Director, US Education

Kahoot! is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to drive the vision, strategy, and success of our K-12 US customer segment. As a key collaborator with the Kahoot! Executive Team, you will shape the roadmap for this business area, leveraging deep market insights to inform company-wide decisions. In this role, you'll partner with Product, Sales and Marketing teams to address customer needs, craft impactful commercial solutions, and lead strategic initiatives that accelerate product usage and drive revenue growth. 

Your Role

Your role will include the following responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Collaborate with the Kahoot! Executive Team to define and drive the vision and strategy for the K-12 US customer segment.
• Market Insight: Maintain deep expertise in the competitive landscape and market trends, ensuring insights are shared across the organization to inform strategic decisions.
• Customer Focus: Partner with Product and Sales teams to identify customer needs and uncover key business opportunities.
• Solutions Development: Transform customer insights, market dynamics, and segment strategy into impactful commercial products, services, and initiatives.
• Pricing and Packaging: Craft compelling value propositions, develop pricing strategies, and oversee the packaging of new products and features to drive market success.
• Representation: Act as Kahoot!´s primary spokesperson for the K-12 US  segment, engaging with Kahoot! employees, customers, partners, owners, media and audiences at industry events.
• Initiative Leadership: Lead mission-critical initiatives, ensuring successful execution of strategic priorities for the segment.
• Operational Leadership: Lead and steer operations for the K-12 US segment, working closely with the Kahoot! Executive Team to align priorities and with the Kahoot! Product, Sales and Marketing teams to remove roadblocks.

The position is based in Kahoot!'s Austin, Texas office and will report directly to the Chief Solutions Officer in Oslo, Norway.

Requirements

• Professional Experience: At least 5 years in commercial Product Development and Management, ideally in a SaaS environment.

• Industry Expertise: Background in the K-12 US Ed-Tech industry, with experience working across diverse customer groups, including students, educators, school administrators, and district leaders.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead strategic, company-wide initiatives across Products, Marketing, and Sales.
• Communication Strength: Exceptional communication skills, with a talent for presenting and advocating products and solutions publicly.
• Work Style: Flexible, collaborative, and results-driven approach to achieving business objectives. Able to both zoom out to see the big picture and zoom in to manage the details.
• Educator Insight (Preferred): Hands-on teaching or school administration experience is advantageous but not required.

About Kahoot!
The Kahoot! Group is on a mission to make learning awesome! We want to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees to unlock their full learning potential. Our Kahoot! learning platform makes it easy for any individual or corporation to create, share, and host learning sessions that drive compelling engagement.

Launched in 2013, Kahoot!’s vision is to build the leading learning platform in the world. Since launch, Kahoot! has hosted hundreds of millions of learning sessions with more than 10 billion participants (non-unique) in more than 200 countries and regions. The Kahoot! Group includes Clever, the leading US K-12 EdTech learning platform, together with the learning apps DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi.

The Kahoot! Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain and Poland. To learn more, visit us at kahoot.com, and let’s play!

Our K!rew

At the Kahoot! Group we champion a positive culture of collaborative learning and innovation. With a global team of more than 600 employees representing over 50 different nationalities, we’re a diverse and fun bunch of people! We work hard and celebrate our wins, tackle challenges with original ideas and learn something new every day.

We are driven by our mission and guided by our values: playful, curious and inclusive.  

If you talk to anyone working in the Kahoot! Group, they will tell you that one of the greatest perks is being able to see how the work you do puts a smile on the face of kids, teachers and learners all around the world. 

Benefits

What we can offer you

• A competitive compensation package 
• Kahoot! Equity program
• Health, dental and vision insurance plans
• Pension contribution
• PTO - 25 days annual PTO from start date in company
• Paid parental leave
• Broadband and phone contributions
• Hybrid work set up
• Flexible working
• Buddy program 
• Social and company events (virtual and in person)
• A diverse, friendly and international environment 

We look forward to hearing from you!