Lead Learning Designer - Spanish Curriculum English Speakers

Lead Learning Designer – Spanish Curriculum for English Speakers

Join the team at Speak as we build a human‑level, AI‑powered tutor that lets learners speak, get instant feedback, and progress through carefully designed lessons.

We’re looking for a Lead Learning Designer to strengthen and elevate one of Speak’s largest markets:
Spanish. You’ll bring firepower to the team to enable us to move faster, try new things, and deliver best‑in‑class Spanish learning experiences at scale.

• Own the Spanish curriculum and high‑priority content projects end‑to‑end—delivering high‑quality lessons and experiences on time through clear planning, proactive communication, and strong execution.
• Lead cross‑functional projects with EPD and Marketing as the Spanish content DRI; bring holistic content perspectives, operational rigor, and creativity to test new learning experiences.
• Bring strong judgment to complex cross‑language initiatives—understanding varying implications between languages, identifying risks early, and proactively asking the right questions to keep projects on track.
• Create curriculum and prototype content for A/B tests to drive higher user engagement, conversion, and efficacy.
• Partner with Learning & Curriculum, EPD, Marketing, Analytics, and Biz Ops to shape a cohesive, hypothesis‑driven Spanish content strategy that drives measurable learner outcomes.
• Work with AI: consistently experiment with AI tools, prototype new workflows, and partner with internal AI teams to improve AI‑assisted content generation—driving major efficiency and quality gains across Spanish content.
• Mentor and coach junior team members and contractors.

• Native‑level proficiency in English
• 4+ years of Spanish curriculum design at an ed tech company
• Deep expertise in Spanish pedagogy and spoken fluency development
• Exceptional user empathy and strong creative instincts—able to craft content that balances engagement, pedagogy, and what resonates with learners
• Strong content analytics intuition: able to identify which engagement and learning metrics matter and translate insights into curriculum improvements
• Strong writing, editing, and content creation skills, with the ability to ship high‑quality lessons independently and make sound decisions with minimal oversight
• Strong technical fluency with modern tools and ability to ramp quickly on new systems
• Operationally strong: excellent project management, ability to juggle multiple work streams, and comfort working in fast‑paced environments
• Track record of collaborating effectively with cross‑functional teams (e.g., Product, Engineering, Business Operations/Analytics, Marketing)
• Creative and resourceful problem solver: enjoys prototyping new content approaches and thinking outside the box to solve learner problems even under constraints
• Effective communicator and collaborator who builds trust across teams and with leadership

• People management experience
• Experience with LMS tools
• Willingness to be based in San Francisco

• Join a tight‑knit team at the right time: we’re growing very quickly, and we’ve achieved product‑market fit in our initial markets.
• Do your life’s work with people you’ll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they’re growing every day.
• Global in nature: we’re live in over 40 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon.
• Impact people’s lives in a major way: learning a language is one of the single most life‑changing skills one can learn.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.