Associate Vice President - Curriculum

Masai; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Masai is seeking an AVP - Curriculum and Pedagogy in Bengaluru to lead curriculum strategy and ensure high academic quality across programs. The role requires building industry-relevant, outcome-driven curricula with strong learner engagement and alignment with institute partners and hiring market needs.

The AVP will own the curriculum roadmap, design and improve structures and assessments, strengthen pedagogy across live classes, and collaborate with partners and internal teams to drive program

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in curriculum design, pedagogy, instructional design, or education program management.

Responsibilities

• Own the curriculum roadmap across programs and ensure alignment with learner outcomes and industry expectations.
• Lead design and improvement of curriculum structures, learning paths, modules, projects, assessments, and capstone experiences.
• Strengthen pedagogy across live classes, project-based learning, practice, assessments, and feedback loops.
• Partner with institute partners, universities, and academic stakeholders to co-create and review curricula.
• Set academic quality standards for content, assessments, grading rubrics, learner progression, and delivery consistency.
• Leverage learner performance data and placement insights to continuously improve curriculum and outcomes.
• Collaborate with Product, Business, Operations, Placements, Data, and Leadership to support program success and launches.
• Mentor curriculum designers, instructional designers, and pedagogy teams; create scalable systems for curriculum creation and reviews.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Job description

Masai is looking for an AVP - Curriculum and Pedagogy to lead curriculum strategy, pedagogy, academic quality, and learning effectiveness across programs. The role will focus on building industry-relevant, outcome-driven curriculum while ensuring strong learner engagement, academic rigor, and alignment with institute partners and hiring market needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the curriculum roadmap across programs, ensuring alignment with learner outcomes, industry expectations, and institute partner requirements.
• Lead the design and improvement of curriculum structures, learning paths, modules, projects, assessments, and capstone experiences.
• Strengthen pedagogy across live classes, project-based learning, practice, assessments, feedback loops, and academic interventions.
• Partner with institute partners, universities, and academic stakeholders to co-create, review, and improve curriculum for joint programs.
• Set academic quality standards for content, assessments, grading rubrics, learner progression, and delivery consistency.
• Use learner performance data, feedback, placement insights, and partner inputs to continuously improve curriculum and learning outcomes.
• Work closely with Product, Business, Operations, Placements, Data, and Leadership teams to support program success and new launches.
• Lead and mentor curriculum designers, instructional designers, academic leads, SMEs, and pedagogy teams.
• Create scalable systems for curriculum creation, reviews, versioning, quality checks, and continuous improvement.

Must Have

• 10+ years of experience in curriculum design, pedagogy, instructional design, academic leadership, or education program management.
• Strong experience building outcome-driven curriculum for adult learners, higher education, skilling, edtech, or professional learning programs.
• Experience working with institute partners, universities, or external academic stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of instructional design, assessment design, learner engagement, academic quality, and learning effectiveness.
• Experience leading curriculum, pedagogy, instructional design, or academic teams.
• Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-ownership, ambiguous environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience in tech education, coding bootcamps, data programs, business programs, or employability-focused education.
• Exposure to AI-enabled learning, LMS platforms, learning analytics, or adaptive learning.
• Experience working with hiring partners, industry experts, or employer-facing teams.
• Prior experience in a startup or high-growth education business.

What Does a Great Candidate Look Like?

A great candidate combines academic depth with strong execution. They can design scalable curriculum, improve pedagogy through data and feedback, partner effectively with institutes and internal teams, and build high-performing academic teams that deliver strong learner outcomes.

Location

Bengaluru, HSR Layout

Working Model

Work from office