Toppr - Associate Vice President - Head - Curriculum - IIT/NIT/BITS

ABOUT THE ROLE

Toppr is looking for an Associate Vice President (AVP), Head of Curriculum for Toppr Codr. In this role, you- ll be working with the latest technology tools like code.org, Blockly, Scratch to develop the world's finest coding curriculum for children from ages 6 to 17. You and your team will build curriculums depending on the age and learning abilities of students. You- ll help students build strong logical & problem-solving skills along with developing their creative thinking abilities. As an AVP, you- ll enable the scalability of the curriculum and ensure its adherence to Toppr's pedagogical structure.

So, if you- re a passionate educationist with a strong background in programming, then we- d love to talk to you!

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN TOPPR :

- Work with the best: Learn from leaders who have built Toppr from the ground up. Work with down-to-earth, highly experienced, and insanely ambitious colleagues.

- High-growth industry: India's online education industry is an ever-expanding pie and is poised to grow to $2 billion in the next 3 years.

- High-growth startup: Over the last 3 years, Toppr has grown over 50x, and we aim to grab a big chunk of this ever-expanding pie.

- As the business grows, you grow: We want Toppr to be built from within. We look at you as someone with the potential to make Toppr a $10B company.

- Widespread impact: Touch the lives of millions of young students. Watch your work make an impact on achieving Toppr's goals.

HOW YOU'LL RAMP

In First Week-

- Understand Toppr's journey, mission, values, future outlook, and footprint across India.

- Spend time with the Product, Sales, Marketing, Knowledge, and Finance teams to get up-to-speed on Toppr's offering, its competition, and future outlook.

By Day 30 :

- Build engaging and effective curriculum to teach coding and its different aspects to students

- Ensure that curriculum is well-structured and learning outcomes are well-defined for lessons

- Work closely with a team of teachers to ensure the curriculum is taught with consistency and learning outcomes are met. Create curriculums that are fun and stretch students- learning abilities.

By Day 90 :

- Setup and measure metrics around quality, and efficacy of curriculum.

- Constantly keep updating curriculum based on teachers- and students- feedback

- Guide the curriculum team to ensure that top quality standards are met and curriculum lesson plan delivery targets are achieved.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE :

- BE/BTech from IITs, BITS, NITs and other tier-1 colleges.

- 8+ years of experience in curriculum development with an excellent academic background, functional coding skills, and experience in teaching or developing a curriculum

- An in-depth understanding of activity-based teaching-learning methods with a strong knowledge of pedagogies to teach 21st Century Skills.

- Deep knowledge of programming concepts like algorithms, loops, etc and prior coding experience

- Systems Thinking: Create strong and out of the box curriculum to build a rocket-ship.

WHO YOU ARE :

To be successful in this role, you'll need to have the following skills:

- Excellent communicator and relationship builder: A track record of collaborating with a variety of cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

- Dynamic: Strong decision-making and prioritization ability. Should be comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces. Have exquisite attention to detail, and are comfortable learning new technologies and systems.

- Team player: Knack for influencing without being authoritative. Pitch in wherever the team needs help, from writing blog posts to supporting customers.

ABOUT TOPPR

Toppr is India's leading edtech company with a mission to make leaning personalised. Our adaptive after-school learning app for classes 5th to 12th is used by over 1 crore students. We have the widest syllabus support that covers over 20 subjects, 20 boards, and 50 exams. We believe each child is unique with distinct learning needs. We are building Toppr as an adaptive platform to increase engagement, optimize learning and improve outcomes for all students. Toppr was started in 2013 by IIT Bombay alumni Zishaan Hayath and Hemanth Goteti and is backed by venture capital firms like SAIF, Helion, and Eight Roads.