Academic Head — CAT

AthenaPrep; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Learning budget

Full AthenaPrep access

Generous leave

Job summary

AthenaPrep in Bengaluru / Remote (India) is seeking an Academic Head to design and oversee the CAT curriculum, ensuring the sequence aligns with optimal student outcomes. You will calibrate mock data, mentor top aspirants, and collaborate with Content and AI to turn pedagogy into product.

The role requires 5+ years in CAT/MBA-entrance academics, with a proven track record and credibility with aspirants. Hybrid work with remote flexibility across India is supported.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in CAT/MBA-entrance academics, including curriculum ownership.
• Track record of students achieving strong outcomes under you.
• Ability to turn teaching instinct into a system others can run.
• Credibility with serious aspirants.

Responsibilities

• Design the end-to-end CAT curriculum and the sequence students move through.
• Set mock difficulty calibration so percentile predictions stay honest.
• Mentor top aspirants directly and feed what you learn back into the product.
• Work with Content and AI to translate pedagogy into product.
• Own academic quality across every section.

Skills

Curriculum design

Pedagogy

Mentoring

Assessment design

CAT strategy

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Academic Head - CAT

Own what a student is actually taught, and in what order. You are accountable for whether our preparation path genuinely produces better scores.

Experience 5–12 yrs

Location Bengaluru / Remote (India)

Arrangement Hybrid

Employment Full-time

Department Academic

Responsibilities

• Design the end-to-end CAT curriculum and the sequence students move through
• Set mock difficulty calibration so percentile predictions stay honest
• Mentor top aspirants directly and feed what you learn back into the product
• Work with Content and AI to translate pedagogy into product
• Own academic quality across every section

Requirements

• 5+ years in CAT/MBA-entrance academics, including curriculum ownership
• Track record of students achieving strong outcomes under you
• Ability to turn teaching instinct into a system others can run
• Credibility with serious aspirants

Preferred Skills

Nice to have, not required - apply even if none of these are true of you.

• Experience with psychometrics or assessment calibration
• A public teaching presence
• Experience across other exams (XAT, SNAP, GMAT)

What success looks like

How we'll judge this role together - shared with you on day one, not at review time.

• Predicted vs actual percentile error narrows
• Students following the prescribed path outperform those who don't
• Academic quality complaints stay near zero

Growth path

• 1

First 90 days

Audit the curriculum and publish the definitive preparation path.

• 2

Year one

Own academic outcomes across the CAT track.

• 3

Beyond

Extend the academic model to every exam AthenaPrep supports.

Skills you'll use

• Curriculum design
• Pedagogy
• Mentoring
• Assessment design
• CAT strategy

Benefits

• Remote-first

Work from anywhere in India, with hours you actually control.

• Meaningful ownership

Early team members share in what they help build.

• Learning budget

Books, courses and conferences that make you better at the craft.

• Full AthenaPrep access

Every plan unlocked, for you and your immediate family.

• Equipment that helps

The machine and setup you need to do focused work.

• Time that is genuinely off

Generous leave, and no expectation of being reachable on it.

Hiring timeline

• 1

We reply within 3 days

A short note on why this problem interests you beats a long CV. Links to things you've made help most.

• 2

Intro conversation

30 minutes

A relaxed call about your work, what you want next, and what we're actually building. Questions go both ways.

• 3

A real problem

Take-home or live

A small, time-boxed piece of work close to what the role actually involves. No trick puzzles, no unpaid project work.

• 4

Conversation with the founder

45 minutes

Values, ownership, and how you'd want the first ninety days to go.

• 5

Offer

Within a week

Clear terms, clear scope, and a start date that works for you.

Questions

Yes. We care much more about evidence of craft than years of experience - a project you built and can explain in depth counts for more than a familiar company name.

Yes, remote-first across India, and async by default. We write decisions down so nobody needs to be online at a particular hour to stay in the loop.

Usually under three weeks from application to offer. We reply to every application within three days, even when the answer is no.

Yes, and they are real work with real ownership, not shadowing. Strong interns are regularly offered full-time roles.

Next.js and TypeScript on the front end, Postgres via Supabase, and an AI layer built on retrieval over our own content. You do not need prior experience with all of it.

Think this is you?

A short note on why this problem interests you beats a long CV. If you're close but not an exact match, apply anyway - we'd rather read your note than miss you.