Senior Project Manager

1. Strategic Program Leadership & Oversight (Weightage: 25%)

• Strategic Planning:

  Lead the development of the multi-year strategy, regional expansion plans, and annual operational goals for the English Projects vertical, consolidating input from Project Managers.

• Execution Oversight:

  Provide high-level guidance, risk assessment, and complex decision-making support to Project Managers to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery across all projects and locations.

• Program Design Review:

  Review and approve significant program design adjustments and systemic intervention strategies suggested by Project Managers to ensure feasibility and maximize systemic impact.

• Quality Audits:

  Conduct high-stakes, periodic program quality and system-level validation audits across all project locations.

2. High-Level Stakeholder & Funder Management (Weightage: 20%)

• Apex Engagement:

  Cultivate and maintain strategic, high-level relationships with State-level government officials, major funders, and key national/international ecosystem partners.

• Funder Reporting

  : Oversee and finalize the preparation and submission of all progress, financial, and utilization reports for submission to apex funders and state-level government bodies.

• High-Level Reviews

  : Lead and present in state-level steering committee meetings, annual strategy reviews with funders, and government joint review missions.

3. Team Portfolio Management & Development (Weightage: 20%)

• Portfolio Leadership:

  Manage, mentor, and set overarching goals for a team that includes Project Managers and functional leads, ensuring efficient resource allocation and cross-project collaboration. .

• Talent Development:

  Drive senior-level capacity development, identify key talent, and establish a succession plan for critical program roles.

• Accountability:

  Establish and enforce a robust performance management and accountability framework across all projects, ensuring outcomes are met on time and with quality.

4. Strategic Growth & Partnerships (Weightage: 10%)

• Growth Strategy:

  Develop and lead the implementation of a comprehensive strategy for the expansion and long-term sustainability of the ESL vertical.

• Business Development:

  Actively generate, nurture, and convert new leads for strategic partnerships (Government, Corporate/CSR, National/International NGOs, and Funders) to secure new projects and ensure the scaling of interventions.

• Proposal and Report Writing

  : Direct and lead the writing, budgeting, and submission of high-quality funding proposals and partnership documents.

• Strategic support to M&E:

  Lead the design and institutionalization of scalable M&E frameworks and tools in collaboration with the M&E team, focusing on measuring systemic change and long-term impact.

• Data-Driven Adjustments:

  Analyze consolidated M&E dashboards to identify systemic gaps and mandate strategic, data-driven course corrections across the project portfolio.

• Data Quality Oversight:

  Provide high-level oversight for the entire data pipeline, ensuring Project Managers adhere to robust data monitoring and validation standards.

6. Content & Training Support ( Weightage: 10%)

• Curriculum Strategy Input:

  Synthesize cumulative field insights and systemic challenges to provide evidence-based recommendations to the Content team on curriculum relevance, pedagogical approach, and design.

• System Capacity Building:

  Strategize and oversee high-level initiatives to build the capacity of senior government officials (e.g., at DIETs, SCERTs) to ensure the sustainable delivery and institutionalization of CLRs training models.

• Scalability & Feasibility Review:

  Review and approve new training and content approaches, assessing their feasibility for large-scale implementation within public education systems.

• Tech-Driven Content:

  Collaborate with the Content team to identify and integrate new technologies to transition traditional training into scalable, blended formats, enhancing delivery and reach.

• Feedback Loop Ownership:

  Ensure Project Managers implement a robust mechanism for collecting and channeling critical, actionable content and training feedback from the field to the Content team for continuous improvement.