Head of Academic Innovation, Learning; Remote

Position: Head of Academic Innovation, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) - $400,000/year USD

Head of Academic Innovation, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) - $400,000/year USD

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You've shaped a compelling academic vision and taken ownership of its outcomes. You've led visibly, not from the sidelines. When it comes to the science of learning, you're not experimenting—you've created something tangible, produced results that validate your approach, and established the credibility to share that story publicly. If this describes you, 2 Hour Learning is seeking its academic leader. At 2 Hour Learning, we've developed a system in which students learn at twice the conventional pace, within just two hours each day.

AI-driven tutoring, mastery-based progression, and a fundamental redesign of traditional classroom structures power these results. The outcomes speak for themselves. We now need a leader who can harmonize execution across varied school models, elevate academic standards, and serve as the public face of a movement rooted in sound learning science.

What You Will Be Doing

• Designing academic frameworks that convert learning science into actionable guidance for curriculum design, motivation systems, and application development.
• Conducting academic execution reviews with Heads of Academics to ensure school teams maintain alignment, accountability, and results delivery.
• Consolidating data, stakeholder interviews, and direct observation into academic ecosystem assessments that identify high-impact barriers to accelerated learning and recommend targeted interventions.
• Ensuring strategic coherence through structured planning, continuous feedback mechanisms, and milestone monitoring to sustain focus on student learning objectives.
• Serving as the principal representative of 2 Hour Learning in high-profile settings—from keynote addresses to meetings with Ministries of Education—advancing systemic transformation in global education thinking.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Engaging in isolated curriculum initiatives that fail to produce systemic impact.
• Producing academic research disconnected from student outcomes or operational execution.
• Transferring accountability for performance to mid-level managers or external consultants.
• Depending on institutional reputation or theoretical arguments to convince skeptical audiences.

Head Of Academic Innovation

Key Responsibilities

Expand and refine 2 Hour Learning's validated academic model by consolidating execution across multiple schools, raising leadership performance standards, and establishing yourself as the authoritative public voice of a movement anchored in rigorous science and demonstrable results.

Basic Requirements

• Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in Learning Science, Educational Psychology, Instructional Design, or a related field
• 7+ years leading academic or EdTech teams with evidence of exceptional learning outcomes
• Proven experience applying AI or technology to accelerate learning
• Track record of public thought leadership such as media, keynotes, books, or advising
• Strong performance management skills with the ability to hold elite peers to a high bar
• Fluent in interpreting data to diagnose learning issues and direct interventions
• Comfortable engaging directly with students, parents, and school leaders

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Founded or led an innovative school model, lab school, or high-performing EdTech venture
• Experience navigating cultural, political, or international education contexts
• Deep familiarity with Bloom's 2 Sigma research and other mastery learning frameworks

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.

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.

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