Job Description

Department
Excellence
Job posted on
Nov 08, 2025
Employee Type
Full Time Confirmed
Experience range (Years)
3 years - 10 years

Academic Advisor
About us:
LEAD is the market leader in School EdTechs and the first edtech UNICORN of 2022.
The fastest-growing School EdTech company in India, Fortune has recognized us as
one of India's top 24 Employers of the Future in June 2022. We partner with
Affordable Private Schools across the country and empower them with the tools and
resources that transform them into centers of excellence. Our enhanced
performance monitoring tools, dedicated lesson plans, and tech-based solutions
enable educators to provide students with the best education.
Our mission is to provide excellent education to every child. With our 9000+ partner
schools across the country, we have seen a growth from 35 schools in 2018 to 9000+
in 2024
LEAD - Growth Highlights:Raised $100 Mn in a Series E round and became the first Ed Tech Unicorn of

2022 (Business Standard - LEAD becomes first edtech unicorn of 2022)Our co-Founder & Co- CEO Smita Deorah is the only leader from India to win

the Power of Women (POW) 2022 award held in the USA! (ASU+GSV
Summit)LEAD has won in the 'Most Innovative Product/Service' sub-category,

('Unicorn' category), at the Businessworld Unicorn Awards 2022We are building a B2B + At-home Learning business, which is a US $14B

market opportunity across 120 Mn Private School students in India, alone.Education Leadership Award by American Leadership Board in 2018. Best School Management Award in 2019.

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JOB DESCRIPTION
Purpose of the Job:
Academic Advisors play a critical role in helping us achieve our mission - they
directly work with teachers and schools to ensure that our system is effectively
implemented to achieve the desired learning outcomes. We are looking for highly
competent professionals who are excited by the idea of democratizing quality
teaching tools and techniques to students and teachers in Affordable Private
Schools.
Key Responsibilities :Build capacity by training and coaching School leaders, Academic

coordinators, and teachers in LEAD partner schools to drive
implementation of the LEAD academic system that delivers excellent
student outcomes.Support and monitor LEAD School academic system execution in partner

schools through regular observations and data-driven conversations.Share insightful and meaningful reports at regular intervals to showcase

student and teacher performance, and interventions that are being carried
out.Build academic relationships with school owners, principals, academic

coordinators, and teachersCollaborate with other functions in the organization to effectively solve

problems that hamper partner school's experience with LEAD.Proactively gather insights from the field and feed them back internally to

improve the LEAD academic system.Experience in managing multiple stakeholders and collaborating with

large and diverse teams.Strong training and facilitation experience in Pedagogy and Curriculum

implementation
Ideal Experience Profile :Education - Any Bachelor's degree (B.Ed, M.Ed preferable) 3 years in an academic support role, OR 3-5 years of K-10 teaching experience (Teacher, Principals, Academic

coordinator), OR1-2 years of fellowship experience ( eg. Teach For India) and 3-4 years of

post-fellowship2+ years experience of managing teacher teams EdTech or SchoolTech industry background in academic operations/

academic consultant roles.Ability and flexibility to travel 15-20 days a month

Department: Excellence Team
Location: Kolhapur