Senior Manager, Professional Development Delivery

There are more than 6000 schools that offer IB’s programmes across the Americas (AM), Africa, Europe and Middle East (AEM) and Asia-Pacific (AP) regions. Teachers of IB programmes must be upskilled via IB PD workshops. The PD department delivers approximately 4,500 workshops from a catalogue of a few hundred titles, educating more than 80,000 teachers annually across these regions. The workshops can be delivered as On Demand Workshops, which are produced individually and for a specific school. Or as Regional Events, each a portfolio of multiple workshops that draws teachers from different schools across a region.

This role is a part of the PDD leadership team, working closely with fellow Senior Managers in other regions to ensure consistent delivery of PD across regions and innovation of the global PD offerings. You will work in close partnership with teams across IB to develop, schedule and promote PD offerings, in order to grow and capture market demand. Overall, the PD Senior Manager is responsible for increasing the enrolment for PD workshops, improving the educator experience and increasing our income from them. The PD Senior Manager also oversees the team responsible for the delivery of workshops ensuring event expenses meet budget goals and continue to delivery high quality events. This role is also responsible for establishing and growing an external provider line of business. This position is responsible for the PDD P&L for the respective region.