Curriculum Team Manager - Community for Rigor - Penn Engineering

About the Community for Rigor

The Community for Rigor (C4R) is a growing and innovative team at the University of Pennsylvania dedicated to changing research culture by providing comprehensive educational materials, promoting best practices, and fostering a community committed to improving research reliability. Community for Rigor is a 6-year funded project from NIH NINDS, and operates as a hub that coordinates the efforts of multiple partner institutions.

About the Role

We are seeking a Curriculum Team Manager to direct the creation of C4R's educational content and to steward the people and processes behind it. You will shape how scientific rigor is taught, bringing subject-matter judgment to what goes into our units and finding engaging, original ways to reach learners at every career stage. This is a role for someone who will champion pedagogical rigor in scientific-training, strengthen collaboration across teams, and guide units from creation through to dissemination and uptake. In addition to empowering scientists, we also aim to empower every member of our team, through a supportive, inclusive, and open working environment.

Responsibilities

• Project manage two collaborative working pods in collaboration with the Director of Operations and the Director of User Research.
• Lead a pod of curriculum developers through the design and revision of educational units, setting direction and fostering thoughtful, creative work.
• Working with the Curriculum Team and leadership, create vision for future direction of C4R resources, including novel formats, expanding existing work, new product types, etc.
• Write and shape instructional content in alignment with existing style and format, including design educational content and web applications, and prototyping new ways to teach rigor alongside the team.
• Review all C4R educational content for consistency and clarity.
• Bring subject-matter judgment to content decisions, and weigh feedback from collaborators and reviewers to distinguish core issues from surface fixes.
• Cultivate the processes that keep unit production moving, turning big-picture goals into clear priorities.
• Represent the Curriculum Team within C4R's leadership and governance, co-leading product decisions and enhancing coordination across teams.
• Serve as the voice of curriculum development and vision in conversations with external partners (funders, stakeholders, and institutions).
• Present C4R content to audiences when needed (including instruction to test audiences) and travel to conferences to represent C4R (travel requirement).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and two to three years of experience in a higher education setting or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Master's degree preferred. Preference for background in Neuroscience or related field.
• Experience leading a team or group toward shared goals, including giving and receiving constructive feedback.
• Expertise in scientific training, and rigor and reproducibility issues, especially in the biomedical sciences.
• Familiarity with evidence-based pedagogy and instructional design.
• Demonstrated ability to create effective and engaging instructional content, including text, interactive activities, audio/visual scripts, etc.
• Strong writing and documentation skills, including providing written feedback and updating internal knowledge base documents.
• Ability to teach varied audiences and represent a team to external partners and stakeholders.
• Interest in developing new skills and taking on new responsibilities as the project evolves.
• Availability to work in the office minimum once a week. Application for remote work will be considered but hybrid strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience coordinating work across teams in a multi-stakeholder or multi-institution setting.
• Hands-on technical fluency with interactive educational content, web applications, games, etc.
• Experience with coding in Python and/or Javascript.
• Familiarity with AI tooling for content development, such as Claude Code and system-prompt design.
• Experience creating educational multimedia (graphics, audio recordings, video clips, interactive simulations).
• Experience with proof-reading and copyediting.
• Certified Instructor for The Carpentries or similar certification.
• Familiarity with explicit teaching / explicit instruction.
• Familiarity with project management tools or systems (Monday.com, Trello, Asana, Jira, etc.).

Application Requirements

Resume and Cover Letter: Please provide a resume and cover letter in your application. We use these documents to understand your experience and who you are as an individual. Your resume should include recent positions, descriptions of what you did in each role, and any relevant skills. Your cover letter should describe why you are interested in joining C4R, your connection to its mission, how your prior experience has prepared you for the various aspects of this role (technical background, leadership experience, etc), and (research background, pedagogical experience, etc), and your approach for creating engaging and effective educational materials. Please keep cover letters to two pages or less. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Timeline

We intend to have the position start late August to early September. Please indicate when you are able to start in your application materials.

Pay

$71,733.00 - $100,000.00 Annual Rate. Salary offers are made based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, and in alignment with salary ranges based on external market data for the job's level. Internal organization and peer data at Penn are also considered.