Senior Manager, Academic

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Company Description

INTO's mission: Transforming international student academic and career success through exceptional university partnerships.

Position

Senior Manager, Academic

Location: UK, Remote with Occasional Domestic Travel

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Up to £49,500 (Dependent on Experience)

Band: E

At INTO Qualifications, we've moved at pace, rapidly launching and scaling new foundation qualifications now delivered across a growing global network of centres. With additional centres joining this year, we're expanding our team to support the next phase of growth while maintaining the highest academic standards.

Our mission is to equip students from diverse educational backgrounds with the skills, knowledge and confidence to succeed at university. We design internationally focused programmes that promote academic integrity, critical thinking and independent learning, helping students thrive in new academic cultures.

We're seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Academic with a genuine interest in assessment design and quality, a specialist area that sits at the heart of this role. You'll play a key part in ensuring our assessments are robust, scalable and aligned with sector expectations, while working collaboratively with centres, subject experts and internal teams.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, high-impact team where your leadership will help shape systems, processes and people as we continue to grow.

What you'll do

• Lead training and support for Delivery Centres on assessment, standards and qualification delivery
• Manage assessment writers, moderators and subject matter experts, from recruitment to workload planning and development
• Strengthen and scale assessment design processes to support rapid organisational growth
• Build strong partnerships with centres to ensure clarity, compliance and a high-quality student experience
• Oversee quality activities including action plans, reviews, audits and committees
• Contribute to qualification development aligned with strategic priorities
• Coordinate projects across diverse stakeholder groups globally
• Support continuous improvement and academic consistency across centres

What you'll bring

• Strong expertise in assessment design, academic quality or qualifications (HE or international education desirable)
• Ability to manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and priorities
• Experience leading or mentoring academic specialists or external experts
• A collaborative, solutions-focused mindset with excellent communication skills
• Confidence working in a fast-moving, scaling environment

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you're passionate about how students are assessed, motivated by building high-quality education at scale, and excited to make a tangible impact in a growing organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help shape the future of international education.

Requirements

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and encourage candidates of all backgrounds and experiences who believe they are suitable for the role to apply. All applications will be reviewed and will receive a response.

Other information

We Grow Together

At INTO, we're in the business of growth. From school to university. From home to somewhere new. From dreams to career plans to long-awaited first days. And we believe growth isn't just for students - it's for our people too.

At INTO, growth means opportunities to feed your curiosity, to develop your skills and your career. It means staying true to our start-up soul, boldly saying "yes" and constructively saying "no". It means building deeper relationships. And it means playing your part in our wonderfully diverse international community. Our dedication to growth - for students, our university partners and agents, for each other, and for ourselves - sets us apart. It's what makes INTO a uniquely rewarding place to be, and to make a difference.

At INTO, we grow together.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not discriminate against our job applicants or employees on any grounds. We select the best person for the job and all recruitment decisions will be made objectively.

If you require any adjustments to be made to help you throughout the recruitment process, please let us know - either in the application form, or when you are connected the relevant Talent Acquisition Partner.

INTO University Partnerships is committed to the welfare of our students receiving education at our Centres. This reflects the emphasis at INTO of supporting the well-being of our student and employee community. As part of our commitment to this, applicants are asked to note that relevant local pre-employment checks will be conducted.