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Head of Education jobs are open across K-12 school districts, higher education institutions, nonprofits, and edtech companies, from curriculum coordinator to chief academic officer, with specializations in curriculum design, instructional leadership, and program development. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Head of Education, Fragrance & Beauty
At CHANEL, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity, and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience, and potential you could bring to CHANEL.
About the Role:
CHANEL is looking for a visionary Head of Education, Fragrance & Beauty to join our Fragrance & Beauty division, reporting to the Head of Retail. This is an opportunity to reimagine what education means for a luxury beauty house — not just training, but a transformational, future-forward function that drives culture, performance, and client obsession at scale.
You will be the architect of a modernized education ecosystem, setting the strategic vision for how our Beauty Advisor community learns, grows, and connects with clients in a rapidly evolving retail landscape. This role leads a team of Education Executives and a distinguished group of national expert talent — including National Makeup Artists, Skincare Experts, and Fragrance Experts — and demands a leader who can inspire deep craft alongside bold strategic thinking.
At the heart of this role is a powerful content mandate: you will create original education content tailored to the US market while also translating and adapting global education content for local relevance and impact. This role sits at the intersection of people development, consumer insight, creative content production, and market intelligence — and calls for a leader who thinks boldly and builds deliberately.
Our ideal candidate brings deep expertise in beauty education, a genuine curiosity about where retail and consumer behavior are heading, and the courage to challenge the status quo with blue-sky thinking.
What Impact You Can Create at CHANEL
- Reimagine the future of beauty education — lead a comprehensive modernization of CHANEL’s education approach to meet the expectations of today’s teams and tomorrow’s clients, drawing from competitive landscape analysis, consumer behavior shifts, and emerging learning modalities
- Lead an exceptional team of educators and craft experts — directly oversee a team of Education Executives and national specialists including National Makeup Artists, Skincare Experts, and Fragrance Experts , developing each individual’s expertise and elevating the collective output of the team
- Own the full content creation lifecycle — develop original, locally relevant education content for the US market AND synthesize and adapt CHANEL Global education content to ensure it resonates with our teams and clients at the local level; bridge the global vision with the nuance of the US market
- Design the education strategy of the future — define what tools, capabilities, formats, and structures the education function needs to remain best-in-class and competitive in a rapidly changing environment
- Unlock new ways our teams learn — assess and address retail opportunities and evolving advisor community learning needs; translate those insights into dynamic, impactful programming that measures and proves training impact
- Lead a cross-functional, insight-driven approach — partner with the Chanel US Insights Team, external consultants, and internal market stakeholders to ground education in real consumer data and outside-in thinking
- Govern education quality across channels and markets — ensure consistency, brand integrity, and measurable effectiveness of all education programming across every touchpoint
You Are Energized By
- Staying ahead of market trends — competitive analysis, consumer behavior, and retail innovation genuinely excite you; you bring those insights back to shape strategy
- Creating content that moves people — whether crafting an original training module for a US product launch or adapting a global campaign into a locally resonant learning experience, you find deep satisfaction in the creative and editorial process
- Leading a team of diverse specialists — you know how to bring together strategic educators and highly specialized craft experts (makeup, skincare, fragrance) under a unified vision and a culture of excellence
- Translating ambiguity into clarity — you thrive in environments of transformation and complexity, navigating competing priorities without losing sight of the big picture
- Connecting people to purpose — inspiring a team and a community of Beauty Advisors to learn, grow, and deliver extraordinary client experiences is what gets you out of bed
- Cross-functional collaboration — you naturally build bridges between internal markets, global partners, external consultants, and field teams to get to the best answer
- Challenging the status quo — you ask, “why do we do it this way?” and have the experience and confidence to propose something better
- Data-informed decision making — you use insights and impact metrics to guide content creation, program evolution, and resource investment
What You Will Bring to the Team :
- A proven track record of leading education or L&D functions at scale within luxury beauty, retail, or a similarly client-centric, brand-driven environment
