iTeach Schools
Why do we exist? What do we do?

The quality of school education available to students from low-income communities across India is abysmal. Their chances of attending college or building a career are significantly lower than their high-income peers, condemning them to a life without voice or choice. iTeach Schools was born in 2015 to challenge this status quo and create a level playing field for ALL children.

We run free and high-impact schools and an exceptional college-to-career program for the most disadvantaged students in Pune and Navi Mumbai. We are known for our world-class professional development, our result-oriented team culture, and our student-centric school design. Read more about us at www.iTeachSchools.org.

Role Summary

2026–27 will be the founding year of iTeach’s Systemic Impact vertical — and the Manager, Systemic Impact will play a critical 0→1 role in shaping its direction. We do not yet know what iTeach’s systemic work will ultimately look like, but we do know this: in the next three years, we want to pilot 4–5 rigorous projects that test how a community of transformational schools can influence education systems beyond their own walls. This role is ideal for someone excited by ambiguity, hypothesis-driven experimentation, and systems thinking — someone who wants to help build a pathway toward city-wide educational improvement. 

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities fall across three major phases: Ground Research & Landscaping, Pilot Project Management, and Informing Strategy and Program Improvement.

I. Ground Research & Field Landscaping (Before Starting a Systemic Impact Pilot)

  • Conduct deep research to understand local education ecosystems, stakeholders, gaps, and opportunities in partner cities.
  • Map actors across the system — public schools, municipal corporations, regulators, teacher education colleges, nonprofits, curriculum bodies, families — to identify strategic leverage points.
  • Work with senior leadership to select feasible, high-impact pilot ideas aligned to iTeach’s emerging theory of change (leveraging our network of high-quality PPP schools to influence the larger regional education system within which they reside).
  • Build hypotheses for each pilot: the challenge, the intervention, expected outcomes, and evaluation design.

II. Pilot Project Management (Design → Execution → Reflection)

  • Lead end-to-end execution of 4–5 high-stakes pilots over three years.
  • Build project plans, timelines, partner coordination systems, and data-collection structures.
  • Work closely with diverse stakeholders — from municipal officials to nonprofit partners to school leaders — to test real-world solutions.
  • Manage field visits, workshops, training spaces, and stakeholder convenings.
  • Track progress rigorously and adapt pilots based on learning and evidence.

Example pilot directions could include:

  • Supporting entrepreneurs or school leaders to set up a strong PPP school network in their city.
  • Co-creating solutions with municipal corporations to spread practices from high-performing PPP schools to government schools (in FLN, SEL, teacher coaching, or skills-based learning).

III. Feeding Pilot Learnings into Strategy and Program Improvement

  • Codify learnings into playbooks, SOPs, tools, and frameworks that strengthen iTeach’s emerging systemic impact strategy.
  • Leverage pilot learnings to feed into iTeach’s five-year systemic impact strategy.

Prerequisites:

  • Required: 4+ years of experience in education, development, public policy, or system reform.
  • Required: Experience working with government systems, PPP models, or education sector partnerships.
  • Strong research, systems thinking, and project management skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to build things from scratch and manage complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
  • High comfort with ambiguity, experimentation, and evidence-driven iteration.
  • Location: this role is Pune or Mumbai-based, with some travel.

Compensation and Benefits: We take pride in offering competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with the candidate's education and work experience. The salary range for this position ranges from 9.0 - 10.5 LPA CTC, and we are dedicated to providing top-notch industry benefits. These benefits include PF, gratuity, medical insurance (up to 3 lakh PA), paid leaves, annual increments, and promotion opportunities.
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