Education Program Manager

SupportFinity™; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative education technology company in the Riyadh Region is searching for a Program Manager to spearhead major educational projects focused on public sector initiatives. The role demands a highly organized, tech-savvy individual who will guide learning programs for thousands of students and build strong client relationships. Candidates should possess exceptional communication skills, experience in K-12 education, and a bachelor's or master’s degree in a relevant field. A competitive salary package and growth potential within a rapidly growing firm are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Global Experience Program

Paid sabbaticals

Qualifications

• Experience in K-12 education, particularly in the public sector.
• Ability to deliver on promises and hit KPIs for training programs.
• Ability to create trusted long-term client partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Implement learning programs involving thousands of learners and maintain client loyalty.
• Define KPIs, success criteria, and deliverables with clients.
• Provide technical guidance and training workshops to teachers.
• Report on success to drive results and achieve renewals.
• React rapidly to problems with creative solutions.
• Contribute to best practices for successful language training design and delivery.
• Provide project management advice to Sales teams.

Skills

Highly organized

Tech-savvy

Customer-driven

Exceptional communication skills

Strong project management

Strong relational skills

Proficient in Arabic and English

Education

Bachelor or master's degree in education, public policy, management, international relations, economics or related field

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Who are we?

Efekta provides the world’s leading AI-powered learning technology. Our mission is to help everyone learn faster and go further by making personal tutoring affordable and accessible. Providing AI Personalized Learning that works alongside human teachers in schools, universities, and global companies. With an AI-driven curriculum, personal AI tutor, and AI teaching assistant, we deliver proven results at large scale.

The Opportunity

We have extremely ambitious growth plans and are looking for highly talented and Acrivalified Program Manager in Riyadh to join our global team to help fuel these plans. A career with us offers the scale and support of a global organization, and the pace, purpose, and energy of a fast-growing business. We look for thinkers and doers: creative, collaborative, and motivated people who are excited by education, language, and, in a world of AI, the art of the possible.

This is the first hire on the ground to project manage major education projects with a particular focus in the public sector and education institutions. As part of the EMEA Team, you will help large institutions advance their strategic educational objectives by improving students’ intercultural communication and language skills.

Your day-to-day work will vary greatly, enabling you to serve as a consultant, project manager, change-maker, data analyst, internal and external implementation specialist, among other capacities. More broadly, you will play a vital role in our wider organization and in your local team, as you will be responsible for the delivery and success of our projects in your assigned territory.

Key Responsibilities

• Set up and implement learning programs that involve thousands of learners, building and maintaining client loyalty, satisfaction and success.
• Work closely with current or potential clients to define clear KPIs, success criteria, and deliverables, identifying actions for continuous improvement in their learning outcomes.
• Provide technical guidance and training workshops to teachers.
• Report to clients on the success of learning programs in order to drive results, achieve renewals and assist in growing the accounts, regularly monitoring learning KPIs and account plans to ensure timely renewals.
• Foresee and react to problems rapidly with creative solutions.
• Contribute to best practices for all other team members to ensure successful design and delivery of language training.
• Provide project management skills and advice to Sales teams during tenders and negotiations.
• Be available to travel about 30-50% of the time to visit clients in location.
• As a new role, responsibilities will evolve over દિવ.

The Skills & Experience We Look For

You will be a highly organized, tech-savvy and customer-driven program manager who can deliver on promises (and hit KPIs) for training programs and find the stories behind the data to create trusted long-term client partnerships.

Ideal Background

• Experience working in K-12 education, particularly in the public sector, is a strong plus.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Proficient in Arabic and English.
• Strong relational skills, influencing skills and presence.
• Strong project management.
• A Bachelor or master’s degree in education, public policy / management, international relations, economics, or a similar field is preferred.
• Confident with technology platforms e.g. Salesforce.

To thrive at Efekta you will

• Have strong personal drive and energy.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit with aكونis impossible mindset.
• Excited by having ownership and autonomy.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced results-driven environment.
• Be passionate about learning, language and being a change-maker.

Why Working for Efekta is great

• A balance of autonomy and real ownership with support to develop.
• A start-up fast-paced environment with real potential to create transformative impact in schools and universities around the world if we succeed.
• Surrounded by passionate, talented international teammates who are experts in education, technology, and growth and who believe nothing is impossible.
• A chance to participate in our Global Experience Program, spending time in other offices and teams around the world.
• A competitive salary (based on track record?,
• Celebrations, global gatherings and anniversary markers, including paid sabbaticals.

About EF Education First And Efekta

Founded in 1965, EF (Education First) is a global association of education companies with people and innovation at its heart, that shares a common mission of opening the world through education, offering language, academic, cultural exchange and education travel programs.

Efekta is the fastest growing of these companies providing the world’s leading AI-powered learning technology to schools, universities and organizations.

Efekta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, parental status, identity, experience and everything other that makes you unique.