: Innovation Catalyst – UPLA (a.k.a. Campus Venture Lead / Mission Commander)

Mission Commander

mini-CEO on campus

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

Campus Venture Lead

●      Act as the central decision-maker for prioritization of product features and content pipelines.

●      Bridge institutional goals with startup agility, reporting to both Kingspire leadership and the college's incubation cell.

Content & AI Integration

●      Oversee end-to-end content creation, curation, and quality assurance.

●      Ensure content aligns with curricula, pedagogy, and academic rigor.

●      Harness Generative AI tools and custom annotation workflows to accelerate content production and data labeling.

Team & Stakeholder Management

●  Mentor and coordinate a diverse team of full-time staff, part-time contributors, faculty experts, student interns, and researchers.

●      Build engagement frameworks for faculty and students acting as content creators and AI annotators.

●      Foster collaboration between Kingspire’s professional developers and the college’s academic community.

Operational Excellence

●      Manage timelines, milestones, and deliverables with startup discipline.

●      Conduct regular sprint reviews, identify bottlenecks, and implement corrective measures and maintain compliance with institutional incubation policies and data/IP governance norms.

Innovation & Growth

●      Explore, pilot, and deploy emerging GenAI tools for scalable educational impact.

●      Continuously improve processes — from content pipelines to data annotation practices.

●      Prepare UPLA for external pilot deployments in other colleges and universities.

Qualifications

●      Master’s degree in Business, Communication, Education, Computer Science, or related fields.

●      5+ years’ experience in project management, content strategy, or EdTech initiatives.

●      Strong background in content development/curriculum design with proven ability to integrate technology.

●      Hands-on familiarity with Generative AI tools (ChatGPT, NotebookLM, etc.) and custom labeling tools.

●      Exceptional leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.

●      Prior experience in a startup, innovation hub, or incubation program preferred.

Desired Attributes

●      Entrepreneurial mindset; thrives on ownership and accountability.

●      Balances academic sensitivity with product scalability.

●      Operates comfortably in a hybrid academic–startup environment.

●      Strong interpersonal skills to engage faculty, students, and external partners alike.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

●      ≥90% of project milestones delivered on time.

●      50 content modules published within first 90 days with ≥95% QA approval.

●      Weekly active user rate of ≥60% among pilot students.

●      +8–12% improvement in learning outcomes for pilot cohorts.

●      ≥95% support issues resolved within SLA timelines.

●      Faculty CSAT ≥3.5/5 and Student CSAT ≥4.0/5.

Compensation & Benefits

●      Competitive salary based on experience.

●      Unique opportunity to act as Mission Commander of a pioneering EdTech startup incubated inside a leading college.

●      Hands-on exposure to AI innovation, product building, and academic–industry collaboration.

●      Access to professional development and potential for long-term leadership growth.