HEI Truth Report
/Senior leadership
Director — Investigations
Investigative Reporting
Compensation
INR 30 - 50 LPA + equity.
Engagement
Full-Time
Permanent role. Full-time commitment. Primarily on-site, with limited remote flexibility.
Scope of role
Set direction within your domain. Build and mentor a team. Own outcomes at the function level.
01 — The role
Why this role exists at EduRankAI
Lead long-form investigative reporting for the HEI Truth Report. Senior reporters report to you. Two to four major investigations a year.
02 — The work
What you will own
- 01 Lead the investigations team.
- 02 Author or co-author 2-4 major investigations a year.
- 03 Run the methodology bar — sources, evidence, fact-check.
- 04 Pair with data + legal on every investigation.
- 05 Train reporters on investigative methodology.
03 — The expertise
What we look for
04 — The bar
Who thrives here
- → You have led at least three published investigations that produced visible institutional response.
- → You can defend an evidence chain to a defamation lawyer.
- → You have trained reporters into investigative work.
- → You write clean copy.
05 — Hiring process
What to expect after you apply
- 01
Application review
Every application is read personally within five business days. We respond either way.
- 02
Take-home or live exercise
Role-specific. Time-boxed. Real problems we are actually working on, not invented puzzles.
- 03
Conversations
Deep technical and values conversations with the team you would join. No trick questions. No panel ambushes.
- 04
Offer or honest no
If yes: digital offer letter, signed in-portal, transparent terms. If no: written feedback if you want it.
Before you start
What we will collect. What it costs. What we will not do with it.
We will collect
- Name, email, phone — Account + application updates. No marketing.
- Resume / portfolio link — Human review of your work.
- Date + place of birth — Identity verification only.
- Your written responses — Selection rubric. Read by humans.
- Government ID (later) — Anti-fraud at offer / interview stage. Not at signup.
We will never
- Sell your data
- Share with third-party recruiters
- Use for advertising
- Train models on it
- Send marketing email
Our situation
EduRankAI is a small, independent organization building long-term capabilities in educational intelligence, advanced AI systems, and research infrastructure. We take no advertiser money, no donations with strings attached, and no investor pressure on hiring decisions. Applying is free, and every application is read by a human — recruitment, technical, academic and leadership teams. It buys us the right to be honest.
Ready to apply?
We read every application personally. If you are the right person for this role — regardless of pedigree, background, or where you are based — you will hear back from us within five business days.
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