Overview
Director of Learning Strategy, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) – $400,000/year USD Jobs in United Arab Emirates at Crossover
Title: Director of Learning Strategy, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) – $400,000/year USD
Company: Crossover
Location: United Arab Emirates
You've shaped a clear academic vision in the past and been accountable for its success. You've led from the front lines, not from the sidelines. When it comes to learning science, you're not experimenting—you've built something tangible, delivered measurable results, and earned credibility to present it publicly. If this describes your experience, 2 Hour Learning is seeking its academic leader.
At 2 Hour Learning, we've developed a system in which students achieve twice the learning in only two hours per day. AI-driven tutoring, mastery-based advancement, and a fundamental shift from traditional classroom design produce these results. The outcomes speak for themselves. We now need a leader who can align execution across varied school environments, elevate academic leadership standards, and serve as the public advocate for a model rooted in sound learning science.
This is not a theoretical academic position. It's a leadership charge. You'll direct the academic strategy in action, establish precise standards, surface execution shortfalls, and mentor high-performing teams to achieve tangible outcomes. You'll convert our scientific underpinnings into operational rigor and champion this model on a global stage.
What You Will Be Doing
- Developing academic frameworks that convert learning science into actionable guidance for curriculum design, motivation architectures, and application development.
- Conducting academic execution reviews with Heads of Academics to ensure school teams remain aligned, accountable, and results-driven.
- Integrating data, stakeholder interviews, and direct observation into academic ecosystem assessments that identify the most critical obstacles to accelerated learning and recommend targeted interventions.
- Ensuring strategic alignment via planning cycles, feedback mechanisms, and milestone oversight to sustain focus on student learning objectives.
- Serving as the principal representative of 2 Hour Learning at executive levels, including keynote presentations and engagements with Ministries of Education, to influence systemic transformation in educational thinking.
What You Won’t Be Doing
- Working on isolated curriculum initiatives that lack systemic impact.
- Producing theoretical research disconnected from student outcomes or operational execution.
- Handing off performance accountability to mid-level managers or external consultants.
- Depending on institutional reputation or academic theory to convince skeptical audiences.
Director Of Learning Strategy Key Responsibilities
Expand and strengthen 2 Hour Learning's validated academic model by aligning execution across school sites, raising leadership performance standards, and serving as the public representative of a movement founded on rigorous science and demonstrated results.
Basic Requirements
- Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D) in Learning Science, Educational Psychology, Instructional Design, or a related field
- At least 7 years in academic or EdTech leadership roles, leading a team of staff/employees (not an informal peer leader role, such as grade-level lead); you must have been responsible for hiring, monitoring performance, coaching, and making termination decisions
- Experience driving learning outcomes for students and upholding student performance standards
- Experience applying AI or emerging technologies to improve education, such as through personalized learning, adaptive learning, AI agents, etc.
- Experience managing academic teams of 50+ people (e.g., the teams you managed directly executed curriculum, instruction, or assessment)
- Experience interacting directly with students, teachers, or school leaders in a professional setting
About 2 Hour Learning
Education is broken, but 2 Hour Learning is proving it doesn’t have to be. They’re tearing down the outdated one-size-fits-all model and replacing it with AI-driven personalized learning that helps kids master academics in just two hours a day.
With students consistently ranking in the top 1-2% nationally and the top 20% achieving an astonishing 6.5x growth, they’re proving that smarter learning is possible. At 2 Hour Learning, it’s talent and performance that matter.
They offer a dynamic, on-campus and remote-friendly environment where innovators, educators, and AI specialists can be a part of fixing a broken school system.
2 Hour Learning is reprogramming learning for the AI era.
Here’s How They’re Fixing It.
There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!
Working with us
This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $200 USD/hour, which equates to $400,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.
Crossover Job Code: LJ-5595-AE-COUNTRY-DirectorofLear.004