With more than 20 years of experience, Continued is a leader in online learning.
Director, Innovation and Discovery
Location
Texas
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director, Innovation and Discovery
Continued
• Run the pipeline of ideas under exploration end to end, from intake through vetting and active investigation. • Track progress, keep every project moving, and keep the executive team informed on status, evaluation, and recommendations for what to pursue, pause, or stop. • Continuously scan the education and professional-development landscape and collaboratively translate market signals into Frontier project opportunities before the competition sees them. • Lead structured problem-framing, ideation, and rapid prototyping using rigorous design thinking methodology from concept to tangible artifact. • Facilitate regular review with company leadership. Own the agenda, present the scores, and drive the decision making. • Shepherd battle-tested projects into Continued’s operational hands and document R&D learnings that make every project — even terminated ones — a strategic asset. • Build and refine the processes, rubrics, and rituals that make the Frontier a repeatable, scalable innovation capability. • Keep pace with AI, simulation technology, gamification, and the broader ed-tech ecosystem — and bring that intelligence back to the team.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Design, Instructional Technology, or a related field — or equivalent demonstrated experience.
- 7+ years of experience in product strategy, business consulting, innovation management, or instructional design — with at least 3 years owning a portfolio or program from concept through launch.
- Market Intelligence Obsessive: You track competitors, follow adjacent markets, and synthesize signals into strategic implications — you know what's happening at the edges of EdTech and what it means for Continu ed.
- Design Thinker: You've internalized design thinking as a methodology, not a buzzword, and you can move from problem-framing workshop to prototype brief in the same day.
- Owner, Not Participant: You hold yourself to a high standard of personal accountability.
- Independent by Default: You set your own cadence, manage your own priorities, and create clarity in fast-moving environments rather than waiting for it to be provided.
- Commercially Sharp: You think about business model innovation and market opportunity with the same rigor you bring to product design.
- Communicator with Presence: You present to executives without over-preparing, write with clarity and concision, and make messy R&D portfolios feel coherent and compelling.
- Visually Fluent: You produce decks, prototypes, and documentation that are sharp and well-designed — not because it's required, but because you know it changes how ideas land. You are creative and strategic.
Benefits
- Work from home with a company-provided MacBook and internet stipend.
- 21 days of flexible PTO + your birthday + holidays (with flexible substitution).
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision group health insurance, flexible spending accounts, and more.
- 401k match, professional development budget, robust wellness programs, pet insurance and many more perks and benefits.
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