{"id":1503846,"url":"https://alion.io/job/per-scholas-vice-president-curriculum-design-development","title":"Vice President, Curriculum Design & Development","company":{"id":685304,"name":"Per Scholas","domain":"perscholas.org","url":"https://alion.io/company/perscholas","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":6,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":42,"computed_at":"2026-10-21T05:46:15Z"}},"role":"Education","role_family":"Education","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":72000,"max_usd":132000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_cell","sample_n":39},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Pre-training","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-29T21:06:49Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-30","last_verified_at":"2026-10-22T02:59:20Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":22,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":22},"description":"ABOUT PER SCHOLAS:\nFor 30 years, Per Scholas has been on a mission to drive mobility and opportunity in the ever-advancing technology landscape by unlocking the untapped potential of individuals, uplifting communities, and meeting the needs of employers through rigorous tech training. By teaming up with dynamic employer partners, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups, we're forging inclusive tech talent pipelines, fulfilling an ever-increasing need for skilled talent. With national remote training and campuses in 20+ cities and counting, Per Scholas offers no-cost training programs in the most sought-after tech skills, spanning Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, IT Support, Software Engineering, and more. To date, 30,000+ individuals have been trained through Per Scholas, propelling their professional trajectories into high-growth tech careers with salaries three times higher than their pre-training earnings. Learn more by visiting PerScholas.org and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.\nPer Scholas candidates must reside in one of the following states, provided the position does not carry a specific office location requirement: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, WA.\nVice President, Curriculum Design & Development\nDepartment: Curriculum Solutions\nPosition Title: Vice President, Product Design & Development\nReports To: Executive Vice President, Curriculum Solutions\nEmployment Status: Full-Time, Exempt\nModality: Remote; must comply with Per Scholas’ office and remote-work policies\nTravel: 0-10%, as needed and with prior approval\nWho We Are Looking For\nPer Scholas is seeking a strategic, innovative and outcomes-oriented Vice President of Product Design & Development to lead the design and development of high-quality, market-responsive curriculum products. This leader will oversee the full product-design lifecycle-from discovery and requirements definition through curriculum design, development, quality assurance and launch readiness.\nThe Vice President will ensure that Per Scholas’ curriculum portfolio responds to labor-market intelligence, employer demand, learner needs and emerging industry trends. This individual will lead a multidisciplinary team that may include product managers, product owners, learning-experience designers, curriculum developers, technical subject-matter experts and contractors.\nThe ideal candidate is an experienced product and curriculum leader who understands technical training, workforce development and adult learning. This person must be able to translate organizational strategy into clear roadmaps, measurable product outcomes and scalable learning experiences that support job placement, credential attainment and economic mobility.\nWhat You’ll Do\nProduct Strategy and Portfolio Leadership\nLead the strategy, design and development of Per Scholas’ curriculum portfolio across technology, infrastructure, professional development and Career Accelerator offerings.\nTranslate organizational priorities, employer demand and labor-market intelligence into actionable product roadmaps and investment recommendations.\nEstablish clear portfolio priorities across new course development, customization, refresh, redesign, scaling, deferral and retirement.\nPresent data-informed recommendations, risks and tradeoffs to executive leadership and governance bodies.\nEnsure product decisions are grounded in employer relevance, learner outcomes, organizational capacity and financial sustainability.\nEstablish clear success measures for curriculum quality, development speed, credential attainment, learner completion and placement relevance.\nCurriculum Discovery, Design and Development\nProvide executive leadership for the end-to-end discovery, design and development process.\nEnsure that new and refreshed products are informed by learner personas, job-task analyses, competency maps, employer requirements and relevant industry certifications.\nOversee the development of course outlines, sequencing documents, learning objectives, assessments, labs, instructor resources and learner-facing materials.\nEnsure technical requirements are translated into clear, measurable and instructionally sound learning experiences.\nEstablish consistent definitions of design readiness, development readiness, quality assurance and launch readiness.\nEnsure products incorporate appropriate applications of artificial intelligence, security, human skills and emerging technologies.\nPromote responsible, ethical and employer-aligned uses of AI within curriculum and technical learning experiences.\nBalance customization requirements with the need to maintain scalable, repeatable and sustainable curriculum products.