As a Content Lead at NxtWave, you will shape the strategic vision and operational excellence behind our technical curriculum, including core areas like MERN Full Stack, Python, and AI. You will lead a high-performing team to create, maintain, and continuously innovate on comprehensive educational content that empowers learners to thrive in the modern tech workforce.
Roles and Responsibilities
1. Curriculum Strategy and Vision
- Define and own the strategic direction of the technical curriculum across core domains in atleast MERN Full Stack, Python or Gen AI.
- Translate business goals, learner needs, and industry expectations into curriculum frameworks and actionable content roadmaps.
- Ensure the curriculum remains dynamic, relevant, and aligned with both hiring trends and future tech trajectories.
2. Team Leadership and Mentorship
- Lead a team of Technical Curriculum Developers (TCDs) and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), providing them with clear direction, support, and professionaGen l growth opportunities.
- Oversee individual and team roadmaps, ensuring timely and high-quality content delivery.
- Build a strong feedback culture through regular review cycles, constructive critique, and shared best practices.
3. Content Development and Oversight
- Supervise the planning, design, and development of comprehensive learning materials including instructional content, assessments, hands-on projects, and revision modules.
- Ensure content is technically accurate, pedagogically sound, and optimized for different learning styles and levels.
- Establish and enforce content standards and documentation practices that enhance consistency and scalability.
4. Curriculum Maintenance and Upgrades
- Implement regular audit and update cycles to maintain curriculum relevance and technical freshness.
- Drive proactive revisions based on feedback from delivery teams, learner analytics, and emerging industry standards.
- Maintain content hygiene by identifying outdated modules, improving weak areas, and phasing out redundant topics.
5. Enhancing Learning Experience
- Collaborate with instructional designers and delivery teams to improve the learner journey across content formats.
- Ensure curriculum is engaging, outcomes-driven, and structured for strong concept retention and practical application.
- Innovate around learning formatsintroducing visual learning elements, guided walkthroughs, microlearning units, and contextual learning flows.
6. AI and Technology Integration
- Actively explore and implement AI-powered learning enhancements—such as personalized feedback, auto-generated practice questions, or interactive AI tutors.
- Infuse emerging technologies like LLMs, prompt engineering, and Gen AI tools into the curriculum as both learning content and content development enablers.
- Stay current with advancements in AI and edtech to continuously raise the bar for innovation in learning delivery.
7. Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Product, Delivery, and Marketing teams to ensure curriculum is aligned with platform capabilities, learner expectations, and brand messaging.
- Collaborate with delivery leads to equip instructors with the right resources and ensure curriculum-readiness for live sessions.
- Contribute to learner support strategies by identifying content-level interventions that improve engagement, progression, and outcomes.
8. Process Building and Operational Excellence
- Design scalable systems and processes for curriculum planning, development, review, and release.
- Drive documentation practices that make it easy to onboard new team members, audit existing content, and track version history.
- Anticipate bottlenecks, manage dependencies, and ensure smooth execution of high-volume content pipelines.
9. Data-Driven Improvement
- Regularly review learner analytics, course completion data, and assessment outcomes to uncover areas for content improvement.
- Collaborate with analytics and learner success teams to understand drop-off points, confusion hotspots, or performance gaps.
- Apply insights to design more effective learning paths, better scaffolding, and measurable progression benchmarks.
10. Thought Leadership and Innovation
- Champion innovation within the curriculum team by encouraging experimentation, piloting new formats, and scaling successful initiatives.
- Identify and launch high-leverage projects that push the boundaries of traditional curriculum models.
- Represent the curriculum function in key leadership conversations and contribute to NxtWave’s larger vision of transforming tech education in India.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
- Min 1 year+ hands-on software development experience and 1 year+ experience in technical content creation or curriculum development.
- Experience leading or mentoring content or technical teams.
- Strong foundation in core programming concepts and preferable domain expertise in frontend and backend tech.
- Familiarity with Gen AI tools, LLMs, and prompt engineering.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Passion for building impactful, learner-centered educational content.
Job Overview
- Location: Hyderabad
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Work Mode: Office-based
- Working Days: 5-day week
