Science Manager

Khan Academy is a fast-paced nonprofit on a mission to provide free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly. We’re building a library of world-class instructional and practice resources that empowers learners. Whether they’re studying matrices, mitosis, or multivariable calculus, we want to offer students the resources to realize that they can learn anything. 

Khan Academy India aims to deliver a world-class user experience to learners in India that is locally relevant and are enabled by a strong on-the-ground team and operations. Our learning system is mastery-based, which allows students to master key concepts at a pace that’s right for them before moving on to more challenging content. From serving under 500,000 learners in 2016, we are now serving almost 4 million learners a month across our websites, apps, and YouTube channels. These learners include both independent learners accessing us at home, and teacher-directed learners in schools.  Our focus is to reach the underserved by making our content accessible in local languages and by working with large public school systems. Khan Academy is already available in Assamese, Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi, and Punjabi.

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team like a for-profit.

• Remote-friendly workplace; Flexible schedules 
• Fun virtual events
• Competitive salaries

• Sal’s TED talk from 2011
• Sal’s TED talk from 2015
• A glimpse of our team:  http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team
• A glimpse of our content created: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED8P8vchQJM
• Our Hinglish content in action: http://bit.ly/khanacademyyoutube 

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Context: Khan Academy India is planning to build a comprehensive set of localized Science courses for Grades 6 to 10. As the Science Manager, you are responsible for planning the production budget and timelines for this initiative. After content is made in English, the localisation team will make all the content available in an Indian language.

Imagine you are leading this science content production effort. Please share:

1. Overall Budget Plan: Create a high-level budget for producing Science videos and exercises for Grades 6–10, broken down by grade, content type (videos vs. exercises), and human resources.
2. Assumptions: Clearly list your assumptions, such as the number of chapters per grade, videos per chapter, rates for various roles, and the time required for each task.
3. Timeline: Provide a rough timeline for this production, assuming a core team size of 3–4 leads managing external contributors.
4. Quality–Cost–Time Trade-offs: Discuss how you would balance high-quality pedagogical standards with the need for fast delivery and cost constraints.
5. Risk Mitigation: Identify potential bottlenecks in science content production (e.g., partial budget approval or specialized reviewers) and how you would address them.

• Structured thinking and logical production assumptions.
• Deep awareness of science-specific content production processes.
• Ability to plan operations and budgets at scale.
• Strategic thoughtfulness regarding team composition and trade-offs.

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