Crossover
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crossover.com
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You've articulated and owned a transformative academic vision with measurable results. You've led with conviction, from the center of the action rather than the periphery. And your expertise in learning science isn't theoretical—you've constructed something concrete, produced evidence-backed outcomes, and earned credibility to advocate publicly for your work. If this describes your background, 2 Hour Learning seeks its definitive academic leader.
2 Hour Learning has developed a system enabling students to achieve twice the learning velocity in only two hours daily. This performance stems from AI-powered tutoring, mastery-oriented progression, and fundamental reimagining of traditional classroom frameworks. The impact is measurable and significant. We now require a leader capable of harmonizing implementation across varied school environments, elevating academic leadership standards, and serving as the authoritative public representative of a scientifically rigorous learning movement.
This position demands operational leadership, not theoretical discourse. You will command the practical academic strategy, establish explicit standards, diagnose implementation shortfalls, and mentor elite teams toward tangible results. Your role bridges our scientific underpinnings with operational excellence while advocating for this model on the global stage.
What You Will Be Doing
- Designing academic structures that convert learning science principles into actionable directives for curriculum architecture, motivational frameworks, and application development.
- Conducting execution reviews with Heads of Academics to verify alignment, accountability, and performance delivery across school teams.
- Integrating data analysis, stakeholder interviews, and direct observation into comprehensive academic ecosystem assessments that pinpoint critical bottlenecks to accelerated learning and recommend targeted solutions.
- Ensuring strategic coherence through structured planning, continuous feedback mechanisms, and milestone accountability to sustain focus on student learning objectives.
- Serving as 2 Hour Learning's principal representative at premier forums, from keynote addresses to engagements with national education authorities, advancing systemic transformation in global educational thinking.
What You Won’t Be Doing
- Engaging in fragmented curriculum initiatives that fail to generate systemic impact.
- Producing theoretical research disconnected from measurable student outcomes or operational implementation.
- Transferring accountability for performance to mid-level managers or external consultants.
- Depending on institutional prestige or conceptual arguments to influence critical stakeholders.
Director Of Academics Key Responsibilities
Expand and refine 2 Hour Learning's validated academic framework by harmonizing execution across multiple schools, raising leadership benchmarks, and establishing yourself as the authoritative public advocate for a movement founded on rigorous scientific principles and demonstrated outcomes.
Basic Requirements
- Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D) in Learning Science, Educational Psychology, Instructional Design, or a related field
- At least 7 years in academic or EdTech leadership roles, leading a team of staff/employees (not an informal peer leader role, such as grade-level lead); you must have been responsible for hiring, monitoring performance, coaching, and making termination decisions
- Experience driving learning outcomes for students and upholding student performance standards
- Experience applying AI or emerging technologies to improve education, such as through personalized learning, adaptive learning, AI agents, etc.
- Experience managing academic teams of 50+ people (e.g., the teams you managed directly executed curriculum, instruction, or assessment)
- Experience interacting directly with students, teachers, or school leaders in a professional setting
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.
Here’s How They’re Fixing It.
There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!
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. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.
Crossover Job Code: LJ-5595-IN-Mumbai-DirectorofAcad1.009
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