Lead Curriculum Developer

📋 Description

• • **Own the Curriculum Roadmap:** Take the lead in defining and managing the entire curriculum roadmap for our training initiatives. This involves deep collaboration with internal stakeholders across product, marketing, partnerships, and customer-facing teams to thoroughly understand and map out the evolving needs of our customers. You'll also work closely with our community team to identify and prioritize curriculum requests that align with our strategic goals and upcoming roadmap.
• • **Drive Curriculum Development Lifecycle (CDLC):** You will be instrumental in maturing our Curriculum Development Lifecycle (CDLC). This includes proposing, implementing, and continuously iterating on robust frameworks and templates. Your work will ensure our agile workflow and other educational team processes (documentation, revenue enablement, L&D, Learning Operations) are optimized to enhance the quality and adoption of our curriculum resources.
• • **Design Engaging Learning Experiences:** Architect and oversee the design of learning experiences that are not only delightful and accessible but also consistently empower data practitioners. You will guide and validate initial curriculum design decisions, ensuring they align with best practices in adult learning and our specific domain.
• • **Facilitate SME Collaboration:** Act as a key facilitator in the curriculum development process. You will guide Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in leveraging provided templates and guides, ensuring content maturity and maximizing its impact. Your role is crucial in transforming expert knowledge into effective learning materials.
• • **Manage Content Rollouts and Updates:** Develop and execute structured communication plans for rolling out new curriculum content and updates. This includes leveraging both internal and external channels, such as Slack, to ensure maximum visibility and adoption among our target customers and internal teams.
• • **Monitor and Iterate on Curriculum Effectiveness:** Partner with our Learning Operations team to continuously monitor the effectiveness of our learning curriculum throughout its lifecycle. You will be responsible for gathering feedback on courses, analyzing learning outcomes, and making regular, data-driven adjustments to existing courses to ensure they remain relevant and impactful.
• • **Champion Analytics Engineering Education:** As a pioneer in analytics engineering, dbt Labs is committed to educating the data community. This role is central to that mission, ensuring our training materials reflect the latest advancements in the data and analytics space, particularly around dbt and the modern data stack.
• • **Contribute to a Fast-Paced, Remote Environment:** Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment that is predominantly remote and asynchronous. You'll need to be proactive, organized, and adept at collaborating across different time zones and working styles.
• • **Bridge Technical Concepts and Learning:** Leverage your technical aptitude to quickly grasp new concepts in the data and analytics domain. Your ability to translate complex technical ideas into clear, manageable, and engaging learning content will be paramount.
• • **Enhance Customer Enablement:** Play a vital role in enabling our customers to derive maximum value from the dbt platform. High-quality, accessible training is a key component of customer success and retention, and this role directly contributes to that objective.
• • **Drive Scalable Learning Solutions:** Develop and manage curriculum that can be scaled to a large and growing user base, ensuring consistency and quality across all learning offerings. This includes considering different learning modalities and formats to meet diverse user needs.
• • **Foster Cross-Functional Partnerships:** Build strong working relationships with teams across the organization, including Product, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success. This collaboration is essential for aligning curriculum development with business objectives and customer needs.
• • **Champion Best Practices in Instructional Design:** Bring your expertise in instructional design and curriculum development to elevate our training programs. You will be a key voice in ensuring our learning experiences are pedagogically sound, engaging, and effective.
• • **Contribute to a Growing Company:** Be part of a rapidly growing company that is a leader in its space. Your work will directly impact the success of thousands of data teams worldwide and contribute to the company's continued growth and innovation.
• • **Shape the Future of Data Education:** This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of data education within the analytics engineering domain, influencing how data professionals learn and grow their skills.