\nTeam and Talent Leadership\nLead, coach and develop a multidisciplinary Product Design and Development team.\nEstablish clear roles, responsibilities, performance expectations and decision-making authority across the team.\nBuild a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, psychological safety and continuous improvement.\nAssess team capacity and align internal staff, contractors and subject-matter experts with portfolio priorities.\nDevelop internal talent pipelines and strengthen the team’s capabilities in product management, learning design, technical curriculum development and quality assurance.\nEnsure team members receive appropriate professional development, tools and support.\nManage performance, succession planning, staffing recommendations and resource allocation for the department.\nQuality, Standards and Governance\nEstablish and uphold curriculum-product standards for quality, consistency, accessibility, assessment rigor, credential alignment and employer relevance.\nEnsure learning objectives, instructional activities, labs and assessments are aligned and traceable to job competencies.\nDevelop and monitor quality gates that reduce rework and protect the integrity of curriculum products.\nEnsure curriculum changes follow established governance, version-control and pilot-evaluation processes.\nMaintain clear standards for when courses should be refreshed, redesigned, scaled, deferred or retired.\nPartner with Evaluation and Learning teams to incorporate pilot findings, learner-performance data, instructor feedback and placement outcomes into product decisions.\nProtect appropriate curriculum-development timelines and ensure that significant changes are supported by evidence, capacity and organizational priorities.\nCross-Functional Leadership and Launch Readiness\nPartner with Training Delivery, Product Delivery, Instructor Development, Evaluation, Professional Development, Employer Engagement, Marketing and Operations to ensure successful product implementation.\nEnsure curriculum-design decisions reflect instructor readiness, scheduling requirements, learner-support needs, technology constraints and market capacity.\nEstablish effective handoffs between discovery, design, development, quality assurance and implementation.\nProvide stakeholders with accurate product documentation, including course profiles, learner exit profiles, curriculum maps, product outlines and skills summaries.\nSupport employer and market conversations by ensuring teams understand the occupations, skills and career pathways connected to each training product.\nAddress cross-functional risks and dependencies that may affect quality, launch timelines, learner experience or product adoption.\nServe as a senior advisor to organizational leaders on curriculum strategy, technical-training trends and product-development decisions.\nMeasurement and Continuous Improvement\nPartner with Evaluation and Product Operations to establish key performance indicators for curriculum quality and effectiveness.\nUse learner data, instructor feedback, credential outcomes, completion rates and placement information to inform product improvements.\nMonitor portfolio performance and recommend targeted refreshes, redesigns or retirement decisions.\nEnsure pilots include clear evaluation questions, defined data-collection plans and post-pilot review periods.\nTrack and improve curriculum-development timelines while maintaining quality and stakeholder alignment.\nCommunicate portfolio progress, risks, capacity and outcomes through executive-level dashboards and reports.\nSystems and Operational Excellence\nPartner with Product Operations to maintain reliable systems of record for curriculum artifacts, product decisions, version histories and portfolio status.\nEstablish repeatable workflows, templates, governance structures and documentation standards.\nEnsure curriculum requirements account for enterprise systems and platforms, including the LMS, content repositories, CRM, cloud environments and instructional technologies.\nIdentify and resolve process gaps that affect curriculum quality, development speed, adoption or scalability.\nSupport annual planning, budgeting, vendor management and resource forecasting for Product Design and Development.\nEnsure grant, contract and partner requirements are translated into realistic product deliverables, measurement expectations and timelines.\nWhat You’ll Bring to Us\nProfessional Qualifications\nTen or more years of progressively responsible experience in curriculum product development, learning design, technical training, education technology, workforce development or a related field.\nAt least five years of experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing senior-level professionals.\nDemonstrated success overseeing the design and development of complex learning products from discovery through implementation.\nExperience developing or managing technology-focused curriculum in areas such as software engineering, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data, artificial intelligence, IT support, infrastructure or advanced manufacturing.\nStrong understanding of adult-learning principles, competency-based education, assessment design and performance-based learning.\nDemonstrated ability to translate employer needs, labor-market information and technical requirements into scalable curriculum products.\nExperience managing product roadmaps, competing priorities, organizational capacity and cross-functional dependencies.\nStrong executive communication skills, including the ability to present complex information, risks and recommendations clearly.\nExperience using data to evaluate product performance and inform investment, refresh, redesign or retirement 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