We are looking for a Senior Manager to lead strategic engagements with government and ecosystem stakeholders across education skilling vocational education and others. The role will involve working closely with senior government officials to understand priorities identify system-level opportunities design and drive high-impact interventions and translate evidence into actionable policy and program decisions.
The ideal candidate will bring a strong understanding of government systems excellent stakeholder management skills strategic problem-solving capabilities and a strong bias for execution. They should be comfortable operating at the intersection of government technology data and social impact and be able to move seamlessly between strategic discussions with senior bureaucrats and ground-level implementation.
Key Responsibilities
1. Government engagement & strategic partnerships
- Build and manage trusted relationships with senior government officials across education skilling and other adjacent domains.
- Engage with senior bureaucrats and department leadership to understand priorities decision cycles institutional constraints and emerging opportunities.
- Represent the organisation in strategic discussions with state and central government departments Sector Skill Councils industry bodies employers and other ecosystem stakeholders.
- Act as a strategic thought partner to government stakeholders bringing evidence insights and practical recommendations to support policy and program decisions.
- Identify opportunities to align organisational interventions with government priorities schemes budgets and existing institutional structures.
2. Strategy policy & program design
- Lead the design and execution of large-scale education and skilling programs in partnership with government private sector and philanthropy.
- Analyse government policies schemes budgets and implementation frameworks to identify opportunities for convergence optimisation and system-level innovation.
- Develop strategies and program models that address challenges across education skilling employability placement and workforce outcomes.
- Drive evidence-backed policy advocacy and support government stakeholders in translating insights into actionable reforms.
- Work with leadership to develop proposals partnership models and new program opportunities across states central government and thematic areas.
3. Data research & evidence
- Translate large and complex datasets into actionable insights for government decision-makers and organisational leadership.
- Develop analytical frameworks policy briefs dashboards visual reports and presentations that enable real-time decision-making.
- Lead research and ecosystem assessments to understand implementation bottlenecks user needs and opportunities for reform.
- Build evidence bases around outcomes such as learning skilling employability placement wages and workforce participation.
- Use data and field evidence to identify course corrections and strengthen program design and implementation.
4. Program execution & impact
- Own delivery of complex multi-stakeholder programs from strategy and design through implementation and scale-up.
- Work closely with internal teams across product technology analytics training and program delivery to ensure timely and integrated execution.
- Monitor program milestones risks dependencies and impact indicators proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
- Lead impact articulation through clear measurement reporting and documentation frameworks.
- Ensure that learnings from implementation are systematically captured and translated into improvements in program strategy and delivery.
5. Field engagement & implementation intelligence
- Conduct regular field visits to understand implementation realities frontline needs and stakeholder experiences.
- Engage with teachers trainers students administrators employers and other actors to gather ground-level intelligence.
- Bring field insights into policy discussions program design and strategic decision-making.
- Identify gaps between policy intent and implementation and develop practical recommendations to address them.
6. Communication & thought leadership
- Develop compelling narratives presentations and communication materials that connect field evidence policy priorities and program outcomes.
- Communicate complex insights clearly to senior government and internal leadership.
- Publish articles reports and thought pieces that showcase organisational learning and insights from the education and skilling ecosystem.
- Represent the organisation in relevant forums conferences and ecosystem discussions.
7. Growth & ecosystem development
- Identify and shape new opportunities across state government departments and relevant thematic areas.
- Build relationships with ecosystem organisations to broaden policy recommendations and enable adoption.
- Work with leadership to identify potential partnerships funding opportunities and pathways for scaling successful models.
Qualifications & Experience
- 8 years of relevant professional experience in management consulting public policy government advisory program management education skilling or other relevant domains.
- MBA Masters in Public Policy Development Studies Education or a related field preferred.
- Demonstrated experience working with government stakeholders with government engagement experience being essential.
- Prior experience managing relationships with senior bureaucrats ideally at the level of Principal Secretary/Secretary/Director and above in State Government.
- Experience in designing or implementing large-scale multi-stakeholder programs in partnership with government.
- Strong understanding of government schemes policies institutional structures decision-making processes and budgetary mechanisms.
- Experience leveraging technology digital platforms data products or Digital Public Infrastructure for social impact is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated experience in using data and evidence to influence policy or program decisions.
- Experience leading teams and managing complex programs with multiple stakeholders.
What we are looking for
- Strategic thinker with a solid execution bias able to move from a high-level problem statement to concrete action.
- High ownership and initiative comfortable taking responsibility for ambiguous problems and charting a path forward.
- Strong government orientation able to build credibility and trusted relationships with senior public-sector stakeholders.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills able to synthesise diverse information into clear recommendations.
- Strong communication skills able to communicate effectively with senior bureaucrats frontline stakeholders and internal teams.
- Collaborative leader who can work across multidisciplinary teams and bring diverse stakeholders together.
- Data-driven and impact-oriented with a demonstrated commitment to improving education skilling and employment outcomes.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced ambiguous and evolving environments with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Why this role
This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of government technology data and social impact and to contribute to reforms that can influence education and skilling outcomes at scale. The role offers significant ownership in shaping government partnerships translating evidence into policy and program decisions and taking high-impact interventions from strategy to implementation to scale.