Senior Manager - LMS

Aldar Education is seeking a Senior Manager - Learning Management System (LMS). The role holder would be responsible for the design, governance, rollout, adoption, and continuous evolution of Aldar Education’s group-wide Learning Management System across all schools (K–13).

The role ensures the LMS is effectively structured to support curriculum delivery, teaching practices, and student learning outcomes while enabling visibility of learning activity and performance across class, grade, school, and group levels.

he role leads the operational framework for the platform including implementation processes, governance protocols, reporting structures, change management, and training across the school network. The Senior Manager is also responsible for driving the long-term strategic roadmap of the LMS platform, ensuring high adoption, effective use by teachers and students, and continuous enhancement aligned with Aldar Education’s digital learning strategy.

Working closely with education leaders, school teams, and the Digital & Technology Services team, the role ensures the platform delivers measurable value for teaching, learning, and institutional insight.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and to help shape the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading school group.

Since its inception in 2007 with just 250 students, Aldar Education has grown into a highly sought-after education provider, with more than 25 owned and managed premium and super-premium schools and academies- in partnership with some of the world’s most prestigious institutions including Rugby School, King’s College Wimbledon, and Cranleigh. The Group now serves over 38,000 students through 5,000 educators from more than 100 nationalities to deliver world-class education across a broad range of curricula and learning pathways from nursery through to K12.

At Aldar Education, our impact goes far beyond the classroom: we are proud to contribute to the UAE’s vision for a sustainable, knowledge-based economy through premium education. With this in mind, we hire educators and industry professionals who not only embody our values and cultural ethos but also bring a genuine passion for education—qualities central to our mission of shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

If you are passionate about excellence and ready to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to apply and be part of our journey.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Technology, Digital Learning, or related field
• Relevant professional experience working with schools, education environments, or digital platforms.
• Experience in training, support, or change enablement is an advantage

Minimum Experience

• 5–10 years of experience in technology, digital learning platforms, or LMS program leadership
• Experience implementing or managing LMS platforms such as Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, or similar systems
• Experience managing digital transformation initiatives in large scale organisations

Job Specific Knowledge & Skills

• Deep understanding of Learning Management Systems and digital learning ecosystems
• Experience with Moodle (or similar) platform architecture and configuration (preferred)
• Strong understanding of curriculum delivery, digital pedagogy, and learning workflows
• Experience leading platform implementation and change management across large organizations
• Strong stakeholder management skills across education and technology environments
• Ability to translate educational needs into technical platform capabilities
• Experience designing reporting frameworks and learning analytics dashboards
• Strong project management and program delivery capability
• Excellent communication, training, and facilitation skills
• Strategic mindset with the ability to drive continuous platform innovation
• Strong organizational and leadership skills

What We Offer:

Aldar Education is a family of world-class, child-centered, and innovative schools based in the UAE. We educate students across our group of owned and managed schools and as we grow, so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school and educational leaders. We offer an attractive remuneration package including a range of benefits. Our future-focused learning model includes both students and staff, so we place a special emphasis on professional development, coaching, and training.

Successful candidates will have access to a wide network of professionals and opportunities to both lead and contribute to training others as well as developing themselves.

This job description is not all-inclusive. Aldar Education reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are dedicated to our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application to our company.

Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance.

Main Duties

• Lead the design, governance, and rollout of Aldar Education’s LMS across all schools.
• Ensure the LMS platform structure supports curriculum delivery, learning progression, and teaching workflows across K–13.
• Establish the operational framework, processes, and governance protocols required to manage and scale the platform effectively.
• Drive adoption, training, and change management to ensure effective use of the platform by teachers, students, and school leaders.
• Ensure the LMS enables robust reporting and visibility of learning activity and performance across class, grade, school, and group HQ levels
• Define and manage the long-term strategic roadmap for the LMS platform beyond the initial rollout phase.
• Monitor usage, adoption, and learning engagement data to identify improvement opportunities and drive continuous platform enhancement.
• Act as the central point of coordination between education teams, schools, and the Digital & Technology Services team for LMS development and optimization.

Specific Duties

Platform Design & Implementation

• Define and oversee the structural design of the LMS environment including course hierarchy, grade structures, user roles, and permissions.
• Ensure the platform supports standardized delivery across schools while enabling flexibility for subject and curriculum needs.
• Lead the implementation and phased rollout of the LMS across the school network.
• Manage the internal developer responsible for Moodle configuration and platform customization.

Governance & Operational Framework

• Establish governance protocols, standards, and best practices for LMS use across schools.
• Develop processes for course creation, content management, assessment structures, and digital learning workflows.
• Ensure alignment between LMS usage and curriculum objectives across the group.

Training, Adoption & Change Management

• Use Design and deliver a structured LMS training framework for teachers, school leaders, and relevant staff.
• Lead change management initiatives to support successful platform adoption across the network.
• Develop guidance materials, training resources, and best practice frameworks for LMS.

Data Visibility & Reporting

• Ensure the LMS architecture enables data visibility across:
• Classroom level
• Grade level
• School level
• Group HQ level
• Develop reporting dashboards and analytics that provide insights into:
• Teacher engagement with the platform
• Student learning activity and progress
• Course delivery and completion metrics
• Digital learning maturity across schools
• Partner with leadership teams to translate LMS insights into actionable educational improvements.

Strategic Roadmap & Continuous Improvement

• Define the long-term strategic roadmap for the LMS platform.Identify opportunities to expand platform capabilities including:
• Advanced learning analytics
• AI-enabled learning tools
• Personalised learning pathways
• Integration with other education technologies
• Monitor adoption and platform effectiveness, continuously refining platform capabilities based on feedback and data.

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with school leadership, academic teams, and digital teams to ensure LMS capabilities align with educational needs.
• Act as the primary HQ contact for LMS-related strategy, performance monitoring, and platform evolution.
• Engage with vendors and partners where required to support platform enhancement.