Director – Learning Innovation & Student Success

About the job

Organization: Daskalos (A Strategic Initiative of Emeritus)

Location: Mumbai

Job Type: Full-time / Senior Leadership

About the Company

Emeritus is redefining global education by making high-quality learning accessible and affordable for individuals, companies, and governments worldwide. Through partnerships with more than 80 leading universities, Emeritus delivers industry-relevant programs across executive education, professional certificates, degree programs, and online learning formats.

Daskalos, a strategic initiative of Emeritus, is pioneering transnational education in India by enabling leading international universities to establish campuses under India's evolving regulatory framework. With multiple institutions in advanced stages of engagement, Daskalos is helping shape the future of global higher education in India.

Position Overview

As the Director of Learning Innovation and Student Success for Daskalos, you will play a critical and strategic role in launching and scaling international branch campuses of globally accredited universities in India.

This senior leadership position bridges the gap between traditional global academic frameworks and real-world execution. The ideal candidate will possess a future-oriented educational mindset, blending a deep understanding of 21st-century skill frameworks with data-driven methodologies to drive student outcomes, career readiness, and long-term student success across our partner institutions.

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic Roadmapping: Collaborate closely with academic leaders at each international branch campus to design and execute a comprehensive roadmap of co-curricular and extra-curricular experiential learning.
• SME Mobilization: Identify, engage, and onboard master practitioners and industry Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to run high-impact experiential learning programs across multiple campuses.
• Outcome Optimization: Establish robust frameworks to measure student outcomes, building an institutional culture of continuous improvement and evidence-based refinement.

Required Experience & Background

• Professional Experience: 8–10 years of relevant, progressive experience running experiential learning programs.
• Institutional Context: Proven track record within large, multi-campus, multi-disciplinary higher education institutions or premier management institutes.

Key Competencies & Attributes

1. Educational Innovation & Student Success

• Future-oriented approach to education with a proven track record of integrating the 21st Century Skills framework into active program structures.
• Strong focus on measurable outcomes (student learning, career readiness, and life outcomes) rather than just operational inputs.
• Ability to clearly articulate and benchmark graduate competencies and employability outcomes.

2. Data-Driven Quality Assurance

• Comfort utilizing modern analytics and evidence-based metrics to intelligently guide program improvements without over-mechanizing the learning process.
• Familiarity tracking key indicators including:
• Student engagement indicators
• Learning and progression analytics
• Faculty teaching effectiveness analytics

3. High EQ, Influence, & Collaboration

• Exceptional academic diplomacy, consensus-building, and conflict management skills.
• Proven ability to positively influence faculty and senior academic stakeholders without direct hierarchical authority.
• Seamless cross-functional collaboration across diverse internal and partner departments, including Academic Affairs, IT, Admissions, Institutional Research, Career Services, and Faculty Leadership.

4. Global Exposure & Operational Rigor

• Experience dealing with transnational education, multi-campus governance, global curriculum frameworks, and the international student experience.
• Strong project management capability characterized by timeline discipline, strict follow-through, stakeholder accountability, and operational rigor.