Associate, Learning Innovation & Strategy

Ie University; Comunidad de Madrid; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

IE University's Education & Student Experience team is hiring a Junior Manager to join its Learning Innovation function in Madrid. The role focuses on translating strategy into evidence-informed projects, leading workstreams, and balancing academic content with institutional processes.

Under the Director of Learning Innovation, you will coordinate across faculties and departments, conduct literature reviews, benchmarking, and synthesize findings into practical recommendations, briefs, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2–4 years in project or programme management, innovation, higher education, consulting, or related environment.
• Strong analytical, writing, and synthesis skills with ability to translate evidence into plans and recommendations.
• Demonstrated initiative, critical thinking, and stakeholder-management ability.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple workstreams and dependencies.
• Fluent English; professional Spanish desirable; AI/specific tech knowledge not required.

Responsibilities

• Structure and coordinate projects from definition to evaluation with clear scopes and milestones.
• Develop analytical foundations via literature reviews, benchmarking and synthesis of evidence.
• Support design and evaluation of learning innovation initiatives with clear outcomes and safeguards.
• Coordinate faculty and cross-functional contributors; ensure decisions are followed and inputs shared.
• Translate learnings into executive briefings, reports, frameworks, playbooks and communications.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Project management

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

IE University's Education & Student Experience team is hiring a Junior Manager to join its Learning Innovation function in Madrid. The role focuses on translating strategy into evidence-informed projects, leading workstreams, and balancing academic content with institutional processes.

Under the Director of Learning Innovation, you will coordinate across faculties and departments, conduct literature reviews, benchmarking, and synthesize findings into practical recommendations, briefs, and