Learning Innovation Project Lead

Ie University; Madrid; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

IE University is seeking a Junior Manager to join the Learning Innovation team in Madrid. This role focuses on translating strategy into evidence-informed projects, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and driving analytical work to shape educational initiatives.

You will work under the Director of Learning Innovation, moving between academic content and institutional processes while delivering practical recommendations and high-quality outputs.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, writing, and synthesis skills; ability to review research, project evidence, data, and institutional information and translate into plans and recommendations.
• Demonstrated initiative, critical thinking, and stakeholder-management ability.
• Excellent organisational skills; ability to manage several workstreams and dependencies.
• Fluent English; professional Spanish is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Structure and coordinate projects from definition to evaluation with clear scopes, milestones, stakeholders, and risks.
• Develop analytical foundations through literature reviews, benchmarking and evidence synthesis to strengthen proposals and designs.
• Support design and evaluation of learning innovation initiatives with well-defined outcomes and evidence plans.
• Coordinate faculty and cross-functional contributors to ensure decisions are followed through.
• Translate project learning into high-quality institutional outputs such as reports, frameworks, and playbooks.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Written communication

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

IE University is seeking a Junior Manager to join the Learning Innovation team in Madrid. This role focuses on translating strategy into evidence-informed projects, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and driving analytical work to shape educational initiatives.

You will work under the Director of Learning Innovation, moving between academic content and institutional processes while delivering practical recommendations and high-quality outputs.