Senior Director of Curriculum

About the Role

The Senior Director of Curriculum is a senior leadership role responsible for the vision, strategy, and execution of Code Path’s entire curriculum portfolio. You will set long‑term curriculum direction while directly shaping high‑impact courses, particularly in AI‑native software engineering, technical interview preparation, cybersecurity, and web development.

You will partner closely with Learning, Engineering, Platform, Revenue, and Employer Partnerships to ensure Code Path courses remain rigorous, engaging, and aligned to rapidly evolving industry needs. You will own the systems, processes, roadmap, and initially manage a small, high‑impact team, including hiring as the function scales.

Remote, United States

Full‑Time

Chief Operating Officer

Annual total compensation ranges from $165,000 to $239,000, including a base salary of $165,000‑$200,000 plus a guaranteed supplement.

• Base salary: $165,000 to $200,000
• Total compensation includes the base salary plus a guaranteed supplement

• Lead Code Path’s long‑term curriculum strategy and transition to a modular, flexible architecture that supports AI‑native skills, rapid iteration, and multiple delivery models.
• Own the curriculum product roadmap, maintaining 12‑month visibility into new courses, major revisions, and portfolio investments.
• Maintain and evolve a comprehensive course catalog across Web Development, Mobile Development, Cybersecurity, Technical Interview Prep, Foundational CS, and AI‑native offerings.

• Lead the design and launch of new courses aligned to emerging industry needs, especially in AI‑native engineering and applied AI workflows.
• Oversee ongoing maintenance, revision, and improvement of existing courses to ensure relevance, rigor, and student impact.
• Ensure curriculum combines rigorous learning science with real‑world engineering practice, clear career pathways, and applied experiences including open‑source and industry‑aligned projects.

• Build, manage, and develop a high‑performing curriculum team, including full‑time staff and external contractors.
• Establish clear processes for curriculum planning, development, QA, feedback, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with senior leadership to forecast hiring needs and scale curriculum capacity in line with organizational growth.

• Partner closely with Learning to ensure curriculum translates effectively into classroom delivery, aligned pedagogy, and student experience.
• Collaborate with Engineering to align curriculum with tooling, content systems, and delivery infrastructure within the Code Path Platform.
• Represent Code Path externally with university partners, employers, funders, and at industry events, clearly articulating curriculum quality and rigor.

You will be successful in this role if, within your first 12–18 months, you:

• Establish a clear, opinionated curriculum strategy and modular architecture that reduces the resources required to develop, launch, and maintain curriculum by incorporating AI‑first curriculum process/tooling.
• Refresh or significantly improve the majority of the existing course catalog with targeted improvements, raising the overall quality bar.
• Launch 2–3 new AI‑focused courses that meet industry expectations, strong student satisfaction, and learning outcome benchmarks. Completion (70 %), Job attainment (60 %) and student NPS (50‑60) are expected to be upheld or improved upon.
• Improve curriculum alignment with delivery, contributing to higher completion rates, clearer value propositions, and stronger student confidence entering internships and full‑time roles.
• Build a scalable, disciplined curriculum function that can accelerate Code Path’s continued growth and improve quality with the successful hiring of two new FTEs and onboarding of key resources.

• Strong software engineering background with the technical credibility to shape CS and AI‑native curriculum.
• Demonstrated excellence in curriculum…