Learning Commons is Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s education initiative, which aims to scale proven teaching and learning practices to benefit every learner. Learning Commons became the name of our education efforts in 2025 to build on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s work over the past decade to advance learning science and help translate that research into classroom practice.
At Learning Commons, we pair technology with grantmaking to scale proven teaching and learning practices to benefit every learner. We aim to translate what learning science tells us about how students learn best into classroom practice. With the advent of generative AI, that translation work can be accelerated and scaled to have a greater impact.
Our mission is to bring learning science into the tools used every day by teachers and students, ensuring that technology reflects the realities of classrooms and strengthens teaching and learning.
In today’s fragmented edtech landscape, school districts are often left piecing together products that don’t always align with curricula or instructional needs. While AI holds enormous potential to support educators, it can only deliver on that promise when grounded in research, high-quality educational data, and expert evaluation. That’s why we’re building open, public-purpose infrastructure — datasets, rubrics, and resources — that help raise the standard for educational tools and create more consistent, impactful learning experiences for all students and teachers.
At our core, we are builders, and our unique builder philanthropy approach is what sets us apart from other education funders. Take a closer look at the highlights and significant milestones of CZI’s first eight years of education work.
The OpportunityEducators are already using AI-based tools in various ways—including generating lesson plans, creating classroom materials such as tests and assignments, and helping differentiate instruction for students. At Learning Commons, we are inspired and excited about the possibilities and promise of AI to accelerate the availability of research-backed practices at scale. We are actively and thoughtfully exploring how to incorporate AI into products in close partnership with researchers, experts, and educators.
As a Product Manager on the Curriculum Sync team, you'll play a pivotal role in bringing high-quality, openly licensed curriculum into classrooms through seamless technology integration. Curriculum Sync is a district-facing tool that streamlines the loading of research-backed curricula, such as Illustrative Mathematics (IM360), into learning management systems like Canvas and Google Classroom, making proven instructional materials accessible to teachers and students.
You'll join a collaborative, mission-driven team at an exciting inflection point—as we expand from our Canvas MVP to Google Classroom implementation. This role offers hands-on experience managing the product backlog, working directly with district partners, and building features that directly impact teaching and learning.
You'll collaborate closely with a senior product manager, engineering team, designer, user researcher, curriculum experts, and school district leaders to discover user needs, prioritize features, and deliver solutions that make educators' lives easier while improving student outcomes.
This is an opportunity to develop your product management craft while working on meaningful problems in education technology, with clear growth opportunities as Curriculum Sync scales to serve more districts and curricula.
What You'll Do- Execute product roadmap and agile development – Work with your manager and engineering to plan and execute 2-week sprints in Jira, write clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and prioritize features based on district partner needs and curriculum requirements
- Build strong relationships with district partners – Conduct discovery sessions and gather feedback from districts, including curriculum directors, instructional coaches, and teachers, to understand their curriculum implementation needs and iterate on Curriculum Sync features
- Ship curriculum integration features iteratively – Launch and refine capabilities that enable districts to load high-quality OER curricula into their LMS platforms, including teacher-facing resources, student-facing content, assessment integrations, and customization options
- Support Google Classroom expansion – Partner with engineering and design to prototype and launch IM360 implementation on Google Classroom, including teacher resource organization, student content delivery, and ASSISTments assessment integration
- Partner with engineering on technical solutions - Help identify content schemas, and LMS integration requirements; contribute to architecture discussions around curriculum data models, platform APIs (Canvas LTI, Google Classroom), file processing pipelines, and third-party integrations like ASSISTments
- 2-5 years of product management experience with a track record of shipping products, preferably with exposure to education technology, learning platforms, or curriculum implementation
- Strong stakeholder management skills – Proven ability to collaborate with multiple cross-functional partners, prioritize competing requests, and build trust through transparency and consistent delivery
- Technical fluency – Comfortable discussing APIs, system architecture, and infrastructure concepts with engineers; ability to understand technical tradeoffs and translate them into product decisions
- Execution excellence – Experience working in agile environments (sprints, Jira, standups); ability to write clear specs, user stories, and acceptance criteria that help teams ship with confidence and quality
- Understanding of K-12 education workflows – Knowledge of how teachers plan and deliver instruction, organize curriculum materials, and use LMS platforms in classroom settings; familiarity with curriculum structures (units, lessons, activities, assessments) and standards alignment; experience with educational content providers or OER implementations is a plus
The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $153,000 - $210,100. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process.
Better TogetherAs we grow, we’re excited to strengthen in-person connections and cultivate a collaborative, team-oriented environment. This role is a hybrid position requiring you to be onsite for at least 60% of the working month, approximately 3 days a week, with specific in-office days determined by the team’s manager. The exact schedule will be at the hiring manager's discretion and communicated during the interview process.
Benefits for the Whole YouWe’re thankful to have an incredible team behind our work. To honor their commitment, we offer a wide range of benefits to support the people who make all we do possible.
- Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
- Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
- Funding for select family-forming benefits.
- Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving
If you’re interested in a role but your previous experience doesn’t perfectly align with each qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.
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Learning Commons is the name of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s long-standing work and investment in education, which aims to scale proven teaching and learning practices to benefit every learner. Learning Commons builds on CZI's work over the past decade to advance learning science and help translate that research into classroom practice.
