JD: Lead, Growth Strategy & Partnerships

Location: Bangalore (with frequent travel across India)

About Scaler School of Technology

School of Technology (SST) is a 4-year, full-time residential undergraduate program in Computer Science & AI. With a sub-4% acceptance rate, SST is building Indias Ivy League for tech - where elite engineering meets real-world outcomes, mentorship, and hands-on experience

In just its second year, over 21,000+ students applied for only a few hundred seats, with many leaving offers from NITs and BITS to join SST. The campus today is home to a handpicked cohort of students who are not only academically outstanding but also driven to build startups, publish research, and compete in global contests. The environment is intentionally designed to mirror the worlds best technical universities - selective intake, high-caliber peer group, and access to industry leaders.

The Role: Lead - Growth Strategy & Partnerships

We are seeking a leader to shape and scale Scaler School of Technologys national outreach. This role goes beyond admissions - it is about building a respected, long-term presence for SST across Indias schools, communities, and counseling networks. Offline outreach is critical for us because it consistently delivers higher conversion, builds trust with families and schools, and creates an evergreen distribution flywheel that online channels alone cannot achieve.

As Lead - Growth Strategy & Partnerships, you will lead a distributed team across key cities, craft scalable playbooks for student engagement, and build deep relationships with principals, counselors, and parent communities. Youll be the face of SST in critical forums, driving both credibility and trust while ensuring our mission reaches ambitious students nationwide

What Youll Do:

Build & Lead the National Outreach Function:

- Recruit, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of city outreach managers across India. Establish scalable processes that enable consistent outreach to schools, coaching centers, and community ecosystems nationwide.

Drive School & Counselor Engagement:

- Develop and deepen relationships with principals, school leaders, and JEE coaching networks. Position SST as a premier, aspirational choice for students by anchoring high-impact interventions such as workshops, competitions, and career fairs.

Design & Execute City GTM Playbooks:

- Create and institutionalize city-level playbookscareer fairs, principal roundtables, and counselor networksthat ensure repeatability and measurable outcomes. Track outreach performance with clear metrics and continuously refine strategies for higher ROI.

Shape Perception & Build Brand Trust:

- Ensure SSTs distinctive storyselectivity, outcomes, and global-level educationis consistently articulated. Partner with marketing teams to amplify offline engagement and extend its impact through digital storytelling.

Own Growth Targets & Strategic Integration:

- Take full ownership of offline lead generation and conversion outcomes. Define the national offline strategy as a critical growth lever, integrating it seamlessly with online campaigns to maximize reach, trust, and long-term brand equity.

What Were Looking For:

- 6+ years of experience across strategy (top-tier consulting firm e.g. McKinsey, BCG, Bain, or equivalent) and execution (startups) heavy roles - a mix of consulting and startups experience

- Startup builder mindset: Hands-on experience in scaling a business, setting up new functions, or building operations from scratch in a high-growth environment.

- Leadership & influence: Ability to hire, mentor, and inspire a distributed team while also building credibility with principals, school networks, and parent communities.

- Analytical & structured: Data-driven, process-oriented, and comfortable designing repeatable playbooks and tracking ROI across multiple cities.

- Resilient & mission-driven: Hustle, persistence, and the ability to operate with high ownership in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment.

Why SST?

- Empowering Role: Shape the national outreach strategy for SST, influencing how Indias brightest students and families discover and trust us.

- Inspiring Team: Work alongside leaders from Google, McKinsey, Meta, and Sequoia-backed startups - people whove built category-defining companies.

- Culture of Meritocracy: High ownership, rapid growth, and meaningful impact-where performance, not hierarchy, drives opportunities.

- Strategic Importance: Offline outreach is a critical lever for SST- delivering superior conversions, deeper trust, and long-term brand equity that digital alone cannot achieve.

Perks: Competitive compensation, comprehensive health insurance, nationwide travel opportunities, and free food on campus

About Scaler

Launched in 2019, Scaler is Indias leading tech education company that upskills working professionals and educates aspiring engineering students. Scalers industry-vetted curriculum addresses real-world challenges through two flagship online programs: Scaler Academy and Scaler DSML.

To further redefine education, Scaler has launched:

- Scaler Neovarsity: An outcome-focused online Master's Programme

- Scaler School of Technology (SST): A 4-year residential UG program in Computer Science

- Scaler School of Business: An 18-month PGP in Management & Technology

Our parent firm, InterviewBit, has been featured in Financial Times Asia-Pacific High Growth Companies 20212025. Scaler is backed by marquee global investors like Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India), Tiger Global, and Lightrock India.