Senior Education Consultant

Athena Education; Bengaluru; Presencial; INR 1.500.000 - 2.100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Athena Education, India's largest premium undergraduate study-abroad consultant, seeks an experienced consulting professional to join our Bengaluru team. You will oversee a portfolio of 709 scholars, mentor a team of consultants and drive personalised admissions strategies for top US/UK universities.

You will collaborate with students, parents and internal teams to deliver high-touch service, monitor progress and ensure consistent, outcome-driven results across applications.

Formación

• Prior experience in study-abroad consulting or international admissions.
• Strong understanding of US and UK undergraduate admissions.
• Experience advising students and parents in a consultative, high-touch environment.
• Experience mentoring teams of consultants.
• Ability to build differentiated student profiles and strategies.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee admissions strategy and student profile differentiation for a portfolio of scholars.
• Lead and mentor a team of consultants to deliver personalised admissions plans.
• Maintain strong relationships with students and parents to ensure high engagement and satisfaction.
• Drive operational excellence through structured processes, milestones and KPI tracking across the consulting function.

Conocimientos

Admissions strategy

Student consulting

Team leadership

Relationship management

Operations management

KPIs & analytics

Mentoring

Project management

Descripción del empleo

Athena Education is India's largest institution in the premium undergraduate study-abroad space.

Founded 13 years ago by two Princeton graduates, Poshak Agrawal and Rahul Subramaniam, Athena is headquartered in Gurgaon, with offices in Mumbai and Bangalore, and caters to students from over 35 countries.

Athena's vision is to help students become the best version of themselves. Through our transformative, holistic life coaching programme, we encourage students to explore both depth and breadth, across sciences and humanities, and apply their knowledge to address real-world challenges.

Our students have secured admissions to some of the world's most prestigious universities, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, MIT, Cambridge, Brown, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago, among others.

At Athena, we go beyond conventional college counselling. We work closely with students to build distinctive profiles, discover their interests, develop meaningful projects and create compelling narratives that reflect their potential.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced consulting professional to join our Bangalore team and drive excellence across student consulting, admissions strategy and team leadership.

The role involves overseeing a portfolio of approximately 70–75 scholars, leading and mentoring a team of consultants, and ensuring strong student outcomes through personalised admissions strategies and structured progress monitoring.

You will work closely with students, parents and internal teams to deliver a highly personalised consulting experience while ensuring strong operational processes, team accountability and consistent quality of service.

Key Responsibilities

1. Admissions Strategy & Student Profile Differentiation

• Guide students through the global undergraduate admissions journey, with a focus on highly selective US and UK universities.
• Evaluate student profiles to identify individual strengths, interests and opportunities for differentiation.
• Develop personalised academic and extracurricular roadmaps, including research initiatives and interdisciplinary projects across fields such as Computer Science, AI, Physics, Economics, Business and Liberal Arts.
• Stay updated on evolving global admissions trends, university expectations and application strategies.
• Guide consultants in developing compelling application narratives and university strategies.

2. Student & Parent Relationship Management

• Build strong, trusted relationships with students and parents, ensuring a personalised and high-touch consulting experience.
• Conduct regular student and parent check-ins to review progress, address concerns and maintain engagement.
• Manage complex client situations and escalations with ownership, empathy and sound judgement.
• Ensure a consistently high standard of service delivery throughout the student journey.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of consultants, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration and continuous learning.
• Establish clear performance expectations, accountability mechanisms and quality standards.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, provide constructive feedback and identify development opportunities.
• Build team resilience and sustain performance during intensive application cycles.

4. Operational Excellence & Performance Management

• Drive structured student progress monitoring through milestone reviews and timely interventions.
• Track key performance indicators across student engagement, project execution, client satisfaction and admissions outcomes.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and continuously improve consulting workflows.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including Writing, Project Management and Business Development & Partnerships, to ensure seamless student delivery.
• Contribute to capacity planning, resource allocation and the overall operational effectiveness of the Consulting function.

What We Are Looking For

• Prior experience in study-abroad consulting, international admissions counselling or global undergraduate admissions advisory is essential.
• Strong understanding of the US and UK undergraduate admissions landscape.
• Experience working directly with students and parents in a consultative, relationship-driven environment.
• Demonstrated experience in managing and mentoring teams of consultants or counsellors.
• Strong understanding of student profile building, admissions strategy and extracurricular development.
• Experience managing client relationships, expectations and escalations.
• Ability to drive team performance through structured processes, KPIs and accountability.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong ownership, problem-solving abilities and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

We welcome applications from experienced consulting professionals with approximately 2–5 years of relevant industry experience, as well as senior leaders with substantial experience in managing consulting teams and driving function-level outcomes.

Why Athena?

Impact: Work closely with ambitious students and help shape their academic journeys and future possibilities.

Intellectual Environment: Be part of a team that values curiosity, independent thinking, interdisciplinary learning and continuous growth.

Ownership & Growth: Take on meaningful leadership responsibilities in a growing organisation and contribute to building a differentiated consulting experience.

Culture: Work with a diverse, driven and intellectually curious team that is dedicated to excellence and occasionally funny.

Location

If you are passionate about education, enjoy solving complex challenges and thrive in an environment that combines intellectual curiosity with high standards of execution, we would love to hear from you.