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Academic Manager – LearningJob Title: Academic Manager – Learning
Department: Learning
Reporting To: Senior Program Manager – Learning & Product
Location: Pune / Mumbai (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: 4–8 years
Background Preferred: Tech / Instructional Design / MBA
Industry Preference: EdTech (UpGrad, Unacademy, Simplilearn, Masai, Great Learning, etc.)
OverviewThe Academic Manager – Learning is responsible for owning academic quality, instructional design rigor, and execution consistency across programs.
This is an Instructional Design–heavy role, not a content-writing role.
The individual will act as the academic architect and quality gatekeeper, ensuring that curriculum, lesson plans, assessments, and learning journeys are:
- Pedagogically sound
- Outcome-driven
- Scalable across programs
- Executable by junior teams (TAs, interns, content developers)
The role sits at the intersection of academics, instructional design, and program execution.
Key Responsibilities1. Curriculum & Instructional Design Ownership- Own end-to-end instructional design for assigned programs.
- Define:
- Learning outcomes
- Competency maps
- Bloom’s-level progression
- Session-level objectives
- Ensure curriculum alignment with:
- Degree requirements
- Industry expectations
- Program outcomes
- Standardize curriculum structures across subjects and departments.
2. Academic Quality Control & Governance- Act as final academic reviewer for:
- Lesson plans
- Lecture notes
- Assessments
- Assignments
- Define and enforce academic quality standards and rubrics.
- Identify gaps in depth, sequencing, and cognitive load.
- Ensure consistency of tone, structure, and rigor across content.
3. Team Leadership & Academic Operations- Lead and manage:
- Academic Content Developers
- Instructional Design Interns
- Teaching Assistants (TAs)
- Assign work, review outputs, and provide structured feedback.
- Train junior team members on:
- Instructional design principles
- Content templates
- Review standards
- Ensure timely delivery of academic artifacts.
4. Program Execution & Faculty Collaboration- Translate curriculum design into executable classroom plans.
- Work closely with faculty to:
- Align teaching methods with learning outcomes
- Improve session effectiveness
- Refine assessments based on classroom feedback
- Support faculty enablement with structured academic inputs.
5. Assessment & Learning Outcome Tracking- Design formative and summative assessment frameworks.
- Ensure assessments are:
- Outcome-aligned
- Bloom’s-mapped
- Difficulty-calibrate
- Review assessment data to identify learning gaps.
- Recommend curriculum or instructional interventions based on insights.
6. AI-Assisted Academic System (Non-Coding)- Oversee AI-assisted workflows for:
- Content drafting
- Question generation
- Curriculum mapping
- Define prompts, templates, and review rules for AI usage.
- Ensure AI outputs meet academic and pedagogical standards.
- Prevent over-reliance on unverified AI-generated content.
Required SkillsInstructional Design & Academic Skills- Strong expertise in:
- Instructional design frameworks (Bloom’s Taxonomy, ADDIE, scaffolding)
- Outcome-based education
- Curriculum mapping
- Ability to think at program level, not just subject level.
- Strong academic judgment and quality sensitivity.
Leadership & Execution Skills- Experience managing academic or instructional teams.
- Strong review, feedback, and mentoring capability.
- Ability to balance speed, quality, and scale.
- Comfortable working with structured processes and templates.
Tools & Systems- Strong proficiency in:
- PowerPoint
- Excel / Google Sheets
- Google Docs
- Familiarity with:
- LMS platforms
- Academic content pipelines
- Curriculum documentation systems
- Comfortable working with AI tools for academic workflows.
Eligibility & Background- Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- MBA or Master’s degree preferred.
- 4–8 years of experience in:
- EdTech
- Academic operations
- Instructional design
- Learning program management
- Teaching Experience preferred
- Prior experience in EdTech companies such as:
- UpGrad
- Unacademy
- Simplilearn
- Masai
- Great Learning
- Similar structured learning organizations (preferred).
Ideal Candidate Profile- Strong instructional design thinker, not just a content creator.
- Comfortable owning academic rigor end-to-end.
- Can design systems that juniors can execute
- Has worked in scale-driven EdTech environments.
- Thinks in terms of learning outcomes, not just syllabus coverage.
Expected Outcomes (First 6–9 Months)- Standardized instructional design framework across programs.
- Improved academic quality and consistency.
- Reduced dependency on senior reviewers for daily quality checks.
- Scalable academic processes that support rapid program expansion.
- Strongly aligned curriculum → assessment → outcomes loop.
About Us:
Founded in 2023 by INSEAD and IIM alumni, edept is a startup in higher education which enables
universities and institutes to offer differentiated industry-led degree and certification programs in
new-age courses to drive better employability outcomes for young graduates.
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