Team Leader(Subject Matter Expert) - Mathematics for K12
Toppr, India

ABOUT THE ROLE

Toppr is looking for a Team Lead in its Knowledge Team. As a Team Lead, you’ll be responsible to review and deliver high quality lessons and self-learning material in various formats such as video lectures, concept notes, assessments, tests amp; practice questions etc. You’ll play a key role in bringing innovation and creativity in approach to make learning and teaching simple.

So, if you are student-centric and driven to change the way we look at education, then we’d love to talk to you!

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN TOPPR

• Work with the best: Learn from leaders who have built Toppr from the ground up. Work with down-to-earth, highly experienced, and insanely ambitious colleagues.
• High-growth industry: India’s online education industry is an ever-expanding pie and is poised to grow to $2 billion in 3 years.
• High-growth startup: Over the last 3 years, Toppr has grown over 50x, and we aim to grab a big chunk of this ever-expanding pie.
• As the business grows, you grow: We want Toppr to be built from within. We look at you as someone with the potential to make Toppr a $10B company.
• Complete ownership: Have the freedom to design and manage a process for content development. Be responsible for understanding students’ needs and create high quality content to meet their students.

HOW YOU’LL RAMP

In First Week

• Understand Toppr’s journey, its values and mission.
• Spend time with the Knowledge, Marketing, Product, and Sales teams to get up-to-speed on Toppr’s offering, its competition, and future outlook.

By Day 30

• Define the objectives and key results (OKRs) that Toppr’s knowledge strategy must achieve.
• Coordinate with team and build the roadmap for content development.
• Guide and manage subject matter experts - on-boarding, task allocation and review of their work.
• Make decisions and develop content based on students’ feedback, understanding their learning needs.

By Day 90

• Dig deeper and pick projects that matter to Toppr and its success.
• Gain complete understanding of the product, its architecture and features.
• Define metrics and analyze data to measure engagement levels and performance of students.
• Mentor and nurture the team to move to the next level

Requirements

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD/Masters/Bachelors/Engineering (for Math amp; Science) in respective subjects with strong subject knowledge.
• At least 5+ years of experience in content development and 1+ year(s) in team management.
• Pedagogy expert- can explain complex concepts in simple ways.
• Excellent team amp; project management skills. Prior experience in managing teams and projects is required.
• Excellent in verbal and written communication.
• Carries entrepreneurial mindset and suitable for start-up culture

WHO YOU ARE

To be successful in this role, you’ll need the following skills:

• Leader: Ability to inspire a large team and move them in a unified direction towards a common vision.
• Vision: Create a roadmap for product development and delivery
• Creative: Responsible for innovation amp; creativity to make learning simple and effective.
• Pedagogy: Use engaging methods and design effective lesson progression, which make students strong in conceptual understanding, application amp; problem solving.
• Quality Control: Review lesson scripts, storyboards (for videos) amp; final videos before publishing.
• Data Driven: Define metrics and analyze data to measure engagement levels and performance of students.

Job Rewards and Benefits