Regional Director - West

Art of Problem Solving; San Diego (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus

401K with company match

PTO

Medical, Dental and Vision plans

Job summary

AoPS Academy is seeking a Regional Director (West) to lead regional growth, oversee multiple campuses, and uphold educational standards with accountability. You will align campus performance with HQ goals, mentor campus leaders, and drive strategic initiatives across the region.

This remote, full-time leadership role requires strong communication, financial savvy, and the ability to navigate cross-campus collaboration. Travel within the region is expected, with San Diego area favored.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required; advanced degree preferred.
• Experience teaching K-12 or in Education administration or management preferred.
• Multi-site leadership and management experience.
• Strong financial management skills, including budgeting and margin drivers.
• Exceptional customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and operational oversight for all AoPS Academy campuses within the assigned region.
• Train to uphold AoPS educational mission and standards and ensure consistent quality across campuses.
• Establish regional performance standards and growth objectives with HQ teams and campus leaders; analyze data and report KPI updates.
• Perform monthly financial reviews with campus and HQ leadership; support financially sound decisions and margin management.
• Hire, develop, and manage campus leadership teams; oversee campus hiring and cross-campus mentorship programs.
• Lead staffing, promotion structures, and compensation discussions in collaboration with Talent Strategy and Academy leadership.
• Act as a strategic partner to Expansion, launch new campuses, and conduct market research and site identification.

Skills

Multi-site leadership

Financial management

Communication skills

Customer service

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

As a Regional Director (West) for AoPS Academy, you play a critical role in helping AoPS Academy grow and reach more students by ensuring regional growth and flourishing campuses. This leadership role demands a dynamic individual to provide strategic direction and oversight, ensuring adherence to educational, growth and performance standards while fostering a culture of accountability. Effective communication and collaboration is paramount, requiring the ability to report information both up and down the organizational chain and to problem solve closely and successfully with leaders and colleagues across campuses, regions and departments.

Location:
This is a remote position. Candidates must be based in one of the following locations, with San Diego County strongly preferred:

• Location 1: Based in Southern California (San Diego County / Los Angeles County / Orange County)
• Location 2: Based in Greater Seattle Area

This position requires frequent travel within the assigned region and occasional travel outside the area, as well as some evening and weekend hours.

The Regional Director Will:

• Provide strategic direction and operational oversight for all AoPS Academy campuses within the assigned region, upholding a high operational bar across all.
• Train to and uphold AoPS educational mission and standards. Ensure consistent quality of educational services by monitoring program quality and supporting campus teams in maintaining academic rigor and student engagement.
• Establish regional performance standards and growth objectives with HQ teams and campus leaders. Analyze performance data, implement improvements, and hold campuses accountable to metrics. Provide KPI updates to the National Operations Director and Academy leadership.
• Perform monthly financial reviews with campus and HQ leadership. Train and support campus leaders in making financially sound business decisions and hold them accountable to financial margins.
• Hire, develop, and manage campus leadership teams. Supervise campus hiring efforts for all positions and lead programs that foster professional development, cross-campus mentorship, and knowledge sharing.
• Lead projects defining staffing levels, roles, promotion structures, and compensation in collaboration with Talent Strategy and Academy leadership.
• Act as a strategic partner to Expansion efforts by successfully launching new campuses, providing market insights, and partnering on market research and site identification.
• Communicate and collaborate across all levels of management and departments. Document and elevate regional feedback to HQ teams and contribute to improving operations, systems, and processes at both HQ and campus levels.
• Facilitate resolution of escalated campus issues and complete other tasks as assigned.

The ideal candidate has all of the following required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree is required, with advanced degree preferred
• Experience teaching K-12 or in Education administration or management preferred
• Multi-site leadership and management experience
• Strong financial management skills, including experience with budget development and management, as well as an understanding of margin drivers
• Business or other analytical background to support monitoring of data and budgets
• Exceptional customer service and communication skills

Why Join AoPS:

This is a remote full-time position. Here are some things you can look forward to:

• Salary: Range for this position is 120k-150k plus a variable year-end bonus.
• Impact/Growth Opp: The opportunity to develop campuses, mentor leadership teams, and contribute to our strategic vision of creating the next generation of problem solvers
• Culture: Work and collaborate with an organization filled with builders and life-long learners who strive to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation
• Flexibility: Casual remote work environment
• Benefits: Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Future Planning: 401K with company match
• Quality of Life: PTO plan and supportive leadership that gives you the work-life balance you deserve
• Ease of Transition: Relocation bonus

Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.

Work Authorization:

Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.

About AoPS:

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country’s top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.