Lead Curriculum Developer

dbt Labs

13h•$108,000 - $130,500•Remote

About The Position

dbt Labs is the pioneer of analytics engineering, helping data teams transform raw data into reliable, actionable insights. Since 2016, we’ve grown from an open source project into the leading analytics engineering platform, now used by over 90,000 teams every week, driving data transformations and AI use cases. As of February 2025, we’ve surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) and serve more than 5,400 dbt Platform customers, including Astra Zenica, Sky, Nasdaq, Volvo, JetBlue, and SafetyCulture. We’re backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Altimeter. At our core, we believe in empowering data practitioners: Reliable, high-quality data is the fuel that propels AI-powered data engineering. AI is changing data work, fast. dbt’s data control plane keeps data engineers ahead of that curve. We empower engineers to deliver reliable, governed data faster, cheaper, and at scale. dbt Labs is now synonymous with analytics engineering, defining the modern data stack and serving as the data control plane for enterprise teams around the world. And we’re just getting started.. We’re growing fast and building a team of passionate, curious people across the globe. Learn more about what makes us special by checking out our values.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in both curriculum development or instructional design and project management
A technical background (such as analytics, math, data science or programming) at a level sufficient to quickly learn new topics in the data and analytics space and independently create course materials and code exercises
Experience creating or delivering technical content live in-person and/or virtually
Exceptional communication skills and someone who enjoys making complex, technical ideas feel simple and manageable
The ability to thrive in a cross-functional environment especially working within and across remote, asynchronous teams
The ability to operate in an ambiguous and fast-paced work environment

Nice To Haves

Experience with product thinking through prior roles such a product or program management
Experience collaborating with customer success teams supporting managed accounts
Experience creating content in an LMS, such as Thought Industries

Responsibilities

Curriculum Roadmap Ownership
Interface with internal stakeholders across product, marketing, partnerships and customer-facing teams to map out customer curriculum needs
Work with the community team to identify curriculum requests to be included in upcoming roadmap
Manage the Training team’s curriculum roadmap including scoping and assigning the right SMEs to deliver curriculum assets following the curriculum development lifecycle (CDLC
Curriculum Development Lifecycle Management
Mature the Training team’s CDLC by proposing, implementing and iterating on frameworks and templates that leverage the Training team’s agile workflow as well as other educational team processes (documentation, revenue enablement, L&D, Learning Operations) to increase curriculum resource quality and adoption.
Design delightful, accessible and consistent learning experiences that empower data practitioners by guiding and validating the initial curriculum design decisions as part of the CDLC.
Facilitate the curriculum development process by working with subject matter experts (SMEs) to leverage templates and guides that drive content maturity and impact.
Roll out curriculum updates and changes through structured communication across internal and external channels (Slack to ensure visibility to target customers
Collaborate with learning operations to monitor learning curriculum effectiveness throughout its lifetime. Gather feedback on the course and make regular adjustments to existing courses.