fair and valid skill assessment across cultures and borders. Our worldwide impact extends through our renowned assessments including TOEFL®, TOEIC®, GRE® and Praxis® tests, serving millions of learners in more than 200 countries and territories.
Through strategic acquisitions, we've expanded our global capabilities: PSI strengthens our workforce assessment solutions, while Edusoft, Kira Talent, Pipplet, Vericant, and Wheebox enhance our educational technology and assessment platforms across critical markets worldwide.
Through ETS Research Institute and ETS Solutions, we're partnering with educational institutions, governments, and organizations globally to promote skill proficiency, empower upward mobility, and unlock opportunities for everyone, everywhere. With offices and partners across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, we deliver nearly 50 million tests annually. Join us in our journey of measuring progress to power human progress worldwide.
The Opportunity
Khan TED Institute (KTI) is a bold new model for higher education—designed for a rapidly changing world and built to expand access to world-class learning globally.
This groundbreaking initiative brings together three extraordinary mission-driven non-profits:
Khan Academy - providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere
TED - ideas change everything and a catalyst for ideas that move us
ETS - advancing the science of measurement to power human progress
Together, we are creating a new kind of institution—one that prioritizes mastery over seat time, skills over credentials, and is focused on helping our learners thrive professionally in the age of AI.
KTI is an early stage non-profit building a human-centric Masters and Bachelors degree in Applied AI that is radically affordable and globally accessible. The program is competency based with project-based learning and performance assessments, built with deep employer engagement and authentic work.
This is not an evolution of higher education—it is a reinvention.
The Role
The CTO for Khan TED Institute will architect, build and scale our technology platform in close collaboration with academic and business partners to enable the differentiated vision for KTI to be realized. We are looking for an engineering-led builder with product, design, and AI strengths as well as learner passion and empathy.
What You Will Do
Design, build and scale a learning platform that is:
Loved by students (high engagement, high completion rates)
Radically affordable (low marginal cost, scalable globally)
Outcomes-driven (strong employer trust and graduate success)
Additional detail on what you will do
Architect a learning-centered technology stack supporting dynamic learning models and product configurations; robust reporting for learners, employers, regulators and accreditors; support for marketing and e-commerce; back-office operations; and ongoing evolutions in technology, especially AI tools.
Assemble a cost-effective team of internal and external contributors as well as vendors to design, implement, maintain, and support a robust and agile tech stack.
Compose custom and off-the-shelf components to rapidly deliver a flexible and cost-efficient operating platform, enabling KTI to operate with high levels of automation and low staffing ratios.
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