Academic Head - IT Vertical - Education Industry

Key Responsibilities - 1

- Work closely with the SME's of IT vertical and identify new programs to be added to our portfolio, based on an intimate understanding of industry requirements.

- To ensure high quality of teaching & learning in various classrooms across the country - especially because IT will continue to be over 50% of our classrooms - this year well over 100 classrooms everyday.

- To be responsible for the quality and flawless execution of teaching & learning material, session planning, classroom pedagogy etc.

- To work closely with CLO & Head- Learning & Development in the areas of faculty delivery and quality.

- Build strong relationships with Universities - both academic (VC) & business development (Dean)

- To guide all IT SMEs (Subject matter experts) on implementation of initiatives like Choice based credits system (CBCS)

- To work closely with faculties on research, PhD & paper presentations at seminars.

- To work closely with the content development team for ToC- s, Syllabus, SLM's and other artifacts.

- To support the Mktg team with seminars for student acquisition.

Key Responsibilities - 2

- Strong industry network to help identify employment opportunities in a distributed model - to match the location of our campuses across the country.

- Work closely with industry & the Head - training to help devise a soft skills and aptitude road map. In addition help execute the same.

- Work with the National Placement Head-IT to ensure all our students have their internships and final employment in good quality companies and well in time.

- Design an Annual Calendar of Industry interface through Guest lectures, projects & assignments and implement the same.

Technical Competencies

- Relevant experience in teaching as well as guiding a team of teachers.

- Should have worked in leadership roles in a learning environment preferably at a university

- Experience in formulation of curriculum & course matrix

- Understanding of UGC/AICTE norms & willingness to drive industry - academia collaboration.

Behavioral Competencies

- Strong Leadership Qualities

- Excellent Communication skills

- Strong interpersonal skills to work with diverse teams

- Strong Presentation Skills

- Years of experience: 20 yrs

Qualification: Phd in IT or related stream.