Academic Success Manager India

AVEVA; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 9,500 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

AVEVA seeks an Academic Success Manager to build and nurture partnerships with universities, colleges, and vocational schools. You will drive strategic engagements with academic partners, coordinate with product and engineering teams, and embed AVEVA solutions into curricula to broaden adoption.

You are a self-starter with 7–9 years in industrial software, skilled in cross‑functional collaboration and business development, and able to articulate value to educators and administrators across

Qualifications

• 7–9 years in the industrial software world.
• Experience with engineering solutions in industrial marketplace.
• Self-starter who can drive university education programs.
• Ability to manage and direct academic partners.
• Commercial and business development skills to define delivery strategies.
• Good understanding of AVEVA product and service offerings.
• Knowledge of business processes and information flow in the marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Build and foster relationships with academic institutions and embed AVEVA offerings into curricula.
• Drive adoption of AVEVA solutions and enhance existing academia engagements.
• Research information to solve academia inquiries using internal tools and teams.
• Grow regional partnerships and drive product adoption at scale.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders on events, marketing materials, and sponsorships.
• Facilitate information flow and align priorities across teams.
• Develop onboarding plans across legal, commercial, pricing, and licensing.
• Lead complex projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrate time management, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional international teams.

Skills

Relationship management

Business development

Engineering solutions

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic partnerships

Self-starter

Education

Academic background or experience in academia

Job description

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Role Title: Academic Success Manager

Role Location: AVEVA India offices

Department: Partners Commercial Organization

Reports to: Director Business Development – Academia

Employment: Full time, regular, hybrid work arrangement

The job

As the Academic Success Manager, you will focus on building relationships within the academic community from universities, to colleges, to high schools and vocational schools.

You will be responsible for establishing and managing strategic relationships with key academic partnership stakeholders, partner management teams, and will work with our world-class product and engineering teams to implement the best and most innovative solutions within the academia.

The candidate person is a self-starter with experience working with product and engineering teams and is passionate about finding solutions for how AVEVA can work with a range of partners and strengthen our relationship with the academic community in order to become an influencer in this market.

You will be expected to work with leading educational institutions to create lasting partnerships that make AVEVA’s portfolio easily accessible and commercially affordable.

Key responsibilities

• Build and foster relationships with academic institutions by presenting AVEVA’s offerings and endorse them by embedding our software into the university’s curriculums
• Demonstrating the ability to improve existing engagements with the academia by driving adoption of existing and new AVEVA solutions
• Gathering and researching information to solve academia inquiries by using internal tools and escalation within teams as necessary
• Focus on growing the region both from a partnership point of view (# of participating institutions), and from an adoption point of view (# of leverage core products, strategic adoption of cloud)
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to drive program progress against goals and objectives by establishing logistics, like marketing materials, participation in, or sponsorship of related events
• Facilitates the flow of information between everyone involved in the advancement of the academic program and create alignment around priorities
• Bring forward ideas and execution plans from an educational onboarding perspective across legal, commercial, pricing and licensing dimensions such that teachers and students alike can get started quickly and learn easily
• Experience defining, developing and leading complex projects in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Time management, facilitation, and organizational skills
• Experience in communicating with cross functional international teams
• Academic background or experience working with the academic community

Knowledge & Experience Required

• You will have 7-9 years of experience in the industrial software world
• You will have significant experience with engineering solutions within the industrial marketplace
• You will be a self-starter, optimising and enhancing the universities education programs/curriculum by familiarizing them with our solutions
• You will be able to manage and provide direction and be able to work effectively with our academic partners
• You will have sound commercial and business development skills to define and quantify a suitable delivery strategy
• You will have a good understanding of the scope of the current products and service offerings from AVEVA
• You will have a deep knowledge of the business processes, information flow and management practices for the marketplace

Commercial at AVEVA

Our Commercial team, comprised of over 2,000 dedicated colleagues, is the backbone of our customer relationships and business growth. From industry experts and solution architects to sales, support, success managers, and business operations, everyone shares a common goal: to deeply understand our customers' needs and deliver tailored solutions.

If you're passionate about driving growth, tackling complex business challenges, and fostering strong customer relationships, you'll find success and fulfilment in our Commercial team.

You’ll also be joining an award-winning workplace. AVEVA is Great Place to Work Certified in multiple countries, reflecting the culture our people create every day. Explore our awards and recognition.

Find out more: https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/

India Benefits include:

• Gratuity
• Medical and accidental insurance
• very attractive leave entitlement
• emergency leave days
• childcare support
• maternity
• paternity and adoption leaves
• education assistance program
• home office set up support (for hybrid roles)
• well-being support

Hybrid working

We work in a hybrid way at AVEVA. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office, with an expectation of being on-site 50% of your working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions are fully office-based depending on the nature of the work, and certain roles that support specific customers or markets may be remote. The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process.

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting‑edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.

We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/

Find out more: https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/

Drug Screening and Background Check

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third‑party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

Equal Opportunity Employer and Accommodation

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect.

We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.

AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate.

If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter.

Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.