Instructional Designer, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) - $200,000/year USD

This role is for an academic leader who prefers designing the system to critiquing it. You possess sufficient subject mastery to recognize high-quality learning when you see it, the rigor to translate that understanding into rubrics and AI‑driven quality controls, and the pragmatism to act decisively on incomplete data. Student improvement matters to you, and you accept accountability for that measure.

2 Hour Learning pursues an objective rarely seen in software or education. There are no teachers, textbooks, or traditional instructional scaffolding beneath the product. AI serves as the operational foundation. In this capacity, you employ it to generate and refine learning materials, design interventions, oversee quality, and advance the platform. The tempo resembles high‑performance technology, consulting, or finance more than conventional schooling, and the reward is direct responsibility for subject‑level student outcomes across campuses.

What You Will Be Doing

• Learning Ecosystem Enhancements — AI‑generated refinements to subject‑specific K–12 learning experiences, spanning content, adaptive pathways, and student interventions, shaped by student feedback, analytics, assessments, and coaching insights.
• Data‑Driven Academic Interventions — Focused intervention strategies for students or cohorts falling behind, informed by MAP, AP, SAT, ISEE, and comparable performance metrics.
• Student Performance Decision Records — Repeatable, evidence‑backed decisions that document actions taken to improve student performance, reinforced by dashboards, analytics, tickets, surveys, coaching interactions, and assessment data.
• Learning Ecosystem Improvement Specs — Implementation‑ready specifications for enhancements involving product, engineering, and data science, including problem definitions, supporting evidence, anticipated student impact, and acceptance criteria.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Repackaging traditional education behind an AI façade. This is not about replicating classroom instruction on screens—we are fundamentally rethinking learning from first principles.
• Analyzing data in a vacuum. Regular engagement with K‑12 students is expected, with their feedback treated as critical input from our paying customers.
• Waiting for consensus before challenging norms. You will advocate a bold vision and mobilize others around data‑driven outcomes.
• Adhering to conventional practices. You will have latitude to experiment with novel approaches to motivation, assessment, and instruction.
• Fearing AI's role in education. Here, you will leverage AI as a powerful catalyst to transform learning, not a threat requiring mitigation.

Instructional Designer Key Responsibilities

Drive innovation in AI‑powered, teacher‑less education to produce outstanding student outcomes across multiple campuses. Integrate data analytics with consistent student engagement to continually refine our learning ecosystem, measured by AP exam performance and MAP assessment growth.

Basic Requirements

• Master's degree or higher in Educational Science, Learning Science, Psychology, Psychometrics, Instructional Design, or a related field
• At least 5 years of experience in academic or EdTech leadership roles, with direct people management responsibility (hiring, performance evaluation, coaching, termination decisions)
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools as part of day‑to‑day professional workflows, and willingness to rely on AI extensively to improve academic and operational outcomes.
• Strong understanding of learning science principles, such as Cognitive Load Theory and Mayer's Multimedia Principles, and data‑driven educational approaches.

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 $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult for more details on this topic. Crossover Job Code: LJ-4549-FR-Paris-InstructionalD.007