Academic Content Manager

About TalkingPoints

TalkingPoints is an award-winning education technology nonprofit on a mission to unlock every student’s potential by activating one of the most underutilized forces in education - families. We believe that when families and schools work together, students thrive - and we’re building the tools to make that partnership possible for every family.

Our platform helps schools reach and engage every family - including those historically underserved - through accessible, two-way communication in 150+ languages, along with data, insights, and supports that strengthen relationships and drive student success.

Today, millions of educators and families are using TalkingPoints in their classrooms, schools, and districts across the U.S. to build stronger partnerships and improve outcomes for students. Our work is grounded in research and has been shown to meaningfully impact attendance, learning, and more.

We partner with leading school districts nationwide and are supported by a strong community of philanthropic and strategic partners, including major foundations, technology leaders, and education organizations.

TalkingPoints is at an exciting stage of growth and impact. As we continue to expand our reach and deepen our impact, we’re looking for passionate, mission-driven team members who want to help schools and families succeed - together. Learn more at.

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The Opportunity:

TalkingPoints is seeking an experienced, operationally minded elementary educator to lead the development and continuous improvement of engaging, family-friendly Pre-K–5 literacy and math content. This role will partner with district customers to understand their needs, manage contractors who support content creation and review, and build scalable systems that improve operational efficiency while maintaining high-quality content for educators and families.

This is a temporary, full-time, 12-month position reporting to the Product team.
In this role, you will:
Develop High-Quality Academic Content

- Develop literacy and math activities aligned to curriculum pacing that schools can share with families throughout the year.

- Ensure content is developmentally appropriate, academically sound, accessible to families, and engaging for children.

- Partner with the Product team to design interactive games and other learning experiences for use at home.

Support Partner Onboarding and Curriculum Alignment

- Collaborate with the Partner Success team to onboard new district partners and gather curriculum resources, including scope and sequences and pacing guides.

- Translate district curriculum materials into clear content-development and alignment plans.

- Represent TalkingPoints as an academic content expert in presentations and meetings with district partners.

Build Scalable Content Operations

- Develop systems for prioritizing, producing, reviewing, tagging, and maintaining academic content.

- Establish quality standards and review processes that support consistency across grades, subjects, and district partners.

- Use AI thoughtfully to improve the efficiency and quality of content development, tagging, curriculum alignment, and refinement.

- Track content-development progress and identify opportunities to improve workflows and the partner experience.

Manage Seasonal Content Contractors

- Help recruit, hire, onboard, and train seasonal contractors who support academic content development and review.

- Assign and prioritize contractor work based on partner needs and content-development goals.

- Set ambitious but achievable production and quality goals.

- Review contractor work, provide actionable feedback, and ensure content meets TalkingPoints ’ standards.

Who You Are:

- You have experience as an elementary school teacher, instructional coach, or curriculum specialist and understand how strong school-family partnerships support student learning.

- You have a s