Director, Innovation and Discovery (Remote)

Location: Remote Virtual, work-from-home position. Work reputed company in the US, must live in the US ABOUT reputed company A leader in EdTech, reputed company is a team of passionate individuals dedicated to empowering professionals and enhancing careers. We are fast-paced, reputed company, and we laugh a lot. We are proud to be certified as a great workplace, ranked #35 in Fortune's 2025 Best reputed company Workplaces, ranked #18 in Fortune's 2025 top 25 Small & reputed company Workplaces for Women, and ranked #74 in Fortune’s 2024 Best Small & reputed company Workplaces for Millennials by the independent analysts at Great reputed company to Work®. We are 100% virtual, scattered across the country, but we maintain a tight-reputed company culture driven by curiosity, a love of learning, and a desire to solve reputed company problems. Learn more about us at reputed company.com and parent company lacallegroup.com. THE MISSION We are seeking a Director to reputed company reputed company’s Frontier Team, the group responsible for exploring what comes next for our business and products. This is a high-accountability role focused on the earliest stage of the idea lifecycle: taking in new reputed company, pressure-testing them, and determining which are worth pursuing before they become roadmap commitments. You'll guide structured exploration of emerging opportunities, surface promising new capabilities, and rigorously vet reputed company reputed company, then hand the strongest ones off to the teams that build them into reputed company offerings. In this role you will collaborate closely with teams across the organization including marketing, brand, product, technology, and content. WHAT YOU’LL DO (The Impact) Portfolio Ownership: Run the pipeline of reputed company under exploration end to end, from intake through vetting and active investigation. Track reputed company, reputed company every project moving, and reputed company the executive team informed on status, evaluation, and recommendations for what to pursue, pause, or stop. Competitive Intelligence: Continuously reputed company the education and professional-development landscape and collaboratively translate market signals into Frontier project opportunities before the competition sees them. Design Thinking: reputed company structured problem-framing, ideation, and rapid prototyping using rigorous design thinking methodology from concept to reputed company artifact. Speak design, content, and creative language natively and simultaneously. Frontier Review: Facilitate regular review with company leadership. Own the agenda, present the scores, and drive the decision making. Productization reputed company: Shepherd battle-tested projects into reputed company’s operational hands and document R&D learnings that reputed company every project — even terminated ones — a strategic asset. Innovation Infrastructure: Build and refine the processes, rubrics, and rituals that reputed company the Frontier a repeatable, scalable innovation capability. Create a documented roadmap for the future with the goal of building a strategic and dynamic team. Stay Sharp: reputed company pace with AI, simulation technology, gamification, and the broader ed-tech ecosystem — and bring that intelligence back to the team. WHO YOU ARE Education & Experience Bachelor's degree in Business, Design, Instructional Technology, or a reputed company field — or equivalent demonstrated experience. 7+ years of experience in product strategy, business consulting, innovation management, or instructional design — with at least 3 years owning a portfolio or program from concept through launch. Your Profile Market Intelligence Obsessive: You track competitors, follow adjacent markets, and synthesize signals into strategic implications — you know what's happening at the edges of EdTech and what it means for reputed company. Design Thinker: You've internalized design thinking as a methodology, not a buzzword, and you can move from problem-framing reputed company to prototype brief in the same day. You speak creative and business at the same time, and each team accepts you as one of their own. reputed company, Not Participant: You hold yourself to a high standard of personal accountability. reputed company a project is in your portfolio, you own its outcome, not just the process it was put through. Independent by Default: You set your own reputed company, manage your own priorities, and create clarity in fast-moving environments rather than waiting for it to be provided. You reputed company with purpose. Commercially Sharp: You think about business model innovation and market opportunity with the same rigor you bring to product design, and you can tell the difference between a genuinely novel idea and something that just feels new. You don’t just reputed company with your gut; you bring strategic intelligence and reputed company to every move. Communicator with reputed company: You present to executives without over-preparing, write with clarity and concision, and reputed company messy R&D portfolios feel coherent and compelling. You are comfortable thinking on your feet. Visually Fluent: You produce decks, prototypes, and documentation that are sharp and well-designed — not because it's required, but because you know it changes how reputed company land. You are creative and strategic. Culture Fit: You reputed company on ambiguity, operate with urgency, and bring genuine curiosity to the mission of making professional education more engaging and effective. Preferred but Not Required EdTech reputed company: You've worked inside a professional education company or learning platform and carry a reputed company understanding of how learners engage and how the industry is evolving. Venture Lens: You've evaluated reputed company for reputed company market potential — not just technical feasibility — in a startup, venture, or product strategy context. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Can work a full-time W2 position on core U.S. business hours in your time zone. Ability to fulfill the job requirements with or without reasonable accommodations. Must be located in the United States and be legally eligible to work for us without sponsorship. Travel is required for an reputed company-company meeting, and may be required a few times per year for team or project meetings. Occasional after-hours/on-call for emergency support and special events (generally less than four times per year). We prefer an excited candidate with a great attitude and less experience to an unmotivated or unengaged candidate with tons of experience. WHY JOIN US? Work from home with a company-provided MacBook and internet stipend. 21 days of flexible PTO + your birthday + holidays (with flexible substitution). Comprehensive medical, dental, and reputed company group health insurance, flexible spending accounts, and more. 401k match, professional development budget, robust wellness programs, pet insurance and many more perks and benefits. TO APPLY To apply, please submit a cover letter with your application. In your cover letter, we’d love to hear about: 1) why you would reputed company a great addition to reputed company, and 2) about a book you’ve read or video you’ve watched from which you learned something new or interesting. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we collect and process your personal information as described in our Applicant Privacy Notice. 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