Toppr - AVP/VP - Learn - Knowledge Team

Position: AVP, Learn

ABOUT THE ROLE

Toppr is looking for an Associate Vice President in its Knowledge Team to implement multiple Ed-Tech projects. As an AVP, you will drive product development for K-12. You will be responsible to maintain a culture of innovation & creativity to make student learning simple and effective. You will lead Subject Heads, Creative designers and production teams to deliver high quality self-learning materials in formats such as animated and interactive videos, assessments, notes etc.

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: Indias online education industry is an ever-expanding pie and is poised to grow to $2 billion in 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.

Complete ownership: Have the freedom to design and manage a process for content development. Be responsible for understanding students needs and create high quality content to meet their students.

HOW YOU'LL RAMP

In First Week

Understand Topprs journey, its values and mission.

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

By Day 30

- Define the objectives and key results (OKRs) that Topprs knowledge strategy must achieve.

- Plan and create a roadmap for knowledge team.

- Plan the sprints, prioritize the sprint backlogs and manage the development processes.

By Day 90

- Design and manage efficient processes for K-12 content development.

- Lead content and project management teams

- Drive Pedagogical improvement of existing K-12 products

- Lead content-syllabus mapping and alignment.

- Perform risk management to minimize project risks

- Take responsibility for quality control.

- Build the team over time. Mentor and groom them for their professional development.

- Constantly look for ways to improve engagement levels and performance of the students through pedagogy and content design

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

- PhD/Masters/MBA/Bachelors/Engineering degree.

- Strong logical reasoning, analytical and technical skills.

- Prior experience in content development, project management and team management.

- Pedagogy expert- can drive a team to improve teaching methodologies.

- Excellent team & project management skills.

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Can make data driven decisions.

- Excellent in verbal and written communication.

- Carries entrepreneurial mindset and suitable for start-up culture.

WHO YOU ARE

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

- Collaboration: Liaise with product and technology teams to ensure content-product alignment.

- Humility: An approachable individual who is able to form strong and long-lasting relationships.

- Motivation: Ability to work under tight deadlines. Demonstrate a positive, can-do attitude.

- Data-driven: Keen interest in evaluating product/market situations, analyzing raw data, and transforming it into actionable strategies.

ABOUT TOPPR

Toppr is India's leading edtech company with a mission to make learning personalized. Our adaptive after-school learning app for classes 5th to 12th is used by over 80 lakh 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, Eight Roads and Kaizen PE.