About Us
Wadhwani AI Global (WAIG) is a next-generation AI transformation partner for governments and multilaterals across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. We combine cutting-edge AI products with deep advisory capabilities to unlock billion-dollar opportunities in health, education, and agriculture.
Role Overview
This role sits at the intersection of AI, product, and public education systems. You will lead the design, deployment, and scale-up of AI-driven education solutions focused on foundational literacy, reading fluency, and digital learning, while also contributing to partnerships, funding, and portfolio expansion across the Global South.
What You Will Do
- Product Strategy and Ownership
- Define the vision, roadmap, and success metrics for AI-powered education products
- Translate ambiguous learning challenges into clear product strategies and priorities
- Align product direction with national education priorities and system needs
- Continuously refine product direction based on data, feedback, and field insights
- End-to-End Product Execution
- Lead the full product lifecycle from discovery and design to deployment and iteration
- Work closely with engineering and AI teams to build high-quality learning solutions
- Drive structured execution through sprint planning, backlog management, and releases
- Ensure usability, teacher adoption, and real-world effectiveness
- AI Solution Deployment and Integration
- Anchor deployment of AI tools within classrooms and public education systems
- Adapt solutions to local contexts including infrastructure, pedagogy, and policy
- Ensure integration with existing education platforms and assessment systems
- Identify and resolve bottlenecks in implementation and adoption
- Stakeholder Engagement and Adoption
- Engage with government officials, educators, and program stakeholders
- Translate technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for non-technical users
- Build strong relationships to drive adoption and sustained usage
- Incorporate classroom and field feedback into product improvements
- Partnerships and Ecosystem Development
- Build relationships with governments, multilaterals, foundations, and EdTech partners
- Support development of strategic partnerships to enable program scale
- Contribute to WAIG's presence in priority education markets
- Convert early engagement into structured, long-term opportunities
- Grants and Program Development
- Support development of proposals, concept notes, and funding applications
- Translate product ideas into compelling, fundable program narratives
- Align solutions with donor priorities and system-level needs
- Ensure proposals are grounded in execution feasibility
- Portfolio Shaping and Expansion
- Identify the right mix of pilots, products, and scaled programs
- Balance innovation with scalability and long-term sustainability
- Support decisions on where to invest, expand, or refine efforts
- Contribute to building a coherent education portfolio
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with educators, product teams, engineers, and data scientists
- Act as the bridge between pedagogy, technology, and field execution
- Ensure product decisions reflect both learning science and operational realities
- Drive alignment across teams working toward shared outcomes
What You Will Own
You will lead the design and scale-up of AI-driven education initiatives across the Global South, owning outcomes from early problem definition through to system-level deployment. This includes product strategy, solution design, execution quality, and stakeholder alignment across governments and partners.
Success in this role means building AI-powered education solutions that are widely adopted, pedagogically effective, operationally sustainable, and capable of delivering measurable improvements in foundational learning outcomes.
What We Are Looking For
- 7–10 years of experience in product management, EdTech, digital learning, or technology-driven education programs
- Strong understanding of foundational literacy, early-grade learning, and public education systems
- Experience building or scaling digital/AI-enabled education solutions
- Ability to work across cross-functional teams including engineering and data science, while effectively engaging with external stakeholders such as governments, donors, and institutions
- Experience or exposure to partnerships, business development, or grant writing, with the ability to translate opportunities into structured, fundable programs
- Strong problem-solving and structured thinking, with the ability to operate in ambiguous and evolving environments
- Willingness to travel extensively (up to 40%) and work closely with on-ground teams across project countries in Africa or Southeast Asia, based on program needs
