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Job Description - New Venture Director
Division / Department: Innovation Lab

Reports to (position): EVP, Product
Level / Grade: Director
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Full Time
Work Conditions: Remote Office Environment
Travel: Up to 20%
Telecommute: Yes
Minimum Educational Requirement: Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Education, Healthcare, Technology, or related field preferred
Years of Experience: Significant experience building and launching online education, certification, exam-prep, or related digital products with P&L ownership

*Salary $180,000-190,000 per year

Build the Next Generation of Certification & Exam Prep Businesses

Career Certified is a private equity-backed online education company serving regulated professions through industry-leading brands including The CE Shop, A.D. Banker, and Amber Book.

We're launching a new business unit focused on identifying, building, and scaling certification and exam-preparation products in new markets. Leveraging AI-native workflows, lean venture-building principles, and deep expertise in online education, this team will validate opportunities, launch products quickly, and create repeatable growth engines in regulated industries.

We're looking for a New Venture Director to lead this effort.

This is not a traditional director role. You will act as a business builder, product strategist, operator, and P&L owner responsible for taking new opportunities from concept to launch and ultimately to scale.

If you've successfully built online education, certification, credentialing, or exam-prep businesses and thrive in fast-moving environments where ambiguity is expected, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

Build New Ventures from the Ground Up

• Identify, validate, and prioritize new credentialing and certification markets.
• Evaluate market opportunities using customer, competitive, and financial data.
• Develop business cases and launch plans for new education products.
• Design scalable operating models for content development, product delivery, and go-to-market execution.
• Partner with executive leadership on market selection, growth strategies, and investment decisions.

Own Product Launches & Growth

• Lead end-to-end development and launch of online education, certification, and exam-preparation products.
• Establish launch milestones, success metrics, and validation checkpoints.
• Make data-driven decisions on whether to scale, refine, pause, or discontinue initiatives.
• Monitor key performance indicators including revenue, customer acquisition, conversion rates, learner engagement, profitability, and time-to-market.

Lead with P&L Accountability

• Own budgets, revenue targets, pricing strategies, vendor decisions, and growth investments.
• Build business forecasts and operating plans.
• Drive sustainable growth while balancing speed, quality, and profitability.
• Present results, risks, and recommendations to executive leadership.

Build and Lead Teams

• Hire, develop, and lead a small, high-performing team.
• Build and manage networks of subject matter experts, contractors, and strategic partners.
• Collaborate with Product, Technology, Marketing, Finance, and Operations teams to deliver business results.
• Translate business objectives into actionable priorities for technical and non-technical teams.

Leverage AI to Accelerate Growth

• Utilize AI tools to enhance market research, content production, workflow automation, quality assurance, and operational efficiency.
• Help shape an AI-first approach to launching and scaling new education products.
• Apply sound judgment to ensure quality, compliance, and learner outcomes when using AI-generated content.

What Success Looks Like

Within this role, you will:

• Launch and operationalize new certification and exam-prep businesses.
• Create repeatable frameworks for evaluating and entering new markets.
• Deliver strong business performance against growth and profitability objectives.
• Establish scalable product development and go-to-market processes.
• Build a high-performing team capable of rapidly launching new opportunities.
• Help position Career Certified as a leader in AI-enabled professional education.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience building and launching online education, certification, credentialing, or exam-prep products.
• Demonstrated P&L ownership with responsibility for budgets, revenue, and business outcomes.
• Experience launching a new product line, business unit, startup, or venture from scratch.
• Strong understanding of B2C customer acquisition and learner-focused business models.
• Experience making business decisions with incomplete information in fast-moving environments.
• Track record of leading cross-functional teams and managing contractor or SME networks.
• Experience partnering with engineering and technology teams to build digital products.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools to improve productivity, research, content creation, or operational workflows.
• Exceptional communication, prioritization, and execution skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in exam preparation, professional licensing, certification, or regulated education markets.
• Healthcare, allied health, medical certification, healthcare education, or health-tech experience.
• Background in subscription-based or direct-to-consumer ed-tech businesses.
• Experience with performance marketing and CAC-driven growth strategies.
• Familiarity with AI-native content production, assessment technologies, or learning platforms.
• Experience in private equity-backed, startup, venture-building, or entrepreneurial environments.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate has:

• Built something from zero to launch
• Owned business results, not just projects
• Experience selling directly to consumers or learners
• Strong AI fluency and practical application experience
• A builder mindset with bias toward action
• Experience in education, credentialing, certification, or adjacent industries

Compensation & Benefits

Career Certified offers a competitive compensation package including:

• Unlimited PTO (take what you need)
• Paid company holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement (subject to approval)
• 100% discount on Career Certified products and services
• Remote-first work environment

About Career Certified

Career Certified helps learners achieve career advancement through industry-leading education, licensing, certification, and continuing education programs. Through brands including The CE Shop, A.D. Banker, Amber Book, and others, we support professionals throughout their career journey with high-quality, flexible learning experiences.

Ready to build something from the ground up? Apply today and help create the next generation of professional education businesses.

Trusted by over 1.4 million students and 3,500 affiliate and wholesale partners, the Career Certified family of brands provides a superior education journey to deliver career freedom.