Senior Project Lead / Project Lead - Edtech

The organisation is a non-profit philanthropic foundation working with the vision of ensuring quality school education for all children in India. We believe that effective foundational learning is essential for better learning outcomes for all children in school. Development of foundational literacy and numeracy skills by Class 3 can help children progress to higher levels of learning and is an essential building block in a child's life.

We are driven by our mission to enable the school education system to adopt solutions that are scalable, sustainable and effective, so that all children get equal access to opportunities needed for leading a better life. The organisation has prioritised 4 critical areas of work : Foundational Literacy & Numeracy; EdTech; Early Childhood Education; and Schools Governance.

About EdTech

The organisation's EdTech initiative focuses on leveraging technology to enhance teaching and learning, both in classrooms and at home, through student-focused and teacher-directed interventions. Our goal is to improve foundational learning in primary grades and provide remediation support in middle school using evidence-based, scalable technology solutions.

The organisation has played a pivotal role in shaping India's EdTech ecosystem by bridging demand and supply, backed by rigorous research. We drive impact by :

• Supporting EdTech organisations to build contextually relevant, pedagogically sound products for low-income learners.
• Generating evidence on what works, how it works, and how to scale effective EdTech interventions.
• Partnering with governments to implement EdTech solutions and influence policy.
• Funding public goods to drive innovation and strengthen the ecosystem.

In the last five years, the organisation has collaborated with 15+ EdTech organisations, 11+ state governments, and leading academic institutions, reaching 2.5 million learners across India.

Join us to shape the future of learning for Indias childrenand help build an EdTech ecosystem that is evidence-driven, tech-enabled, scalable and equitable.

Position Summary

As part of the EdTech team, you'll have the opportunity to drive the transformation of education for children in India by leveraging the most meaningful use of technology in education. You will conceptualise, design, and lead high-impact initiatives, collaborate with influential stakeholders, and harness frontier technologies to revolutionise learning at scale.

As the Senior Project Leader (SPL), you will provide day-to-day operational leadership and strategic support for key impact work streams of EdTech vertical. You will convert the 2025-2028 EdTech strategy into executable workplans, oversee a portfolio of high-impact initiatives across Scale, Evidence, and Public Goods, and manage a team of Project Managers and Senior Project Managers. The role demands equal parts strategic thinking, execution rigour, and people leadership to deliver measurable learning outcomes at scale. You will directly report to the Consulting Senior Partner - EdTech & AI.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

Strategy Translation & Thought Leadership :

Portfolio & Programme Management :

Evidence Generation & Knowledge Translation :

Stakeholder & Ecosystem Management :

Team Management & Capability Building :

Budget & Reporting Excellence :

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