Science Manager

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a fast-paced nonprofit on a mission to provide free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly. We’re building a library of world-class instructional and practice resources that empowers learners. Whether they’re studying matrices, mitosis, or multivariable calculus, we want to offer students the resources to realize that they can learn anything. 

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY INDIA

Khan Academy India aims to deliver a world-class user experience to learners in India that is locally relevant and are enabled by a strong on-the-ground team and operations. Our learning system is mastery-based, which allows students to master key concepts at a pace that’s right for them before moving on to more challenging content. From serving under 500,000 learners in 2016, we are now serving almost 4 million learners a month across our websites, apps, and YouTube channels. These learners include both independent learners accessing us at home, and teacher-directed learners in schools.  Our focus is to reach the underserved by making our content accessible in local languages and by working with large public school systems. Khan Academy is already available in Assamese, Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi, and Punjabi.

ABOUT THE INDIA CONTENT  TEAM
Our content team in India includes content creators who make thousands of awesome videos, articles, and practice questions aligned with the Indian curriculum to help both teachers and students. We are actively working on content localization in other regional languages as well, which means the content we co-create reaches a wider number (both nationally and globally), thereby quintupling the impact.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a strategic, subject-matter expert to join our team as a Science Manager. This role is critical in leading the development and quality assurance of our science curriculum. You will oversee the end-to-end production of science content, ensuring it is pedagogically sound, engaging, and aligned with national and state standards. You will manage a high-performing team of contributors to deliver world-class science education to millions of learners in India.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Curriculum Leadership: Define the pedagogical approach and content strategy for Science (Grades 6–12), ensuring alignment with curriculum standards.
• Team Management: Lead and mentor a team of content creators and reviewers to hit production milestones while maintaining high quality.
• Quality Excellence: Establish and manage rigorous quality review processes for science videos, articles, and exercises.
• Data-Driven Insights: Analyze student learning data and mastery patterns to identify content gaps and areas for improvement in the science domain.
• Systems & Scalability: Build and optimize documentation and workflows to make the science content development process more efficient and scalable.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the implementation team to gather feedback from teachers and students to refine content impact.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Subject Expertise: Deep knowledge of secondary school Science in one or more of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology up to Grade 12.
• Experience: 6-8 years of experience in science education, curriculum development, with at least 2-3 years of ed-tech content management.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to manage complex projects and lead teams of various sizes and compositions.
• Analytical Thinking: Ability to turn complex data into actionable content strategies.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to lead a remote-first team.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team like a for-profit.

• Remote-friendly workplace; Flexible schedules 
• Fun virtual events
• Competitive salaries

LEARN MORE

• Sal’s TED talk from 2011
• Sal’s TED talk from 2015
• A glimpse of our team:  http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team
• A glimpse of our content created: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED8P8vchQJM
• Our Hinglish content in action: http://bit.ly/khanacademyyoutube

HOW TO APPLY

• Attach your resume or LinkedIn URL in the space provided below. 
• Please address the below-mentioned task and attach your response in the space provided below.
• Please note that applications without an appropriate link to the task will be ignored. 

Please address the below-mentioned task and attach your response (google Docs/pdf/etc.) in the space provided below. (For the videos, upload them on google drive/YouTube and share the link in the doc)

Candidate Task: Science Content Production Strategy

Context: Khan Academy India is planning to build a comprehensive set of localized Science courses for Grades 6 to 10. As the Science Manager, you are responsible for planning the production budget and timelines for this initiative. After content is made in English, the localisation team will make all the content available in an Indian language.

Your Task

Imagine you are leading this science content production effort. Please share:

1. Overall Budget Plan: Create a high-level budget for producing Science videos and exercises for Grades 6–10, broken down by grade, content type (videos vs. exercises), and human resources.
2. Assumptions: Clearly list your assumptions, such as the number of chapters per grade, videos per chapter, rates for various roles, and the time required for each task.
3. Timeline: Provide a rough timeline for this production, assuming a core team size of 3–4 leads managing external contributors.
4. Quality–Cost–Time Trade-offs: Discuss how you would balance high-quality pedagogical standards with the need for fast delivery and cost constraints.
5. Risk Mitigation: Identify potential bottlenecks in science content production (e.g., partial budget approval or specialized reviewers) and how you would address them.

What We’re Looking For

• Structured thinking and logical production assumptions.
• Deep awareness of science-specific content production processes.
• Ability to plan operations and budgets at scale.
• Strategic thoughtfulness regarding team composition and trade-offs.

Submission Format

• PDF, Google Doc or Excel/Sheet is fine
• Please keep your response within 2–3 pages or tabs

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