Program Team Lead, Learning & Development

Faria Education Group empowers schools and learners worldwide with integrated, intelligent, human-centered technology and learning solutions that makes education better in every sense. Our connected tools streamline school operations, enhance teaching, enable personalized learning, and support data-informed decisions through AI-powered insights. With decades of experience and a global outlook, we tailor solutions to local needs, helping schools, educators, and families thrive.

The FariaLearn team provides professional learning to schools, districts and educational networks across the globe. Through virtual, on-site and asynchronous courses the team develops and facilitates the content in partnership with schools. The role Lead, Professional Learning & Development is an individual contributor role on the team that provides strategic leadership for a portfolio of professional learning experiences. This role shapes how our professional learning is designed, facilitated, and continuously improved by leading through expertise, collaboration, and influence.

Lead, Professional Learning & Development works closely with our clients and internal teams to design and deliver high-impact professional learning experiences that are research-aligned, responsive to client needs, and supportive of long-term adoption and success across Faria products and services.

What you’ll do

  • Lead the design, facilitation, and continuous improvement of a portfolio of professional learning offerings, ensuring instructional quality, coherence, and impact
  • Partner with clients (schools and educational organizations) to plan and deliver professional learning aligned to system goals, using a consultative approach grounded in research and data
  • Own professional learning engagements from proposal through delivery, coordinating timelines, content, and collaborators
  • Collaborate across Product, Implementation, Sales Enablement, and Client Experience teams to align learning design, delivery, and messaging
  • Design and facilitate complex or nuanced professional learning sessions for diverse audiences
  • Use feedback, outcomes, and implementation data to drive improvement across content and facilitation practices
  • Establish shared facilitation and instructional design norms that support consistency and scalability
  • Communicate insights and recommendations that inform future learning strategy and program evolution

About you

  • You lead through expertise and influence, not authority
  • You are comfortable owning complex work independently and collaborating across teams
  • You thrive in virtual and in-person client-facing environments and adapt well to changing contexts
  • You think systemically about learning, facilitation, and long-term impact
  • You value instructional quality, equity, and meaningful professional learning

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in education, professional learning, instructional leadership, or a related field
  • International Baccalaureate experience whether through teaching or as a coordinator
  • Proven ability to work, plan, and execute professional learning engagements independently as well as collaboratively
  • Demonstrated success working with mid- to large-sized districts or school networks
  • Strong grounding in adult learning theory, instructional design, and facilitation best practices
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally 
  • Ability to analyze feedback and impact data to inform strategic decisions
  • Fluent in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work across multiple global time zones, supporting international teams and clients outside of U.S. business hours when needed
  • U.S. driver’s license and Passport
  • Ability to travel frequently (approximately 40–50% over the course of the year), with travel varying by season and client needs

Why you’ll love this role

  • You’ll lead through influence. Shape learning strategy and quality.
  • You’ll stay close to the work. This is a hands-on, client-facing role with visible impact.
  • You’ll work at scale. Support complex systems, products, and learning engagements.
  • You’ll collaborate broadly. Partner across teams to align learning with organizational priorities.
  • You’ll continue to grow. Strengthen your facilitation, strategy, and systems thinking.

Benefits

  • $65,000 to $70,000 annual salary*
  • PTO for vacation (16 days, increasing with tenure), sick (10), holidays (11) and other life events
  • Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurances
  • Monthly health and wellness allowance
  • Monthly internet allowance
  • 401(k) & Roth Retirement Plans, Faria offers a 3% match up to 6% of employee invested funds
  • Company AT&T wireless plan
  • Professional development activities & budget
  • Various employee recognition programs and company sponsored social events
  • Unlimited books budget

*The base compensation range for this position is $65,000 to $70,000, plus eligibility for bonuses based on reaching specified OKR targets. A variety of factors will determine base salary, including years of experience and specific skill sets. Salary reviews are conducted on an annual basis.

Career development and other business needs occasionally present themselves, even for non-traveling roles, therefore, we ask all Faria Education Group employees to maintain a valid passport.

Full training will be provided during induction and further training will be given throughout the duration of your employment, in order to assist in advancing your career with Faria Education Group.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex.

Faria is a global company that offers primarily remote work with the option to access a coworking space if desired. We also support hiring of full-time employees in the following states:

  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Illinois
  • Maryland
  • Michigan
  • New Jersey
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Texas

About Faria Education Group

At Faria Education Group, we are dedicated to reaching every learner and inspiring every educator. As the trusted partner of over 10,000 schools and 4 million students in 155 countries, we lead the way in international education systems and services.

We offer an integrated suite that supports all aspects of curriculum management, teaching and learning, admissions, and school-to-home communications. With an unwavering commitment to innovation, our technology is designed with rigorous standards for data protection and security, ensuring first-class training and support for modern international schools.

Through our innovative online courses and revision programs, we provide comprehensive educational experiences. Our offerings include the IB Diploma and Cambridge online courses, bringing high-quality education to schools and homes worldwide.

Join us in our commitment to transforming education and empowering communities globally. Explore our services, including ManageBac, OpenApply, Atlas, SchoolsBuddy, Pamoja, Wolsey Hall, and Oxford Study Courses.

https://www.faria.org/careers

Founded in 2006, Faria is a leader in international education systems and services, providing an integrated systems suite across learning, admissions, school-to-home and online courses, and study services. Faria offers a School OS (operating system) covering the entire student and school lifecycle, including admissions & enrollment, curriculum, course delivery and learning management, assessment & reporting, payments and more. Faria is the only online learning and online homeschooling provider approved by both the International Baccalaureate (IB) & Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE), and is the only provider approved by Cambridge at both primary and secondary levels. Today, Faria serves over 10,000 schools and over 4 million students across 155 countries. Learn more about Faria at www.faria.org.

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