- Experience managing teams of both strategic educators and technical craft specialists — you understand how to lead and develop National Makeup Artists, Skincare Experts, and Fragrance Experts with equal credibility and care
- Strong content creation capabilities — demonstrated experience developing original education and training content for a local or regional market, with an editorial eye for brand voice, storytelling, and learning effectiveness
- Experience adapting and synthesizing global content for local market application — you understand how to honor a global vision while making it land authentically at the market level
- Visionary strategic thinking combined with the operational rigor to implement — you can zoom out to define the future and zoom in to execute against it
- Deep knowledge of modern learning methodologies , digital education platforms, and how adult learners engage in a retail environment
- Experience conducting or commissioning competitive and consumer landscape analysis to inform education strategy
- A strong point of view on how education roles and team structures need to evolve to meet a modernized retail model, including geography and coverage considerations
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams with empathy, clarity, and accountability
- Strong business acumen and budget governance — you understand P&L dynamics, resource optimization, how education directly contributes to revenue growth; and can plan, manage, and optimize a significant annual budget
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders, cross-functional partners, and field teams alike
Position Logistics:
- Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence in New York City
- Minimum 15 years of experience, preferably 10+ years leading large hybrid teams
- Education Requirements
- Travel requirements (best communicated in percentage or days per week.)
- Chanel, Inc. reserves the right to edit, change, or make exceptions on designations where circumstances where deemed appropriate.
Compensation:
- The anticipated base salary range for this position is $230,000through $250,000. Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position. Other forms of variable pay [may/will] be offered for this position. Other components [may/will] include bonus potential, benefits, and/or perks.
Benefits and Perks:
- Wellbeing resources include dedicated paid time off for wellbeing 2-week August Office Closure and a Wellbeing fund
- Family and care giving benefits (inclusive of parental leave, fertility support, MilkStork, and Care.com Membership)
- Generous paid time off policies to include vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer days
- 401K and other incentives
- Robust healthcare offerings; medical, dental, vision, MDLIVE (virtual care), One Medical, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care & Dependent Care), Health Savings Account and Employee Assistance Program
- Life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Health Advocate, International Business Travel Accident & Medical, and Commuter Transit & Parking
Additional Information:
Chanel is a private company whose values are grounded in creating the conditions for people to perform at their best and feel fulfilled and confident in their work. We offer a unique work environment where individuals are encouraged to better understand the brand, the business, and motivations, so that together we can unlock the possibilities of growth. This is reflected in:
Diversity and Inclusion:
- At CHANEL, we are intentional in promoting Diversity & Inclusion. We foster respect, empathy and dignity for all. We believe strongly that the diversity of our people across the full spectrum of human differences is essential to our organisation and the connections we have with each other and our clients.
- We offer Employee Resource Groups in the US that are voluntary, open to all, employee-led groups formed around a shared identity or lived experience, whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community aligned with the values and missions of the communities they support.
Chanel Community:
- CHANEL Community empowers our employees to channel their passions, talents and sense of purpose to contribute to and learn from our communities.
- Employees are encouraged to take time off annually to volunteer through CHANEL Community. CHANEL also matches employee donations to select charitable organizations.
Sustainability:
- CHANEL Mission 1.5° is our climate action plan. It is focused on transforming the business in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit the average global mean temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
- Employees are encouraged to contribute to our US Sustainability efforts at the corporate level and within the divisions, through organized taskforces and initiatives.
Arts and Culture:
- We are committed to extending our legacy of cultural engagement. Global support includes the CHANEL Culture Fund, which supports a select group of leading art culture institutions across the globe, and the CHANEL Next Prize for the next generation of creative talent. US support currently includes Annual sponsorship of the MoMA film program, Tribeca Film Festival programs and Through Her Lens, Support of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and Sponsorship of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln Center.
