You've shaped academic strategy before and delivered measurable outcomes. You've driven execution from the front lines, not from a distance. When it comes to learning science, you're not experimenting—you've created something substantive, produced results that validate its effectiveness, and earned the credibility to represent it publicly. If that describes your track record, 2 Hour Learning needs its academic leader.At 2 Hour Learning, we operate a system where students achieve learning outcomes twice as quickly in only two hours per day. Mastery-based progression, AI-driven tutoring, and a fundamental redesign of traditional classroom models produce these results. The evidence is strong. We now require a leader who can align execution across varied school implementations, elevate academic leadership standards, and serve as the public authority for a movement rooted in evidence-based learning science.This position is not theoretical. It's an operational leadership charge. You will own the practical application of academic strategy, establish rigorous standards, surface gaps in execution, and develop high-performing teams to achieve concrete results. You will convert our scientific principles into operational excellence and articulate this model's case globally.
What You Will Be Doing
- Developing academic structures that convert learning science into actionable direction for curriculum design, student motivation frameworks, and application architecture.
- Conducting execution reviews with Heads of Academics to maintain alignment, accountability, and consistent delivery across school teams.
- Analyzing data, conducting interviews, and performing observations to produce academic ecosystem assessments that identify critical obstacles to accelerated learning and recommend targeted solutions.
- Ensuring strategic coherence through planning cycles, feedback mechanisms, and progress monitoring focused on student learning objectives.
- Serving as the senior representative of 2 Hour Learning in high-stakes forums, including keynote presentations and engagements with Ministries of Education, to influence global perspectives on educational models.
What You Won’t Be Doing
- Working on disconnected curriculum initiatives that fail to produce systemic impact.
- Producing theoretical research disconnected from measurable student outcomes or operational implementation.
- Transferring accountability for performance to middle management or external consultants.
- Depending on institutional prestige or theoretical frameworks to convince skeptical audiences.
Director Of Learning Science Key Responsibilities
Expand and strengthen 2 Hour Learning's validated academic approach by aligning execution across school sites, raising leadership performance standards, and establishing yourself as the authoritative public representative of a movement built on rigorous science and demonstrated outcomes.
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.
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-COUNTRY-DirectorofLear1.002
