VenturEdu - Director - Learning & Experience - Academics

Job Description - Director

About VenturEdu:

VenturEdu is a new-age venture school that provides student entrepreneurs with structured access to strategy experts, Series A+ founders, 100+ venture capitalists, in-house capital, and campus-based support across technology, legal, creative, and growth functions. Every participant in our program is required to build, test, and scale a venture, ensuring that knowledge is applied in real time and that education directly translates into venture creation.

Our founding faculty, will form the backbone of this mission. Faculty members creates the world class ecosystem to deliver thought provoking knowledge through advanced teaching methodologies, global cases, research and being the part of the leading national and international conferences as knowledge generators. Through their expertise, our faculty will strengthen VenturEdu's position as a global thought leader in venture creation and entrepreneurial education.

Position Overview:

The position will provide leadership and strategic direction to the academic vertical of the School. The role is unique blend of academic excellence and entrepreneurial vision building an ecosystem to promote innovation, sustainability, and responsible entrepreneurship.

Key Responsibilities:

- You will shape the Founder's vision in building the venture ecosystem through the eye of innovative academic curriculum not limiting to deep tech, design thinking, corporate innovation, sustainability practices and innovative pedagogy

- Integrate corporate partnerships, and venture-building into the academic framework

- Promote applied research in entrepreneurship, technology commercialization

- Design governance mechanisms for academic integrity, student progression, and industry aligned curriculum.

- Lead faculty recruitment, development, and performance evaluation in alignment with the schools vision

- Develop collaborations with global universities, research institutes, development agencies, and government bodies to position the school as a thought leader.

Candidate Profile:

- PhD (or pursuing) in Management/Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Technology from a reputed institution.

- 10+ years experience in combination of any two academia / incubation / startup ecosystem building / corporate / consulting.

- Strong leadership, governance, and stakeholder management skills.