Fondation Chanel :
- Since 2011, Fondation CHANEL’s mission is for women and girls to be free to shape their own destiny. Through multi-year partnerships with financial and technical support, Fondation CHANEL is committed to improving the safety and autonomy of women and adolescent girls around the world, impacting over a million women and girls in its first 10 years. For more information, please navigate to the Fondation Chanel website here
Career and Leadership Development:
- We have dedicated in-house teams focused on supporting the onboarding of employees, developing leadership skills via custom programs like Imagine Chanel People, Heart of Leadership and group and individual coaching, and blended online and live classes offered on our Bloom platform and by skilled trainers, such as Shape Your Career, to develop career building skills.
- Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.
Head of Education, Fragrance & Beauty
At CHANEL, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity, and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience, and potential you could bring to CHANEL.
About the Role:
CHANEL is looking for a visionary Head of Education, Fragrance & Beauty to join our Fragrance & Beauty division, reporting to the Head of Retail. This is an opportunity to reimagine what education means for a luxury beauty house — not just training, but a transformational, future-forward function that drives culture, performance, and client obsession at scale.
You will be the architect of a modernized education ecosystem, setting the strategic vision for how our Beauty Advisor community learns, grows, and connects with clients in a rapidly evolving retail landscape. This role leads a team of Education Executives and a distinguished group of national expert talent — including National Makeup Artists, Skincare Experts, and Fragrance Experts — and demands a leader who can inspire deep craft alongside bold strategic thinking.
At the heart of this role is a powerful content mandate: you will create original education content tailored to the US market while also translating and adapting global education content for local relevance and impact. This role sits at the intersection of people development, consumer insight, creative content production, and market intelligence — and calls for a leader who thinks boldly and builds deliberately.
Our ideal candidate brings deep expertise in beauty education, a genuine curiosity about where retail and consumer behavior are heading, and the courage to challenge the status quo with blue-sky thinking.
What Impact You Can Create at CHANEL
- Reimagine the future of beauty education — lead a comprehensive modernization of CHANEL’s education approach to meet the expectations of today’s teams and tomorrow’s clients, drawing from competitive landscape analysis, consumer behavior shifts, and emerging learning modalities
- Lead an exceptional team of educators and craft experts — directly oversee a team of Education Executives and national specialists including National Makeup Artists, Skincare Experts, and Fragrance Experts , developing each individual’s expertise and elevating the collective output of the team
- Own the full content creation lifecycle — develop original, locally relevant education content for the US market AND synthesize and adapt CHANEL Global education content to ensure it resonates with our teams and clients at the local level; bridge the global vision with the nuance of the US market
- Design the education strategy of the future — define what tools, capabilities, formats, and structures the education function needs to remain best-in-class and competitive in a rapidly changing environment
- Unlock new ways our teams learn — assess and address retail opportunities and evolving advisor community learning needs; translate those insights into dynamic, impactful programming that measures and proves training impact
- Lead a cross-functional, insight-driven approach — partner with the Chanel US Insights Team, external consultants, and internal market stakeholders to ground education in real consumer data and outside-in thinking
- Govern education quality across channels and markets — ensure consistency, brand integrity, and measurable effectiveness of all education programming across every touchpoint
You Are Energized By
- Staying ahead of market trends — competitive analysis, consumer behavior, and retail innovation genuinely excite you; you bring those insights back to shape strategy
- Creating content that moves people — whether crafting an original training module for a US product launch or adapting a global campaign into a locally resonant learning experience, you find deep satisfaction in the creative and editorial process
- Leading a team of diverse specialists — you know how to bring together strategic educators and highly specialized craft experts (makeup, skincare, fragrance) under a unified vision and a culture of excellence
- Translating ambiguity into clarity — you thrive in environments of transformation and complexity, navigating competing priorities without losing sight of the big picture
- Connecting people to purpose — inspiring a team and a community of Beauty Advisors to learn, grow, and deliver extraordinary client experiences is what gets you out of bed
- Cross-functional collaboration — you naturally build bridges between internal markets, global partners, external consultants, and field teams to get to the best answer
- Challenging the status quo — you ask, “why do we do it this way?” and have the experience and confidence to propose something better
- Data-informed decision making — you use insights and impact metrics to guide content creation, program evolution, and resource investment
