GM - Andela Learning Solutions

About Andela:

At Andela we know brilliance is evenly distributed around the world but opportunity is not. For over 10 years Andela has connected its customers with top global remote technical talent from over 135 countries with the majority residing in emerging markets like Africa and Latin America.

As one of the world’s largest talent marketplaces Andela gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy qualified technologists. With talent highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development Artificial Intelligence Cloud & DevOps Data Engineering and much more customers experience 33% faster project delivery. The company’s exclusive AI-powered platform Andela Talent Cloud is the industry’s only unified platform managing the complete global talent lifecycle and enables customers to fill individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster.

Andela is on the precipice of two breakout industry transformations: one in staffing/hiring and the other in software development both accelerated by generative AI.

Join us and change the world.

About the Role

Andela is launching Andela Academy: Training-as-a-Service (TaaS) — a new business line that helps enterprises reskill and redeploy their workforce at scale. We’re seeking a commercial client-centric General Manager to lead this fast-growing revenue stream.

You will be responsible for building scaling and commercializing Andela’s enterprise learning offerings across AI Cloud Data and other high-demand domains. This is a P&L-owning client-facing leadership role that blends business development program delivery and operational scale.

You will oversee a core team of Learning Managers and Architects manage a distributed bench of instructors and mentors and partner closely with Sales Partnerships Product and Talent Operations to deliver high-impact certification-driven learning programs that drive measurable client and learner outcomes.

Exceptional Leadership:

As a member of the Solutions leadership team you’ll serve as a role model for the rest of the organization. Think about the feedback your peers typically give you – if it usually sounds like the below we want to hear from you.

• Low ego low drama servant leader: You share credit take blame. You like being wrong because it means someone else had an even better idea.

• One team mentality: You break silos across teams. You put the company and mission first above your team alone.

• Great listener hungry for feedback: You’re always seeking to improve – our product our business yourself. You solicit diverse opinions and deeply listen.

• Owner not renter: You see a problem you fix it or find someone who will. The buck stops with you.

• Player-coach: You fly high (create strategy) AND low (know the details that matter). You roll up your sleeves and get scrappy. You do this without micromanaging empowering your team while actively engaging in important details.

• Business problem solver. You’re not just a functional expert; you consistently get praise for approaching your function through the lens of solving business problems.

Responsibilities:

Business Ownership & Growth

• Own the commercial performance of Andela Academy including revenue margin and client CSAT.

• Collaborate with Sales to convert enterprise demand into scalable reskilling solutions; co-lead strategic client conversations and proposals.

• Define and execute the go-to-market strategy for enterprise learning including pricing packaging and partnership models.

• Partner with Finance to forecast track and optimize business performance metrics.

Client Engagement & Delivery Excellence

• Serve as executive sponsor for enterprise learning programs; represent Andela in client design sessions steering committees and outcome reviews.

• Ensure world-class program delivery — from scoping and curriculum design to certification assessment and redeployment.

• Drive client satisfaction through measurable impact: certification attainment redeployment rates and learner NPS.

Team & Operational Leadership

• Lead coach and scale a high-performing Learning Ops team (Learning Managers Architects Instructors).

• Develop delivery models that balance bespoke client needs with repeatable scalable frameworks.

• Implement operational rigor: quality assurance mentor systems learner engagement frameworks and continuous improvement cycles.

Partnerships & Ecosystem Integration

• Build and manage strategic relationships with certification and learning partners (AWS Google GitHub NVIDIA CNCF etc.).

• Work with Product & Talent Ops to integrate certification data into Andela’s Talent Cloud ensuring reskilled talent is redeployed effectively.

• Oversee Codewars integration into Andela Academy as the core learning and assessment engine ensuring its adoption across enterprise programs.

• Align closely with Talent Operations to ensure ongoing feedback loop and alignment between TaaS and Talent Upskilling.

Innovation & Scale Enablement

• Drive adoption of the Train-the-Trainer model and AI-assisted delivery (AI copilots adaptive learning LMS integrations) to expand capacity.

• Identify new opportunities for productization — modular course libraries subscription models or credentialing partnerships.

• Champion continuous innovation in content technology and pedagogy to maintain market leadership in enterprise reskilling.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise learning workforce transformation or technical education — ideally in a commercial or P&L-owning capacity.

• Proven success in building or scaling a revenue-generating L&D or reskilling business preferably in tech domains (AI Cloud Software Data).

• Deep understanding of enterprise client dynamics — able to engage with CHROs CTOs and Business Unit Heads to scope transformation programs.

• Track record of leading teams that deliver at scale (50–500+ learners per cohort) with measurable outcomes and high client satisfaction.

• Strong grasp of certification and assessment ecosystems (AWS Azure Kubernetes GitHub Codewars Coursera etc.).

• Data-driven leader who can interpret learning performance metrics and translate insights into business and operational improvement.

• Skilled at cross-functional leadership influencing Product Sales and Operations stakeholders in a matrixed environment.

• Exceptional communicator and client advocate — able to represent Andela externally as a thought leader in talent transformation.

• Passionate about the intersection of AI talent and learning — and about Andela’s mission to connect brilliance with opportunity.

Preferred / Nice to Have:

• Experience in professional services consulting or workforce transformation environments (e.g. Accenture PwC Pluralsight Coursera for Business).

• Prior experience launching or scaling new business lines or digital education products.

• Background in technical domains (AI/ML Data Cloud or Software Engineering) or strong familiarity with developer ecosystems.

• MBA or advanced degree in Business Education or Technology-related field.

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Benefits

• Fully Remote work culture - we hire globally and all of our roles are fully remote!

• Bring your own device stipend - buy your own laptop with funds from Andela

• Flexible working hours

• Equity (as a part of the compensation package)

• Healthcare 401k / pension

• Generous Paid Time Off Parental Leave Compassionate Leave

And more to come! We're on a journey to reimagine global benefits at Andela.

At Andela we outcompete through diversity. We know that our strengths lie in the multiplicity of talents perspectives backgrounds & orientations resident in our community and we take pride in that. Andela is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits discriminatory practices. Andela provides equal employment opportunities and workplace to all employees and applicants without regard to factors including but not limited to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability pregnancy (including breastfeeding) genetic information HIV/AIDS or any other medical status family or parental status marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. This commitment applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. Our policies expressly prohibit any form of harassment and/or discrimination as stated above. Andela is home for all come as you are.