Director of Product Architecture, 2 Hour Learning

Director of Product Architecture, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) - $400,000/year USD Join to apply for the Director of Product Architecture, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) - $400,000/year USD role at CrossoverThis range is provided by Crossover. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay range $200.00/hr - $200.00/hrOverview 2 Hour Learning seeks a technical product leader with the depth to operate as a CTO and the vision to drive transformational change in AI-powered education. This role demands technical rigor, product ownership at the executive level, and a commitment to unlocking student potential at scale.Unlike most companies that layer AI onto conventional education frameworks, 2 Hour Learning has reconstructed the school model from first principles. By integrating AI and learning science as the foundation, we have eliminated the limitations of traditional classrooms. The results speak for themselves: students achieve multiple 4s and 5s on AP exams, demonstrate multi-year academic growth within a single year, and consistently exceed their own expectations. When AI serves as the operating system of learning, student performance reaches new heights.This is not a conventional product management position centered on feedback loops or iterative feature releases. You will assume technical product ownership at the executive tier, governing the architecture, technical strategy, and AI integration across our entire learning platform. Your mandate is to make the critical technical tradeoffs that keep our products lean, scalable, and laser-focused on student outcomes. You will combine the mindset of a CTO with the velocity of a product entrepreneur, merging engineering discipline with learning science to deliver continuous breakthroughs.What You Will Be Doing Cultivating and applying deep expertise in education products to inform strategic decisionsAuthoring technical specifications that resolve critical technical decisions while prioritizing simplicity, efficiency, and long-term sustainabilityDeploying generative AI technologies to automate and optimize engineering workflows, supporting the strategic objective of minimizing manual effortWhat You Won’t Be Doing Pure people management; this position relies on your business acumen and technical expertiseSpending time in meetings, committees, and administrative overhead; we have automated management tasks to enable you to focus on hands-on value creationDelivering high-level strategy without actionable implementation guidance; your recommendations must be grounded in product-level analysisDirector Of Product Architecture Key Responsibilities Serve as the CTO for one or more education products, owning core competencies and generating business value through flawless execution and strategic decision-makingBasic Requirements Significant experience or demonstrated interest in data-driven learning science7+ years of experience leading critical architecture and design decisions on software projects, including the application of architecture design patterns or major open source technologies2+ years of experience making design decisions that involve cloud computing services (primarily AWS)4+ years of experience in roles with complete technical and delivery ownership of a revenue-generating productExperience building product features that leverage advanced Generative AI capabilitiesExperience applying Generative AI to streamline work processesAbout 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.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 for more details on this topic.Crossover Job Code: LJ-5590-IT-COUNTRY-DirectorofProd.005Seniority level ExecutiveEmployment type Full-timeJob function Engineering, Product Management, and Project ManagementIndustries Education Administration ProgramsE-Learning ProvidersIT Services and IT Consulting#J-18808-Ljbffr