What You Will Bring to the Team :
- A proven track record of leading education or L&D functions at scale within luxury beauty, retail, or a similarly client-centric, brand-driven environment
- Experience managing teams of both strategic educators and technical craft specialists — you understand how to lead and develop National Makeup Artists, Skincare Experts, and Fragrance Experts with equal credibility and care
- Strong content creation capabilities — demonstrated experience developing original education and training content for a local or regional market, with an editorial eye for brand voice, storytelling, and learning effectiveness
- Experience adapting and synthesizing global content for local market application — you understand how to honor a global vision while making it land authentically at the market level
- Visionary strategic thinking combined with the operational rigor to implement — you can zoom out to define the future and zoom in to execute against it
- Deep knowledge of modern learning methodologies , digital education platforms, and how adult learners engage in a retail environment
- Experience conducting or commissioning competitive and consumer landscape analysis to inform education strategy
- A strong point of view on how education roles and team structures need to evolve to meet a modernized retail model, including geography and coverage considerations
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams with empathy, clarity, and accountability
- Strong business acumen and budget governance — you understand P&L dynamics, resource optimization, how education directly contributes to revenue growth; and can plan, manage, and optimize a significant annual budget
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders, cross-functional partners, and field teams alike
Position Logistics:
- Partially Remote: Role requires a minimum of three days in-person office presence in New York City
- Minimum 15 years of experience, preferably 10+ years leading large hybrid teams
- Education Requirements
- Travel requirements (best communicated in percentage or days per week.)
- Chanel, Inc. reserves the right to edit, change, or make exceptions on designations where circumstances where deemed appropriate.
Compensation:
- The anticipated base salary range for this position is $230,000through $250,000. Base salary is one component of the total compensation for this position. Other forms of variable pay [may/will] be offered for this position. Other components [may/will] include bonus potential, benefits, and/or perks.
Benefits and Perks:
- Wellbeing resources include dedicated paid time off for wellbeing 2-week August Office Closure and a Wellbeing fund
- Family and care giving benefits (inclusive of parental leave, fertility support, MilkStork, and Care.com Membership)
- Generous paid time off policies to include vacation, holiday, sick and volunteer days
- 401K and other incentives
- Robust healthcare offerings; medical, dental, vision, MDLIVE (virtual care), One Medical, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care & Dependent Care), Health Savings Account and Employee Assistance Program
- Life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Health Advocate, International Business Travel Accident & Medical, and Commuter Transit & Parking
Additional Information:
Chanel is a private company whose values are grounded in creating the conditions for people to perform at their best and feel fulfilled and confident in their work. We offer a unique work environment where individuals are encouraged to better understand the brand, the business, and motivations, so that together we can unlock the possibilities of growth. This is reflected in:
Diversity and Inclusion:
- At CHANEL, we are intentional in promoting Diversity & Inclusion. We foster respect, empathy and dignity for all. We believe strongly that the diversity of our people across the full spectrum of human differences is essential to our organisation and the connections we have with each other and our clients.
- We offer Employee Resource Groups in the US that are voluntary, open to all, employee-led groups formed around a shared identity or lived experience, whose aim is to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community aligned with the values and missions of the communities they support.
Chanel Community:
- CHANEL Community empowers our employees to channel their passions, talents and sense of purpose to contribute to and learn from our communities.
- Employees are encouraged to take time off annually to volunteer through CHANEL Community. CHANEL also matches employee donations to select charitable organizations.
Sustainability:
- CHANEL Mission 1.5° is our climate action plan. It is focused on transforming the business in line with the ambitions of the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit the average global mean temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
- Employees are encouraged to contribute to our US Sustainability efforts at the corporate level and within the divisions, through organized taskforces and initiatives.
Arts and Culture:
- We are committed to extending our legacy of cultural engagement. Global support includes the CHANEL Culture Fund, which supports a select group of leading art culture institutions across the globe, and the CHANEL Next Prize for the next generation of creative talent. US support currently includes Annual sponsorship of the MoMA film program, Tribeca Film Festival programs and Through Her Lens, Support of the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women and Sponsorship of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln Center.
