Who We Are

Since 2011, General Assembly has transformed tens of thousands of careers through pioneering, experiential education in today’s most in-demand skills. As featured in The Economist, Wired, and The New York Times, GA offers training in software engineering, data, design, business, and more, both online and at campuses around the world. Our global professional community boasts 40,000 full- and part-time alumni — and counting. In addition to fostering career growth for individuals, GA helps employers cultivate top tech talent and spur innovation by transforming their teams through strategic learning. More than 21,000 employees at elite companies worldwide have honed their digital fluency with our corporate training programs. GA has also been recognized as one of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, and Fast Company has dubbed us leaders in World-Changing Ideas as well as the #1 Most Innovative Company in Education.

We’re hiring a Head of Learning that will set the vision and be accountable for the quality of GA’s learning experiences, starting before students even set foot (or eyeballs) into a classroom all the way through their post-course programming. The ideal candidate will be an expert in creating and delivering world class adult learning, and skilled in building digital products or in business management.

You will:

• Set the vision for world class learning
• Be accountable for the learning quality of all students
• Ensure GA continues to build the highest quality curriculam
• Lead our instructor management, instructional design and digital learning product management teams
• Identify our biggest opportunities to improve, and build compelling cases for initiatives that elevate our student and instructor experiences
• Shape the way we evolve our technology systems, including student information, learning and content platforms
• Inspire our worldwide network of instructors and subject matter experts
• Inspire our employees with the innovation in how we teach
• Work closely with fellow leaders to set the company’s strategy and roadmap
• Be a senior leader at GA, reporting to the Co-COO

Who you are:

• An expert in creating and delivering world class adult learning for both in-person and remote audiences. You almost certainly were a teacher or instructor earlier in your career
• Adept in one of:
• Building digital products - you are comfortable with the full digital product development lifecycle, including shaping requirements, working across business stakeholders, designers and software engineers, and testing products
• Business management - you have built data driven investment cases, made data-driven decisions, raised funding and/or managed budgets, and have managed business operations
• An experienced people manager
• An inspiring leader and public speaker
• An impeccable communicator in email, chat, slides or documents
• Comfortable prioritizing and deprioritizing
• Experienced in navigating a complex business with 500+ employees
• Passionate about providing quality employment on-ramps in our rapidly changing world

Key competencies:

• Drives Vision and Purpose
• Strategic Mindset
• Cultivates Innovation
• Customer Focus
• Builds Networks
• Functional/Technical Skills: Instructional Skills
• digital product development