Job Summary

Position: Program Manager - Outreach (Lodha Genius)

Office location: Mumbai

Experience: Minimum 5 years

Lodha Genius exists to grow the rare intersection of giftedness and care: gifted individuals without a commitment to society add little lasting value, and caring individuals without exceptional capability have limited leverage. The Lodha Genius Academy (LGA) is the residential centrepiece of that ambition - targeting 50-100 caring geniuses a year in steady state, from a single campus of roughly 200 scholars per grade at Palava, Navi Mumbai, co-located with LMSI and LTPI.

Selection begins in Grade 4 through an extended period of observation rather than a single test; the school runs an up-or-out model with formal review gates rather than a yearly cull; every scholar carries three focus areas - a primary domain, a deliberately distant second, and an embodied discipline - alongside a values curriculum that occupies roughly a quarter of scholar time and is lived rather than taught.

In this role, you will lead the outreach that finds these students, wherever they are. This is outreach with a different measure of success. Our goal is not the largest number of applications; it is the right students - including talented children in under-resourced schools and regions who would never reach us through coaching networks or well-resourced school circuits.

You will build a trusted network of talent scouts, schools, exam and Olympiad bodies, and community organisations, and you will judge your own work by the quality, diversity and reach of the pool it produces.

The role has three connected parts: building a network of talent scouts and partners that reliably surfaces strong and caring candidates; guiding applicants through the application process for LGA and week-long residential camps; and verifying the claims of self-nominated applicants so that every claim a student makes is checked before it moves forward in selection. Around half of your time will be spent on the ground-visiting schools, meeting scouts and partners, and attending events across states.

As the Program Manager, you will act as an entrepreneur within the education domain, with success measured by the impact of your initiatives.



You will work with a dynamic and rapidly growing team, integrating insights from internal and external experts and effectively implementing and scaling our programs.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Scouts Partnerships

- Build, onboard and manage a network of talent scouts-including principals, teachers, Olympiad/STEM coordinators, NGOs and program partners-to identify high-potential, caring students.
- Own the nomination process, including scout briefing, structured nominations, quality checks and relationship management.
- Build partnerships with credible exams, Olympiads, gifted education and STEM programs to strengthen the talent pipeline.
- Spend ~50% time in the field engaging schools, scouts and partners across states and representing Lodha Genius at events.
- Maintain a database of partners/scouts and track engagement and nomination quality.

Program Management Execution

- Manage the application journey end-to-end for LGA and its week-long residential camps, ensuring accessibility for students across geographies, languages and socio-economic backgrounds.
- Work with Technology, Communications and Program teams on portals, FAQs and outreach materials.
- Ensure smooth movement from application through verification and selection, with timely communication to students and families.
- Manage outreach budgets and optimise resource allocation.

Background Verification

- Verify applicant claims against eligibility criteria through certificates, scorecards, merit lists, selection letters and direct institutional checks where required.
- Establish standardised verification protocols, documentation and turnaround times.
- Identify and escalate discrepancies while maintaining fairness and confidentiality.

Monitoring Evaluation

- Track KPIs focused on quality and diversity, including eligibility, selection-stage progression, geographic/school representation,



channel yield and scout quality.
- Analyse data to identify effective channels and drive course corrections.
- Provide regular data-driven updates to leadership and gather feedback from students, parents, scouts and partners.

Strategy Planning

- Develop and execute an outreach strategy that prioritises the quality and diversity of candidates across states, boards, school types, languages and socio-economic backgrounds over application volume.
- Scale the channels, regions and partnerships that work, and drop those that do not, based on outcomes.
- Prepare outreach plans and timelines for each admission cycle and camp, tracking cost per qualified student.
- Keep pace with developments in gifted education and talent identification, and bring relevant practice into the team.

Education Experience

- Master s degree in Education, Management, Social Sciences, Communications or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in program management, outreach, talent identification, admissions, scholarships/fellowships or community engagement, preferably in education/non-profit/social impact.
- Willingness to spend ~50% of time travelling across states and working directly with schools and communities.
- Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with schools, educators, NGOs and other stakeholders, including in under-resourced and non-English-medium settings.
- Strong judgment, attention to detail, integrity and ability to handle sensitive information.
- Solid analytical, project management and organisational skills, with proficiency in Microsoft

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