Fondation Chanel :
- Since 2011, Fondation CHANEL’s mission is for women and girls to be free to shape their own destiny. Through multi-year partnerships with financial and technical support, Fondation CHANEL is committed to improving the safety and autonomy of women and adolescent girls around the world, impacting over a million women and girls in its first 10 years. For more information, please navigate to the Fondation Chanel website here
Career and Leadership Development:
- We have dedicated in-house teams focused on supporting the onboarding of employees, developing leadership skills via custom programs like Imagine Chanel People, Heart of Leadership and group and individual coaching, and blended online and live classes offered on our Bloom platform and by skilled trainers, such as Shape Your Career, to develop career building skills.
- Chanel, Inc. benefits and perks are dependent on eligibility and subject to modification by Chanel at any time.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of education jobs.
- Master's degree in education, educational leadership, or a related field
- Minimum five years of classroom or instructional program experience
- Demonstrated experience leading curriculum development or instructional design initiatives
- Proficiency with learning management systems and educational technology platforms
- State administrator or principal certification for K-12 district roles
- Experience managing staff, budgets, and cross-functional academic programs
Tips for Your Head of Education Job Search
Tailor your resume to leadership outcomes
Head of education roles require proof of organizational impact, not just teaching experience. Reframe your resume around measurable outcomes: student achievement gains, program growth, staff capacity you built, or curriculum initiatives you led from design through implementation.
Align your credentials to the sector
K-12 districts often require a state administrator license or principal certification, while edtech and nonprofit employers care more about instructional design credentials or graduate degrees. Match your listed credentials to the specific sector before you apply, not after.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists head of education openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings with a clear reporting line
Head of education titles vary widely in scope. Prioritize postings that name who the role reports to and how many staff it oversees, so you can judge whether the authority matches your experience before investing time in a full application.
Prepare a philosophy statement before interviewing
Most head of education interviews include a question about your instructional or educational leadership philosophy. Write a concise, specific version before you start interviewing so your answer reflects your actual approach rather than a generic response assembled on the spot.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
When you receive an offer, ask about budget authority, hiring decisions, and curriculum ownership in addition to pay. These structural factors determine whether you can actually do the job you were hired for, and they are negotiable at the offer stage.
Head of Education Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most head of educations?
The most active employers for head of educations right now are Hamilton College - New York, Hollins University, and CHANEL, and the most openings are in New York, Florida, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. District size and academic calendar cycles tend to drive hiring volume, so activity often increases in late winter and early spring.
How many head of education jobs are remote?
About 80% of head of education openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with fully remote roles more common at edtech companies and national nonprofits than in K-12 districts or campus-based higher education institutions, where on-site leadership presence is typically required.
How do you become a head of education?
Start by building several years of classroom or program delivery experience, then move into a department lead, curriculum coordinator, or instructional coach role to develop leadership skills. Earning a master's degree in educational leadership strengthens your candidacy, and in K-12 settings you will generally need a state administrator license before district leadership roles become accessible to you.
Can I get a head of education job with little experience?
Entry points exist in edtech startups and nonprofits, where the title sometimes applies to roles with a narrower scope, such as overseeing a single program or content area rather than an entire institution. Building a portfolio of curriculum projects, volunteer instructional leadership, or adjunct teaching can substitute for formal management experience when you are early in your career and targeting these smaller-scope roles.
What does the head of education interview process look like?
Expect a multi-stage process that typically begins with a screening call focused on your leadership background, followed by a panel interview with academic staff, administrators, or board members. Many employers also ask finalists to deliver a teaching demonstration, present a sample curriculum plan, or outline a strategic initiative, so prepare a concrete example of an educational program you built or improved.
Where can I find and apply to head of education jobs?
You can find and apply to head of education jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that fit your background and apply directly to each one that matches your experience and target sector.
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