Lead the strategy.
Implement an innovative, field-responsive strategic plan that affirms OpenSciEd’s leadership in shaping the future of science curriculum.
Chief Executive Officer Opportunity
OpenSciEd seeks a CEO to guide its next stage of growth: expanding access to high-quality K–12 science education and ensuring that adoption translates into strong classroom implementation and meaningful learning for all students.
Fast Facts
- Compensation
- $300,000–$325,000 + benefits
- Location & Start
- Remote · Q1 2027
- Reports to
- OpenSciEd Board of Directors
The Organization
Developed with leading science educators, researchers, and classroom teachers, OpenSciEd’s free, NGSS-aligned instructional materials engage all students in student-led science learning. Its materials, professional learning, and ongoing support help schools and districts create science classrooms where students investigate, ask questions, use evidence, and build explanations about the world around them.
OpenSciEd has earned trust as a leader in high-quality, open-source science curriculum and professional learning. As curriculum development advances, the next CEO will expand reach, strengthen educator and partner support, ensure financial stability, and respond thoughtfully to emerging technologies, including AI, while protecting the quality, openness, and student-centered approach that distinguish the organization.
What You Will Accomplish
Scale adoption and impact.
Grow adoption and market share while protecting the freely accessible core. Define successful implementation and connect professional learning, user feedback, partner standards, and product improvement so all students—especially those in communities underserved or underrepresented in science—experience the intended quality of instruction.
Strengthen financial sustainability.
Grow and diversify revenue, deepen funder relationships, and build partnerships that support OpenSciEd’s long-term impact while preserving its freely accessible core.
Build an adaptive culture.
Strengthen a work culture grounded in trust, transparency, educator voice, and OpenSciEd’s core values, enabling alignment and effective leadership through change.
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Application deadline: Monday, November 2, 2026 at 11:00 p.m. ET
CEO Priorities
The role’s anticipated areas of focus are outlined below.
- 30%Strategic planning and implementation
- 25%Revenue generation
- 25%Partnerships
- 10%Culture transformation
- 10%Board and executive team collaboration
Who Should Apply
We welcome leaders with significant experience in the following areas:
- Creating and executing innovative, field-responsive strategies
- Leading and motivating high-performing teams around a shared vision
- Building cycles of innovation, learning, and continuous improvement
- Leading the development, implementation, or scaling of high-quality curriculum
- Building consensus across diverse stakeholder groups
Potential candidates may include:
- Education nonprofit C-suite leaders
- Chief Academic Officers
- Chief Operating Officers
- Chief Growth Officers
- Chief Product Officers
- Chief Innovation Officers
- EdTech and startup leaders
- Executives with past or current school system experience
Support Across the Field
What Stakeholders Say
“OpenSciEd has pioneered curriculum by which classroom teachers, district and state leadership, researchers and curriculum developers work together…their impact has truly been remarkable to the field”
— Jill Cowart, former Assistant Superintendent of Academic Content, Louisiana Department of Education