Kran - Project Delivery Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Program Leadership & Strategy:

- Lead end-to-end program implementation for the state of Andhra Pradesh, ensuring alignment with State education priorities, Program objectives and ConveGenius's strategic goals.

- Develop the Annual Work Plan (AWP) with clear milestones, targets, and accountability mechanisms.

- Run implementation model pilots (cost-impact experiments) to test and refine scalable models.

Project Delivery & Adoption:

- Ensure seamless delivery of SwiftPAL, SwiftClass, and AI-powered chatbots in the intervention schools.

- Drive teacher adoption through training, mentoring, and classroom-level support.

- Collaborate with product teams to contextualize content, dashboards, and analytics towards visualising and accelerating impact.

- Establish feedback loops to report field challenges and insights for product, program and content improvements.

Stakeholder Management:

- Act as the primary liaison with state education officials, SCERT, SSA, and district leadership.

- Manage relationships with CSR funders and NGO partners, including reporting and showcasing impact.

- Represent ConveGenius in high-stakes review meetings, policy discussions, and donor presentations.

Team Leadership:

- Lead and mentor the Andhra Pradesh implementation team, including Zonal managers and Swift Bharat Fellows.

- Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous learning within the team.

- Oversee capacity building, performance monitoring, and professional development for the team.

Data, Monitoring & Impact:

- Track program KPIs: adoption, engagement and gains.

- Use dashboards and analytics to drive decisions and report insights.

- Build case studies, reports, and presentations for internal leadership, state partners, and donors.

Qualifications & Competencies:

- Education: Master's or equivalent from a top-tier institution in Management, Education, Development Studies, or related fields.

- Experience: 6-8 years of work experience, with at least 3 years in large-scale program management / delivery.

- Experience working with government education systems is highly desirable.

- Strong program and project delivery skills: planning, execution, and risk management.

- Proven stakeholder engagement ability with senior officials and funders.

- Excellent leadership and team management skills.

- Analytical mindset: ability to use data for decision-making and communicate insights effectively.

- Flexibility and adaptability to operate in complex, multi-stakeholder environments