Academic Content Manager

TalkingPoints; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

TalkingPoints seeks an experienced, operationally minded elementary educator to lead the development and continual improvement of engaging Pre-K-5 literacy and math content for families. You will collaborate with district partners, manage content contractors, and design scalable processes that balance quality with efficiency.

You will guide content alignment, translate curricula into actionable plans, and represent TalkingPoints in district meetings.

Qualifications

• Experience as an elementary school teacher, instructional coach, or curriculum specialist.
• Strong understanding of evidence-based elementary literacy and math instruction, including the Science of Reading.
• Experience building operational processes to help tasks run more efficiently.
• Comfort using AI and other tools to streamline workflows.
• Proactive, self-directed, and able to drive implementation across teams.
• Experience with U.S.-based K-12 education systems.
• Experience or empathy with underserved communities TalkingPoints serves.

Responsibilities

• Develop literacy and math activities aligned to curriculum pacing for families.
• Partner with Product to design interactive home-based learning experiences.
• Onboard new district partners and gather curriculum resources.
• Translate district materials into content-development and alignment plans.
• Represent TalkingPoints as an academic content expert in meetings with district partners.
• Develop systems for prioritizing, producing, reviewing, tagging, and maintaining content.
• Establish quality standards and review processes across grades and districts.
• Use AI to improve content development efficiency and quality.
• Track content development progress and improve workflows and partner experience.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and train seasonal content contractors.
• Prioritize contractor work and set ambitious production and quality goals.
• Review contractor work and provide actionable feedback.

Skills

Elementary teacher

Instructional coach

Curriculum specialist

Operational processes

AI tools usage

Tools

AI tools

Job description

About TalkingPoints

TalkingPoints is an award-winning education technology nonprofit on a mission to unlock every student’s potential by activating one of the most underutilized forces in education - families. We believe that when families and schools work together, students thrive - and we’re building the tools to make that partnership possible for every family.

Our platform helps schools reach and engage every family - including those historically underserved - through accessible, two-way communication in 150+ languages, along with data, insights, and supports that strengthen relationships and drive student success.

Today, millions of educators and families are using TalkingPoints in their classrooms, schools, and districts across the U.S. to build stronger partnerships and improve outcomes for students. Our work is grounded in research and has been shown to meaningfully impact attendance, learning, and more.

We partner with leading school districts nationwide and are supported by a strong community of philanthropic and strategic partners, including major foundations, technology leaders, and education organizations.

TalkingPoints is at an exciting stage of growth and impact. As we continue to expand our reach and deepen our impact, we’re looking for passionate, mission-driven team members who want to help schools and families succeed - together. Learn more at www.talkingpts.org.

Diversity: we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it!

The Opportunity

TalkingPoints is seeking an experienced, operationally minded elementary educator to lead the development and continuous improvement of engaging, family-friendly Pre-K-5 literacy and math content. This role will partner with district customers to understand their needs, manage contractors who support content creation and review, and build scalable systems that improve operational efficiency while maintaining high-quality content for educators and families.

This is a temporary, full-time, 12-month position reporting to the Product team.

In this role, you will

Develop High-Quality Academic Content

• Develop literacy and math activities aligned to curriculum pacing that schools can share with families throughout the year.
• Ensure content is developmentally appropriate, academically sound, accessible to families, and engaging for children.
• Partner with the Product team to design interactive games and other learning experiences for use at home.

Support Partner Onboarding and Curriculum Alignment

• Collaborate with the Partner Success team to onboard new district partners and gather curriculum resources, including scope and sequences and pacing guides.
• Translate district curriculum materials into clear content-development and alignment plans.
• Represent TalkingPoints as an academic content expert in presentations and meetings with district partners.

Build Scalable Content Operations

• Develop systems for prioritizing, producing, reviewing, tagging, and maintaining academic content.
• Establish quality standards and review processes that support consistency across grades, subjects, and district partners.
• Use AI thoughtfully to improve the efficiency and quality of content development, tagging, curriculum alignment, and refinement.
• Track content-development progress and identify opportunities to improve workflows and the partner experience.

Manage Seasonal Content Contractors

• Help recruit, hire, onboard, and train seasonal contractors who support academic content development and review.
• Assign and prioritize contractor work based on partner needs and content-development goals.
• Set ambitious but achievable production and quality goals.
• Review contractor work, provide actionable feedback, and ensure content meets TalkingPoints’s standards.

Who You Are

• You have experience as an elementary school teacher, instructional coach, or curriculum specialist and understand how strong school-family partnerships support student learning.
• You have a strong understanding of evidence-based elementary literacy and math instruction, including the Science of Reading.
• You have experience building operational processes that help to complete tasks more efficiently without sacrificing quality.
• You are comfortable using AI and other tools to streamline workflows.
• You are proactive, self-directed, and able to identify operational challenges, propose solutions, and drive implementation across teams.
• Experience with U.S.-based K-12 education systems
• Experience in or empathy with communities we serve (e.g., underserved populations, education, immigration, bilingual and/or multicultural environments)

This role is a temporary 12-month full-time position. The base pay for this role is $80,000. The actual base compensation may vary depending on factors such as experience, location, market conditions, education/training, and skill level, and does not include bonuses, other forms of compensation, or benefits.

Overall fit with our org culture - we look for team members who are:

• User and mission-oriented: we are devoted to our mission with empathy towards the communities we serve.
• All-in together: we go above and beyond the job description, working together as a team.
• Agile & action-oriented: we get things done, knowing that our progress is urgent to our communities.
• Always learning: we are always learning, with a growth mindset, to reach our full potential.
• Boldly courageous: we take risks in order to achieve big things.
• Resourceful: We are creative, solution-oriented, and scrappy.

What We Offer

• An incredible opportunity to build a mission-driven, rapidly growing startup tech nonprofit
• Competitive salary, health insurance, benefits, and flexible time off
• 401K match
• Annual professional development benefit
• Flexibility to work remotely
• Fun, smart, dynamic, motivated team focused on working together to transform family engagement to serve the families who need it most
• Please note that this is a temporary, 12-month full-time position

TalkingPoints is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all qualified individuals have an equal opportunity to contribute and succeed. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.