Senior Community Growth Manager, Kira Learning
$160-200k
+ Equity package
AI-powered learning tools
Open for applications
AI-powered learning tools
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$160-200k
+ Equity package
21-100 employees
Company mission
To ensure that students, teachers, and schools are equipped with the skills they need to thrive in a rapidly transforming world.
Role
Who you are
- Have 4-7 years of experience in community, lifecycle, or growth marketing, especially at a mission-driven, or other high growth B2B2C organization. Ed-tech experience is nice to have
- Have built or grown communities of passionate, loyal users. Bonus points if your users were educators or your product was education adjacent
- Are deeply empathetic to the challenges and motivations of users. Bonus points if you have worked with teachers or are a past educator
- Are experienced in using content and community as core drivers of engagement and retention, rather than relying on paid channels
- Know how to grow and engage a community through credibility, relevance, and value — not just volume
- Are a strong communicator and project manager. Comfortable running campaigns, collaborating cross-functionally, and managing contractors or small teams
- Love talking to users, collecting insights, and turning feedback into action
What the job involves
- Kira is hiring its first Senior Community Growth Manager to lead customer acquisition and retention through lifecycle marketing and community-led programs. This is a high-impact, strategic role for someone who’s both a builder and an operator, hands-on, scrappy, and comfortable owning initiatives end-to-end.
- You’ll focus on building scalable systems that grow our educator base and deepen their long-term engagement with Kira, blending the rigor of a growth marketer with the empathy of a community leader. You’ll use email, content, and educator-facing programs to drive meaningful activation, loyalty, and advocacy
- Lead Kira’s educator growth strategy, identifying and optimizing the channels (email, community, referral, partnerships, events) that build awareness, drive adoption, and deepen engagement
- Create and execute email and content strategies that feel like conversations, not campaigns
- Design and lead teacher-centered programs, events, and activations — both virtual and in-person — that build community and word-of-mouth
- Build out our teacher ambassador or advocate program, enabling our most passionate users to help grow the brand
- Serve as the voice of the educator in cross-functional planning and product development
- Monitor and optimize key growth metrics like acquisition cost (across organic/community efforts), LTV, and engagement to improve ROI across lifecycle and community channels
Our take
Kira Learning is an AI-powered platform that allows anyone to teach and learn computer science. The company offers access to a computer science curriculum that covers a wide range of programming languages and technologies, including AI, Cybersecurity, and Web Development. Its versatility and inclusive learning resource empower learners of all experience levels to further develop their skills.
Focusing on democratizing computer science education, Kira's AI-powered tools for auto-grading and student assistance further enhance the learning experience, keeping students continuously motivated and engaged. This approach addresses the growing demand for technical teaching expertise as more states in the US mandate computer science courses in schools.
Successful funding rounds have enabled the company to expand its operations and reach. With plans to expand to about 20 states, the company is set to ultimately benefit a large number of students and educators across the country. Kira is poised to become a prominent destination for individuals seeking to learn computer science and AI.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2023
$15m
EARLY VC
Jun 2022
$6m
SEED
Total funding: $22.5m
Company HQ
Ventura, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Andrea Pasinetti
(CEO)Graduated from Stanford University with a Masters Degree in Computer Science. Alongside Kira Learning, they are the co-founder of VIAVIA where they serve as the Head of Engineering.
Jagriti Agrawal
(VP of Artificial Intelligence)Graduated from Stanford University with a Masters Degree in Business Administration. Previously worked as an AI Group Technical Product Manager at NASA.
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