centreforeffectivealtruism - Career Bootcamp Lead
Requirements
• You might be a great fit for this role if you have: • A product-development mindset: You understand what makes products and programs compelling, and can design experiments with clear success criteria and make hard decisions based on data (qualitative and quantitative) • Impact focus: You are laser-focused on achieving exceptional levels of positive social impact through your work and the product, and strongly align with effective altruism principles • Execution velocity: You ship things. You don't just theorize about new offerings – you’re able to build and test them • Strategic thinking skills: You have a track record of setting a clear vision, developing actionable strategies, and adapting plans based on new insights and evidence • Content creation skills: You can write and edit high-quality content (e.g. written activities, calls) and marketing copy. We have existing materials and you can work with contractors, but you’ll need to be able to implement your ideas to iterate and improve the product • Strong interpersonal skills: You can build relationships across cultures and engage with diverse stakeholders, and can apply this skillset both in high-level strategic discussions and practical project implementation • Scout mindset & reasoning transparency: You actively seek out evidence that challenges your assumptions, change your mind when warranted, and explain your reasoning openly • People management potential: You are excited to manage and motivate contractors and direct reports. You have successfully led and developed team members and can deliver results through others, or if you haven't already led a team, you are ready and excited to start and to improve your management skills over time • Career advising judgement: You have substantive understanding of the impact-focused career landscape and can hold your own in conversations with people working in unusually impactful cause areas. • (Bonus) Experience with scaling online courses, career advising products, or EA community-building services • (Bonus) You’ve made or are making a career pivot yourself • OTHER INFORMATION • This is a full-time, remote position. We prefer applicants who are able to work in time zones between US Pacific Time and CET. We have an office in Oxford, UK, that you would have access to. • Start date: September 2026 or sooner • Reports to: Courses Project Lead
Responsibilities
• PRODUCT SCALING • Achieving ambitious growth targets for the Career Bootcamp. • Developing a marketing plan to reliably and repeatedly attract promising participants. • Building the capacity, including staffing, expertise, and funding relationships, needed to support sustainable growth. • Maintaining the quality and cost-effectiveness of the bootcamp as it scales. • PRODUCT DELIVERY AND IMPROVEMENT • Refining the bootcamp to increase sign-ups, participant satisfaction, and cost-effectiveness, including developing and improving content, design, features, and program formats. • Iterating on messaging and marketing to better attract accomplished professionals. • Designing and running experiments with clear success criteria, while building evaluation systems across every stage of the bootcamp's theory of change—from increasing applications to improving the rate at which alumni transition into high-impact roles. • Making evidence-based decisions about where to iterate, what to scale, and what to stop. • PRODUCT STRATEGY • Setting the strategic direction of the bootcamp, including making hard decisions about what to prioritize and what to stop in order to maximize impact at scale. • Refining the target audience, the user needs the bootcamp addresses, and the program's features, such as 1:1 advice, expert Q&As, and AI assistance. • TEAM MANAGEMENT • Coordinating contractors, including advisors, marketers, and virtual assistants, to ensure successful delivery of the bootcamp. • Building and leading a team as the bootcamp's impact and scale grow.
Benefits
• US: total compensation package of $131,988, comprising a base salary of $119,989, and a 10% unconditional 401k contribution. • UK: total compensation package of £79,402, comprising a base salary of £72,184, and a 10% pension contribution. • Other locations: For candidates outside the US and UK, we base compensation on our UK salary structure and adjust for the cost of employment and fixed local benefit costs to create an equivalent package • Benefits in the US/UK include private health insurance, flexible work hours, a $6,000 / £5,000 annual professional development allowance, a $6,000 / £5,000 mental health support allowance, extended parental leave, ergonomic equipment, 25 days of paid vacation, and more. • This role will involve travel. There are likely 3-6 trips annually, including several international trips to attend team retreats and events worldwide. • EVALUATION PLAN • We expect the interview process to include the following steps, subject to minor changes: • Application Review • Screening Interview • Final interviews (2, one culture-fit, one with Hiring Manager) • 1 day work trial (task based) • Reference checks
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