Community Manager- ET AI Academy | Economictimes.com| Noida

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About Economic Times

EconomicTimes.com is Indias leading destination for students, business owners, mid and senior management professionals, academics, thinkers, and polity alike. Economictimes.com's reach among small enterprises, professionals, and the business community is unprecedented - 80% of time spent on business news in India is on ET. Over 50 million monthly unique users on the platform, 13+ million audiences on social handles and several million newsletter subscribers. ET shapes India Incs views and opinions. EconomicTimes.com is from the brand stable of Times Internet, Indias largest digital products company - seven of the ten netizens in India consume one or more of Times Internet products. Our products inform, entertain and enable 500 Mn+ internet users every month. Our product suite of over 35 brands includes EconomicTimes.com, ETMoney, and TimesofIndia.in, Eight regional news destinations, TechGig, Gaana, and MX Player, among others.

ET AI Academy is being built by The Economic Times as a large-scale, practitioner-driven AI learning ecosystem for developers, technologists, and product leaders.Our ambition is to become Indias most trusted platform for applied AI educationwhere professionals learn whats working in AI right now, not just whats theoretically possible. India faces a clear AI readiness gap. While most leaders recognise AIs impact, few feel prepared to implement it. ET AI Academy exists to close that gap by focusing on hands-on tools, real workflows, and immediate application, backed by the credibility and reach of the Economic Times brand.

About the Role

We are hiring a Tech Community Manager & AI Curriculum Owner (SME) to own developer acquisition, curriculum evolution, instructor sourcing, and community-led growth across India.This is a builder role and requires wearing many hats - strategist, program manager, ecosystem operator responsible for scaling AI education through high-impact communities, partnerships, curriculum ownership and hands-on programs such as hackathons, workshops, and cohort-based learning. The role is responsible for building, scaling, and leading large-scale AI learning cohorts and communities, with a focus on practical, applied Generative AI adoption across professionals, enterprises, and creators.

Work Responsibilities

Community Growth & User Acquisition

• Drive acquisition and engagement of developers, AI practitioners, and professionals into ET AI Academy programs.
• Build, scale and operate high-impact AI and tech communities across Discord, WhatsApp, events, meetups, and online cohorts
• Stay ahead of emerging AI tools by actively experimenting with them and translating new capabilities into practical use cases for the community.

Partnerships & Ecosystem Building

• Scale hackathons, fellowships, ambassador programs and cohort-based learning initiatives.
• Build strategic partnerships across startups, enterprises, developer ecosystems, and platform providers to deliver joint programs, events, and applied learning experiences.

AI Curriculum & Applied Learning

• Supporting and continuously improve AI curricula, aligned to industry trends and real-world use cases including developing role-based learning tracks for AI Generalists, developers, marketers, founders and operators
• Continuously track emerging AI tools with a strong bias toward hands-on testing and practical, real-world applicationnot just theoretical understanding.

Skills, Experience & Expertise

• AI-first enthusiast and practitioner, with a strong habit of testing, applying, and refining AI tools in real professional workflows.
• Proven track record of scaling communities or programs to significant scale
• Strong exposure to AI, Generative AI, cloud platforms, and developer tooling and no-code AI tools
• Passionate about making AI practical, accessible, and valuable for real users.

Eligibility

• Bachelors degree in engineering
• 2+ years of experience in developer communities and ecosystem roles
• Location- Noida