Senior Project Lead/ Project Lead - Edtech

The EdTech initiative focuses on leveraging technology to enhance teaching and learning, both in classrooms and at home, through student-focused and teacher-directed interventions. Our goal is to improve foundational learning in primary grades and provide remediation support in middle school using evidence-based, scalable technology solutions.

The organisation has played a pivotal role in shaping India's EdTech ecosystem by bridging demand and supply, backed by rigorous research. We drive impact by:

• Supporting EdTech organisations to build contextually relevant, pedagogically sound products for low-income learners.
• Generating evidence on what works, how it works, and how to scale effective EdTech interventions.
• Partnering with governments to implement EdTech solutions and influence policy.
• Funding public goods to drive innovation and strengthen the ecosystem.

In the last five years, the organisation has collaborated with 15+ EdTech organisations, 11+ state governments, and leading academic institutions, reaching 2.5 million learners across India.

Position Summary

As part of the team, you'll have the opportunity to drive the transformation of education for children in India by leveraging the most meaningful use of technology in education. You'll conceptualise, design, and lead high-impact initiatives, collaborate with influential stakeholders, and harness frontier technologies to revolutionise learning at scale.

The Senior Project Lead/ Project Lead will be responsible for designing and managing large-scale projects including, providing strategic support to our network of grantee organizations, building and managing relationships with EdTech ecosystem partners for furthering the cause of quality education for every child in India. The Senior Project Lead role directly reports to the Director, EdTech.

Key responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Support the growing portfolio of EdTech at the organisaton with a special focus on the use of AI in Education
• Support the development of strategic plans for the team by identifying key trends in EdTech, synthesising insights, and designing initiatives that drive meaningful impact.
• Manage end-to-end programme implementation/evaluations for portfolio partners including leading overall strategy, program design and roll out
• Identify innovative hypotheses based on current and future trends in EdTech and build a pipeline of potential solutions for generating evidence
• Promote collaboration and cross-learning among ecosystem partners demonstrating best practices in specific areas of education
• Management of all internal and external reporting and reviews for the EdTech team with the leadership, funders and Board members.
• Team management

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

• Masters or equivalent degree required (background in business, economics, education, public policy preferred)
• At least 10 years of work experience in project management / management consulting / grant management / building startups
• Strong project management skills including an ability to be able to set priorities, plan timelines and meet deadlines for multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to build and manage relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Experience in growing and managing teams
• Strong written, verbal communication skills and presentation skills

Desired Qualities

• Experience in the education/ Edtech sector would be preferred
• Entrepreneurial spirit and can-do attitude
• Operating style suited to working in a small-organization setting, where teamwork, collaboration and resourcefulness are highly valued
• Excellent leadership skills, including ability to manage multiple projects at a time