Senior Academic Lead

Subject Division Leadership | Curriculum Ownership | Team Development | Business Growth

Salary: £70,000-£80,000 per year
, plus performance-based bonuses and potential equity options.

Location: London or Shanghai.

Contract: Full-time | Hybrid | Evening/weekend teaching required during peak cycles.

• Maths
• Physics / Engineering
• Economics
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Biochemistry

Blue Education is a leading education technology company specialising in helping students achieve their academic, university admissions, postgraduate and career goals. Our team is comprised of graduates from Oxford, Cambridge, Ivy League and other world-leading institutions, bringing academic excellence, teaching expertise and a strong record of student success.

We support ambitious students and families through rigorous teaching, personalised academic guidance and strategic planning. Our mission is to help students thrive academically, gain admission to the world’s top universities and develop the confidence, curiosity and skills to make meaningful contributions to society.

This role is ideal for an outstanding academic leader who combines exceptional teaching expertise with the ability to lead people, design scalable academic programmes, own student outcomes and drive business growth within a high-performance education environment.

The Senior Academic Lead is the senior academic owner for a designated subject division. The role is accountable for the quality, consistency, growth and commercial success of all academic provision within that subject area. This includes responsibility for all students in the discipline, subject curriculum strategy, teaching standards, student outcomes, tutor performance, staff recruitment and training, and the development of new academic programmes that support Blue Education's growth.

This is not simply a more experienced teaching role. It is a senior leadership position responsible for building and scaling a high-performing subject team, ensuring every student receives excellent academic support, and taking the subject area forward as a strategic business unit.

• Subject Area Ownership & Student Outcomes
• Take overall responsibility for all students within the designated subject area, ensuring each student has a clear academic plan, appropriate teaching provision and measurable progression.
• Be accountable for subject-level academic outcomes, including student progress, university admissions success, retention, parent satisfaction and student experience.
• Act as the senior escalation point for complex academic cases, underperformance, family concerns and high-stakes university application decisions.
• Review student data and academic feedback regularly, identifying risks early and implementing interventions to improve outcomes.
• Ensure consistent academic quality and student support across all tutors, Academic Leads and programmes within the subject area.
• Deliver exceptional teaching and high-level academic mentoring for top-performing students targeting Oxbridge, Ivy League and other globally competitive universities.
• Provide specialist guidance on demanding admissions pathways, including subject preparation, written work, personal statements, admissions tests, interviews and scholarship preparation.
• Serve as final academic reviewer for critical applications, interview preparation and high-value student cases within the subject area.
• Model the standard of analytical rigour, intellectual curiosity and student-centred teaching expected across the academic team.
• Maintain deep and current knowledge of global university admissions requirements, subject curricula and competitive…