Company Details :

Client as an organisation is part of the Private Equity (PE) Organisation called Vista which is the 4th largest company in the world. Vista is 70,000 employees strong globally.Vista has 63 companies tagged along with them. Out of these 63, 20 companies are in APAC, mostly in India. 12 are in Bangalore.

Client is the #1 leading education technology platform for K-12, serving more than 32 million students, 66 million parents, and 100 million users in over 70 countries around the world. We provide the industry's first Unified Classroom experience with best -in-class, secure, and compliant online solutions, including registration and school choice, student information systems, learning management and classroom collaboration, assessment, analytics, and special education management. We empower teachers and drive student growth through innovative digital classroom capabilities, and we engage families through real-time communications across any device.

Job location : Bangalore (Embassy Tech Village, Bellandur)

Job purpose :

The Manager, Content is responsible for overseeing a team of Assessment Specialists who create, acquire and maintain content for PowerSchool products, used in schools in the US and Canada. The Manager, Content is expected to build a team that develops high quality, rigorous content that is aligned to state, national, and global academic standards.

Duties And Responsibilities : 

- Develop, execute and manage Content Development Department vision.

- Assess and maintain content products developed by PowerSchool and third parties.

- Oversee the process management of the department including using best practices and appropriate tools.

- Direct and supervise a team of Assessment Specialists.

- Organize and establish processes and goals for the Assessment Specialists team.

- Evaluate and hold Assessment Specialists accountable for job performance and expectations.

- Research and share knowledge of state, national and global academic standards.

- Manage content banks including content development, alignment, maintenance, procurement, and quality assurance.

- Train and manage contracted content developers.

- Communicate with and support internal and external clients as it pertains to assessment development.

- Respond to client inquiries, comments, and suggestions via email, phone, webinars, etc.

- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, standards and expectations.

- Develop and deliver content related professional development to staff and clients.

- Contribute ideas toward future content product offerings.

- Participate in professional development activities.

- Complete other assigned duties as necessary

Qualifications Include

- 5+ years curriculum and assessment design in the Ed Tech industry preferred.

- Master's Degree in K-12 education preferred.

- General knowledge of assessment item development.

- Knowledgeable of state, national, and global academic standards.

- Thorough understanding of Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's DOK.

- Understanding of instructional and assessment best practices.

- Exhibit personnel leadership skills and intelligent decisiveness in tense situations.

- Strong organizational and communication.

Skills : 

- Able to cope with strict time management requirements.

- Able to work cohesively with a team, as well as lead the team.

- Follow and complete directives in a timely manner.

- Meet and/or exceed expectations of tasks performed.

- Able to be efficient and organized while working on multiple projects simultaneously.

- Self-evaluation and motivation tendencies toward expanded growth and quality control.

- Strong adherence to department protocol and best practices.

- Microsoft Word and Excel proficiency, general computer literacy

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