Senior Academics Manager

Role Purpose:

To lead the design, structuring, and quality governance of K–12 instructional and curriculum frameworks in STEM, Robotics, Coding, Artificial Intelligence, etc., translating academic content into coherent, age-appropriate, and classroom-ready learning resources that are pedagogically robust, consistent, and implementation-feasible.

Key Responsibilities:

• Structure end-to-end curriculum frameworks and learning progressions across K–12 in STEM, Robotics, Coding, and AI.

• Ensure strong alignment between curriculum intent, instructional design methodology, hands-on activities, projects, and assessment strategies.

• Embed experiential, inquiry-based, problem-solving, and learner-centric pedagogical approaches within curriculum designs.

• Be responsible for design and development of teaching – learning resources, to ensure academic accuracy, conceptual clarity, consistency across grades and alignment with NEP 2020 recommendations, NCF guidelines and SDG goals.

• Ensure age-appropriateness, cognitive load balance, and practical classroom feasibility of learning designs, including lab and activity components.

• Identify design gaps, redundancies, or misalignments and recommend data informed improvements to enhance learning effectiveness.

• Collaborate closely with academic, product, and delivery teams to ensure curriculum/ content usability, teacher readiness, and smooth classroom implementation.

• Be responsible for the design, development and quality of teacher training design.

Qualifications: B.Tech / M.Tech in Engineering, Technology, or a related STEM discipline

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in K–12 curriculum and content design for STEM, Robotics, Coding, and AI.

• Exposure to classroom implementation, pilots, or teacher training is preferred.

Core Competencies:

• Strong understanding of STEM, Robotics, Coding, and AI concepts at the K–12 level.

• Solid grounding in K–12 pedagogy and curriculum structuring.

• Clear understanding of school board alignment requirements for STEM, Robotics, and AI.

• Ability to guide teams, maintain design standards, and ensure consistency across grades.

• Strong attention to academic accuracy, design quality, and classroom feasibility.