Vice President, Culture Enablement

Who We Are

Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. As a for-profit, Public Benefit Corporation, we believe all students deserve access to meaningful, challenging content—and all teachers deserve tools that are intuitive, effective, and built for the realities of today’s classrooms.

We develop high-quality, knowledge-rich math, science and ELA curricula grounded in research and designed in collaboration with educators. Our materials reflect real classroom needs and are built to drive lasting student outcomes.

We are committed to usability, coherence, and practical implementation—supporting teachers not just through curriculum, but with professional learning, purposeful technology, and responsive service that enable strong adoption and impact.

What We Build

Our products—Eureka Math and Eureka Math², Wit & Wisdom, PhD Science, Geodes, and the newly launched Arts & Letters ELA—are trusted by thousands of schools and districts nationwide.

• Eureka Math is the most widely used math curriculum in the U.S., and is focused on balancing conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application.

• Wit & Wisdom® and Arts & Letters ELA™ anchor our reading strategy with content-rich, grade-level instruction that integrates literature, history, and the arts, grounded in the science of reading. Geodes® complements our reading suite with decodable texts that pair phonics with meaningful content to support early literacy.

• PhD Science is a hands-on K-5 Science program that sparks curiosity as students build enduring knowledge of how the scientific world works.

These programs reflect a shared belief in high expectations, joyful rigor, and deep respect for educators and students.

Where We’re Headed

Great Minds is entering a new stage of growth and product maturity. We are focused on building more connected, customer-informed experiences across the full educator journey—from curriculum to professional learning to platform and support.

Our long-term vision is to become a true partner in impact—not just delivering curriculum, but supporting educators in achieving outcomes at scale.

Job Purpose

Great Minds is seeking a visionary, execution-oriented leader to define, operationalize, and scale its approach to culture and operating excellence. This role will be a linchpin in advancing a culture of high performance, operating efficiency, and mission alignment. The role reports to the Chief Strategy Officer and has a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Chief Human Resources Officer. The role will require close coordination with the Senior Director, Organizational Design & Effectiveness, and it will involve regular interactions with other C-level and n-1 leaders. 

Reports to: Chief Strategy Officer, dotted line into Chief Human Resources Officer

Responsibilities

The VP of Culture Enablement will be accountable for:

1. Strategy and Talent Alignment

   • Internalize our near and long-term strategic direction and work closely across all functions to determine the appropriate capabilities and skills that are needed now and in the future

   • Provide predictive analytics in anticipation of shifts in workforce needs and capabilities to ensure relevance and sustainability of our human capital plan.

   • Partner with executive leaders on the pathways to address required gaps and the strategic execution to do so

   • Work with CHRO to define and communicate our long-term people strategy to the company

2. Operating Values Strategy & Implementation 

   • Work in concert with the HR leadership team to embed and iterate upon our recently-created core operating values in day-to-day behaviors, decision-making, and leadership norms. Will include hiring, onboarding, performance management, recognition, etc. 

   • Coordinate with Senior Director, OD&E to design and lead cultural change initiatives to accelerate Great Minds’ achievement of our strategic priorities 

   • Design recognition systems that celebrate high performance and alignment with our operating value

3. Ways of Working & Culture Strategy

   • Elevate how teams work together, especially in hybrid/remote settings: best practices for meeting design, collaboration rhythms, virtual decision making, and cross-team alignment

   • Lead training and coaching for leaders on effective remote management, inclusive meetings, and communication norms.

   • Partner with operations and IT to ensure tools, systems, and workflows serve productive, low-friction collaboration.

4. Performance Management & Variable Incentive Strategy

   • Modify and help implement an integrated performance and goal-setting system (OKRs and KPIs) for all levels, from executives through staff.

   • Working closely with HR, help executives and managers in cascading goals, setting measurable and stretch objectives, and conducting high-impact reviews.

   • Use qualitative and quantitative metrics to drive continuous feedback, growth, and accountability.

   • Be a key partner and leader in developing and evolving short-term incentive plans that are tied to enterprise objectives and map to our annual operating plans for the company and each function.
     Partner with internal and Board stakeholders to design new long-term incentives, such as phantom equity or performance options, that tie to Great Minds long-term outcomes

   • Collaborate with the Executive Team, HR team, and other stakeholders to model compensation outcomes, communicate reward structures, and adjust over time