Faculty

Senior Manager (Education)

London, Remote. Posted a month ago

The role

You will lead client relationships and deliver high-stakes AI systems across education publishing, assessment organisations, and learning platforms. You will manage project delivery quality, account growth, and profit margins while bridging the gap between executive sponsors and technical teams.

What you will do

  • Overseeing the delivery of end-to-end AI build and assurance project portfolios across the education sector
  • Forming and maintaining trusted executive relationships
  • Expanding accounts into multi-year programmes
  • Leading multidisciplinary squads of data scientists and engineers
  • Mentoring team members to align project responsibilities with professional growth
  • Developing compelling, problem-led proposals and sales pitches
  • Advising clients on AI strategy
  • Identifying risks early to implement mitigating actions
  • Partnering with AI safety and evaluation specialists

Required qualifications

  • Proven track record of leading the delivery of data, AI, or software products with full commercial accountability
  • Team development experience
  • Strong credibility with senior executives
  • Deep understanding of product economics, delivery models, and commercial drivers within educational technology, structured pricing, and fast-paced settings
  • Grasp the critical validity, safety, and fairness concerns of AI in education
  • Sufficient technical depth to evaluate a data scientist's delivery plan, guide Agile project teams, and explain complex results to non-technical leaders

Nice to have

  • Background experience within education publishing, assessment, or platform ecosystems
  • Leverage wider UK or international education policy knowledge
  • An established sector network

Before you apply

  • You may need to be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC)
  • Talent Team Screen
  • Introduction to the team
  • Case Study Interview
  • Culture and Leadership Interview

About the company

Faculty was established in 2014 to transform performance through human-centric AI. They work with over 350 global customers across government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence.