Director, Innovation and Discovery

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Continued

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2003

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

💰 Grant on 2018-12

Education • SaaS

Continued is a provider of online continuing education solutions tailored for various professions including Athletic Training, Audiology, Counseling, Early Childhood Education, Massage Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Respiratory Therapy, Social Work, and Speech-Language Pathology. The platform offers convenient and affordable access to a wide range of courses, allowing individuals and organizations to keep their skills and knowledge up-to-date. Subscriptions provide unlimited access to a course library, enabling professionals to earn necessary CEUs, CE credits, or hours at their own pace. Continued is trusted by thousands of professionals who appreciate its high-quality, expert-led content and the convenience of learning anytime and anywhere.

📋 Description

• Run the pipeline of ideas under exploration end to end, from intake through vetting and active investigation. • Track progress, keep every project moving, and keep the executive team informed on status, evaluation, and recommendations for what to pursue, pause, or stop. • Continuously scan the education and professional-development landscape and collaboratively translate market signals into Frontier project opportunities before the competition sees them. • Lead structured problem-framing, ideation, and rapid prototyping using rigorous design thinking methodology from concept to tangible artifact. • Facilitate regular review with company leadership. Own the agenda, present the scores, and drive the decision making. • Shepherd battle-tested projects into Continued’s operational hands and document R&D learnings that make every project — even terminated ones — a strategic asset. • Build and refine the processes, rubrics, and rituals that make the Frontier a repeatable, scalable innovation capability. • Keep pace with AI, simulation technology, gamification, and the broader ed-tech ecosystem — and bring that intelligence back to the team.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Design, Instructional Technology, or a related field — or equivalent demonstrated experience. • 7+ years of experience in product strategy, business consulting, innovation management, or instructional design — with at least 3 years owning a portfolio or program from concept through launch. • Market Intelligence Obsessive: You track competitors, follow adjacent markets, and synthesize signals into strategic implications — you know what's happening at the edges of EdTech and what it means for Continu ed. • Design Thinker: You've internalized design thinking as a methodology, not a buzzword, and you can move from problem-framing workshop to prototype brief in the same day. • Owner, Not Participant: You hold yourself to a high standard of personal accountability. • Independent by Default: You set your own cadence, manage your own priorities, and create clarity in fast-moving environments rather than waiting for it to be provided. • Commercially Sharp: You think about business model innovation and market opportunity with the same rigor you bring to product design. • Communicator with Presence: You present to executives without over-preparing, write with clarity and concision, and make messy R&D portfolios feel coherent and compelling. • Visually Fluent: You produce decks, prototypes, and documentation that are sharp and well-designed — not because it's required, but because you know it changes how ideas land. You are creative and strategic.

🏖️ Benefits

• Work from home with a company-provided MacBook and internet stipend. • 21 days of flexible PTO + your birthday + holidays (with flexible substitution). • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision group health insurance, flexible spending accounts, and more. • 401k match, professional development budget, robust wellness programs, pet insurance and many more perks and benefits.