VP, Innovation and Engineering

Position Overview:

Our Company. Time4Learning, a Cambium® Learning Group Brand, offers award-winning online curriculum, resources, and programs for at-home use and within non-traditional learning settings. Time4Learning has three major brands - its flagship product, Time4Learning, an online core curriculum and supplemental program for students in grades PreK-12th grade and Brightspire Virtual School, an accredited online school for students in grades 6-12. Time4Learning is experiencing a period of rapid growth and working to expand our home education product line and our reach into new and evolving learning environments.

Our Team. Time4Learning is a remote-first group with team members from coast to coast. As a long-standing leader in the home education space, T4L attracts a diverse group of talented people who create delightful learning experiences for students and supportive resources and tools for parents and teachers. Qualified candidates bring curiosity, humility, and an open mind for the diverse and unique ways in which students can learn.

Our Culture. The T4L team values diversity of thought, experience, and approach so that we can offer the best personalized learning on the market. We work together collaboratively and with purpose, but don’t take ourselves too seriously. We establish rapport through monthly team building activities and cross-functional projects that offer staff opportunities to work with people who have different skill sets and perspectives.

Vision for This Position. The Vice President, Innovation and Engineering, is a visionary and changemaker responsible for driving innovation to support growth and efficiency across the entire organization. Reporting to the President, this role leads the development of scalable, future-ready technology solutions for ecommerce, business operations, content creation, user experiences, and platform systems. The VP is passionate about AI and brings enthusiasm and expertise to their leadership of a SaaS development team.

Job Responsibilities:

Innovation Strategy & Engineering Leadership

• Define and execute an AI-focused innovation strategy aligning technology with business and financial goals.
• Drive adoption across the organization of emerging technologies and AI/ML to enhance technological capabilities, business systems, and personalization.
• Lead architecture of flexible, extensible solutions; hands-on oversight of .NET (C#) platforms and Azure-native services. Familiarity with Microsoft identity & security patterns.

Learning and Content Systems

• In partnership with Product, incrementally improve LMS architecture and administration.
• Lead ongoing development of AI-driven CMS in collaboration with content/curriculum team, supporting structured academic content creation for grades PreK-12.
• Ensure legacy content is refactored into reusable formats that support omnichannel publishing and personalization.
• Partner with content/curriculum teams to maintain a robust taxonomy and metadata schema for all data, and develop models that support academic standards.

E-commerce and Business Systems

• Oversee the ongoing enhancements of an e-commerce platform with theme-based storefront (Shopify) for marketing and selling purposes that supports customized digital marketing, sales, and renewal experiences
  • Partner with Marketing and Product staff and external Shopify developers to build end-to-end customer experiences aligned with key business goals.
• Own the end-to-end subscription and renewal architecture across Shopify and the subscription app/systems stack, ensuring reliable customer experiences, accurate financial reconciliation and measurable SLAs for retention-impacting flow.
• Provide technical oversight and leadership for the entire enterprise system and collaborate with shared services on security and privacy requirements.

Workflow Optimization & Operations

• Collaborate with other R&D leaders to design and implement workflows that create efficiencies for staff members, and foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement.
• Ensure operational excellence through process optimization/automation, resource management, data-driven decision-making, and tool integration, leveraging foundational practices in SAFe and modern AI/automation tooling.
• Advocate for quality by ensuring tools and workflows meet business, pedagogical, and product needs.

Cross-Functional and Vendor Collaboration

• Partner with leaders across the organization to understand areas in need of
  • Innovation and redesign of existing technologies
  • Security, privacy, and compliance in a regulated environment
• Identify and outsource critical path work to industry leading third-party vendors to maximize the capacity of internal resources and their skillset.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on innovation opportunities and technical feasibility.

Leadership Competencies:

• Leadership Presence: Ability to comfortably interact with executives and investors, and present to a wide range of audiences including internal staff, T4L/Cambium leadership, and executive-level stakeholders.
• Compliance & Security: Act as the enterprise-level leader for enacting a strong security and compliance stance in alignment with requirements from Cambium.
• Risk & Resilience: Experience establishing and maintaining crisis management processes and large-scale outage handling.
• Stakeholder Navigation: Strong experience managing up to executives and navigating challenging internal and external decision-making.

Job Requirements:

• BA/BS degree in engineering, computer science, cognitive science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise engineering leadership, including large-scale launches, outage management, compliance oversight, and executive-level engagement.
• Ability to leverage AI/ML to automate, accelerate, and amplify business outcomes and present ROI to executive stakeholders.
• Experience with LMS’s, headless CMS’s, authoring tools, business/financial systems, platform management, and cloud computing.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, content taxonomy, and metadata standards.
• Demonstrated success in integrating emerging technologies into business and product workflows and creating structure and scalability through tools, systems, and processes
• Excellent communication and leadership presence with ability to navigate stakeholder expectations and influence business decisions.
• Servant leadership mindset with proven ability to lead high-performing teams and drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Remote-first, but must be able to travel 2–3 times per year for conferences and/or team meetings.

To learn more about our organization and the exciting work we do, visit www.time4learning.com.

Remote First Work Environment

Our Remote First approach gives employees the flexibility and trust they need to effectively balance work with life. It creates a culture in which all employees are valued and where success is measured in results. It allows us to work collaboratively, inclusively and for greater positive impact, regardless of our individual locations.

If you will be working remotely, either occasionally or on a permanent basis, you must have a reliable internet connection through a cable or fiber-optic broadband service with minimum speeds of 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.

The successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in video-based interviews during the recruiting process and ongoing virtual meetings with their camera on, as part of their role. To maintain confidentiality and ensure a fair evaluation process, the use of note-taking tools, reference materials, or AI-powered tools (including generative AI, language models, or similar technologies) during interviews or other selection activities is prohibited unless prior written approval has been obtained from the People Experience team. If you require an exception for medical, accessibility, or other reasons, please contact your Talent Acquisition team member to discuss accommodations in advance.

As part of our Remote-First benefits, Cambium offers reimbursement to help cover the cost of setting up your home or remote office.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas, and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender, gender identity/expression, or sexual orientation), national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or genetic information (including family medical history).

We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  You may request an accommodation during the recruiting process with your Talent Acquisition team member.