Senior Program Manager, International Enablement

United States, CanadaFull-TimeSenior
Salary120800 - 135900 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
7+ years

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in international education, partnerships, consulting, public sector delivery, or cross-functional program leadership
  • Strong understanding of how educational systems operate, particularly in international contexts
  • Demonstrated experience leading implementation in ambiguous environments, driving execution across multiple teams without formal authority
  • Exceptional project management and prioritization skills
  • Ability to rapidly develop deep product fluency and translate product evolution into practical implementation guidance
  • Strong judgment: able to independently resolve most issues while escalating only high-risk or strategic decisions
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfort operating across time zones and cultures
  • Entrepreneurial mindset and bias toward action
  • Willingness to travel internationally as needed
  • Experience working with government partners, large-scale implementations, or edtech products is strongly preferred
  • Motivated by the Khan Academy mission
  • Proven cross-cultural competency skills

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for operational and implementation questions from country teams
  • Resolve ~80% of partner issues and clarifications without escalation
  • Run regular operational check-ins with priority country teams
  • Identify risks early and escalate only strategic, compliance, or resourcing tradeoffs
  • Develop deep fluency in Khan Academy products and translate product changes into clear, actionable guidance for country teams
  • Support grassroots and government-level launches with practical implementation counsel
  • Maintain a feedback loop to Product on field implications and recurring friction points
  • Support onboarding and accelerator processes for new countries
  • Provide guidance on adapting implementation models to local system constraints
  • Support pilot design and early-stage implementation stabilization for new country teams
  • Support design and execution of global convenings, learning communities, and knowledge-sharing initiatives
  • Contribute to professional learning tracks aligned to partner needs
  • Ensure country teams are informed of roadmap changes and prepared for transitions
  • Work closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Legal, and Marketing teams to unblock country needs
  • Ensure dependencies are tracked and moved forward
  • Maintain clarity on what is operational vs. strategic vs. product ownership
  • Protect senior leadership capacity by filtering and synthesizing issues before escalation
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