STEM Project Manager (PM)

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham; Kollam; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham seeks a Programme Manager to lead multi-school STEM initiatives, coordinating design, delivery, and trainer readiness. You will oversee timetables, content alignment, and logistics with the content and STEM teams.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, proactive risk mitigation, and ongoing performance tracking to ensure on-schedule, high-quality delivery across geographies.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating multi-site STEM programs.
• Ability to manage multiple timelines and stakeholders.
• Strong communication and training delivery skills.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen programme design, learning, engagement and skill acquisition.
• Embed competitions, presentations and hackathons; promote 2nd Foundation offerings to private schools.
• Convert deployment plans into school-ready timetables and session schedules with content team.
• Coordinate with principals on calendars, approvals, facilities, internet, STEM Kits and logistics.
• Serve as primary school contact; track progress and flag risks or delays.
• Organise teacher/STEM Trainer training and ensure delivery readiness.
• Provide facilitator guides, refresher training and timely issue resolution.
• Track STEM Kit stock and ensure infrastructure readiness before programme start.
• Monitor delivery and provide progress dashboards to the Dean and AMMACHI Labs administration.
• Manage rescheduling due to disruptions and resolve/escalate issues promptly.
• Ensure delivery within agreed scope, schedule, cost and quality standards.

Skills

Planning & coordination

Stakeholder management

Training & facilitation

Job description

Responsibilities

Programme Strategy & Design

• Strengthen programme design, learning, engagement and skill acquisition.
• Embed competitions, presentations and hackathons; promote 2nd Foundation offerings to private schools.

School Deployment & Coordination

• Convert deployment plans into school-ready timetables and session schedules with the content team.
• Coordinate with principals on calendars, approvals, facilities, internet, STEM Kits and logistics.
• Serve as primary school contact; track progress and flag risks or delays.

Teacher/Trainer Readiness

• Organise teacher/STEM Trainer training and ensure delivery readiness.
• Provide facilitator guides, refresher training and timely issue resolution.

STEM Kit & Delivery Management

• Track STEM Kit stock and ensure infrastructure readiness before programme start.
• Monitor delivery and provide progress dashboards to the Dean and AMMACHI Labs administration.
• Manage rescheduling due to disruptions and resolve/escalate issues promptly.

Project Management

• Ensure delivery within agreed scope, schedule, cost and quality standards.
• Build an effective team and provide regular updates.

Key Skills

Strong planning, scheduling, communication, training and stakeholder-management skills; practical problem-solving; ability to work independently across multiple schools/geographies; familiarity with STEM Kits and basic troubleshooting.

Key Working Relationships

Dean & AMMACHI Labs administration; School Principals; Teachers/STEM Trainers; Content/Technical teams.

Success Measures

• Teachers/trainers trained before programme launch, with refreshers as required.
• Clear session mapping and consistent delivery across schools.
• Sessions delivered on schedule, with disruptions rescheduled within the academic-year buffer.
• STEM Kit/infrastructure readiness and accurate stock records maintained.