Director - IT

About Emeritus

Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 80 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China.

Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 300,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 1,800 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai.  The company is backed by prominent investors including Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technology lead for the international campus initiative in India, owning end-to-end execution of IT and technology for physical campuses across multiple locations in India.
• Collaborate with tech leaders from top international schools to assess, align, and co-develop technology roadmaps.
• Evaluate and select vendor products; oversee system integration, customization, and deployment.
• Build and manage a high-performing technology team, including engineers, project managers, and vendors.
• Ensure robust project management across multiple external partners and global time zones.
• Drive architectural decisions, ensuring scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
• Represent the tech function in cross-functional leadership meetings, providing clear updates, timelines, and risk assessments.
• Ensure a high standard of documentation and communication across stakeholders.

Skills & Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership, ideally in education, ed-tech, or system integration contexts.
• Proven ability to work with globally distributed teams and external stakeholders.
• Strong grasp of modern technical architecture and SaaS platforms; familiarity with ed-tech systems a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to translate technical ideas for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with vendor management and enterprise technology procurement.
• Strong project management skills, with a track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder projects on time 

• Passion for education and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on learners in India.
• Prior experience in fast-paced startups or growth-stage companies is a strong advantage.

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with LMS (Learning Management Systems), SIS (Student Information Systems), and academic technology stacks.
• Experience with data privacy laws (especially in education) across jurisdictions like India, the EU, and the US.
• Background in both engineering and program management roles.

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In press:  

• https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-startup-eruditus-fy23-revenue-crosses-inr-3000-cr-mark/ 

• emeritus harvard business school: Edtech unicorn Emeritus story now a Harvard Business School case study - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)