About us

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In short, we are building the platform to drive global careers for millennials from emerging economies We work at the exciting intersection of the 2 hottest trends around - edtech & fintech! And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students!

Founder Profile

Arnav Kumar is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. Leap is his second company and he has raised more than $30M in capital for his startups. In his last role, he was a VC investor with SAIF Partners (Now Elevation Capital), which is an early investor in paytm, meesho, urban company, unacademy and many other unicorns. He thinks and tweets about Product, Business Models and Company Building, here

Vaibhav Singh is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. He spent his first 6 years at DeutscheBank, across Singapore & Sydney to manage a $3Bn flow book. He has built 2 fintech startups before, as a founding member of CapitalFloat and Incred, both pioneering businesses valued >$500Mn The Leap team has a fine balance of industry experience (edtech, fintech, study abroad) and technical skills (engineering, product, design)

LeapAdvantage:
Recognizing the need for affordable access to international education for Indian students, Leap Advantage has been set up as a new initiative within the LEAP ecosystem. Leap Advantage offers Indian students the opportunity to begin their foreign education in India at affordable prices, later transferring to the foreign university of their choice and getting the coveted degree.
We are seeking to onboard a Student Success Mentor who will help us ensure quality outcomes for students aspiring to study abroad. The Mentor will be responsible for hand holding students during the time they are in India working online towards their degree, supporting students in building their profiles for career readiness in the US and curating community led guidance for aspiring students through LA alumni and current students.

Why is this a great opportunity for the right candidate:
Full-time work opportunity that offers meaningful work with a lot of autonomy
Experienced Founding team
Backed by marquee global investors like Sequoia Capital and Owl Ventures
Have a deep tangible impact in shaping the future of students

Roles and responsibilities:
● Provide end-to-end hand-holding support: Help students transition into the US, develop their proﬁle during the academic program in India such that they are job-ready for the US job market

● Lead academic liasioning and guidance: Coordinate and facilitate interaction between US university and students, while meeting their academic needs to ensure student retention

● Curate community-led guidance: Engage and establish relationships with former international students and job-market aspirants to share their experience and advise our students on a regular basis

● Train students for career-readiness: Design and implement a weekly curriculum to impart necessary soft-skills to students to increase their effectiveness in navigating the job market

● Develop written self-help resources: Source, structure and create resources to help prospective students develop a resume, create their proﬁle, and make it effective digitally

● Develop an experienced network of mentors: Plan, and run a parallel learning track of curated guidance from professional mentors on different career tracks and skills required in each career

● Run a LeapAdvantage Job board: Setup a curated job-board for our students, and update it daily with liasioning support between interested students and employer’s contact person

Coach students: Interact with students in an interview format to train them rigorously in the selection processes on a monthly basis, or as per developmental needs of the student
Train students on non-academic modules, conduct masterclasses and webinars to drive student engagement

Manage the entire bank loan process to assist students comprehensively: Coordinate with financial institutions for loans and offer guidance on financial planning to ensure students have the necessary resources and documentation for their academic journey.

Conduct dynamic and engaging sessions to drive student engagement and support their non-academic growth: Design and facilitate interactive workshops, masterclasses, and webinars aimed at enhancing soft skills, fostering personal development, and promoting holistic student success beyond academic achievements.

Skills and experience:
● Bachelors’ degree at a minimum, and preferably with 2-3 years of experience in study-abroad counselling/student mentorship and overall 5 years of experience in mentoring/coaching
● Excellent communication with engaging facilitation skills
● Must be detail-oriented and ﬂexible so as to wear multiple hats that can solve for the problems/needs of our students
● A hands-on individual with the ability to take initiative, hustle, and build student capacity
● Experience in supporting students with their career plans and skill development

Work Location - HSR layout, Bangalore

Life @ Leap

Mutual Respect

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Bias for action

We take calculated risks backed by data and information available and encourage fail fast to find the best solutions as soon as possible

Learn & get better

Continuous learning and improvement is the key. We don’t stop learning. We treat feedback as a gift and as an opportunity to get better.

Growth mindset

We operate with a growth mindset and not a mindset of fear or judgement. You are in control of your own ability to learn and improve. We love Resilience.

Student Success Mentor