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About the Role

ScienceFair is an Indigo Research affiliate program designed to support ambitious STEM students in producing publication-ready research for prestigious science fairs. The General Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end ownership of ScienceFair, focusing on business growth, exceptional student outcomes, and building a scalable operating model.

Responsibilities

• Own the commercial growth strategy for ScienceFair across global markets.
• Partner with country teams and sales leadership to increase ScienceFair penetration.
• Build clear sales processes and enablement for country teams.
• Identify opportunities to increase attach rates to Indigo Researcher and Innovator.
• Grow higher-value ScienceFair International and LevelUp offerings.
• Monitor pipeline, conversion, revenue, attach rates, and market-level performance.
• Own the ScienceFair P&L, including budget, unit economics, and cost management.
• Identify new commercial opportunities, markets, partnerships, and product extensions.
• Own the quality and outcomes of the ScienceFair student experience.
• Build systems to identify students falling behind and ensure appropriate intervention.
• Own the handoff between ScienceFair and Indigo for an integrated student journey.
• Establish feedback loops to continuously improve the program.
• Build a culture of accountability around student outcomes.
• Build and manage the operational infrastructure required to deliver ScienceFair at scale.
• Lead the ScienceFair operations team, establishing clear ownership, workflows, SLAs, and escalation processes.
• Build processes for managing compliance requirements.
• Create dashboards and reporting for visibility into student progress, commercial performance, and operational health.
• Anticipate operational bottlenecks and build systems to prevent them.
• Manage contractors who deliver the service.
• Act as product owner for ScienceFair, with end-to-end responsibility for what is sold and how it works.
• Continuously evaluate and improve the ScienceFair Regional, ScienceFair International/ISEF, and LevelUp offerings.
• Define the ideal student profile, positioning, and program structure for each offering.
• Use student outcomes, mentor and sales feedback, and competition results to drive product iteration and roadmap decisions.
• Maintain a high bar for what constitutes an ISEF-ready research project.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience owning a business, product, program, or significant revenue line end-to-end.
• Demonstrated ability to grow revenue through sales teams and cross-functional execution.
• Experience building and scaling operational systems and processes.
• Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Background in education, academic programs, research, STEM, competitions, or youth programming is a plus.
• Familiarity with ISEF, Regeneron STS, JSHS, Thermo Fisher, or other science competitions is a plus.
• Experience taking a relatively new product or business line from early-stage execution to scalable growth is a plus.

Skills

• Commercial & Revenue Ownership
• Outcomes & Quality Orientation
• Operational & Product Thinking
• Analytical & Data-Driven
• Stakeholder Management & Communication
• Ownership, Resilience & Adaptability

Experience Level

• 4+ years

About the Company

• ScienceFair is a Indigo Research affiliate program that helps ambitious STEM students produce publication-ready research while competing for top honors at leading science fairs, including Regeneron ISEF, Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge, National JSHS, 3M Young Scientist Challenge, Regeneron STS, and other prestigious regional and national competitions that follow ISEF format such as Genius Olympiad.
• ScienceFair combines Indigo's research mentorship with coaching from recent science fair champions and subject-matter experts, supporting students not only to conduct rigorous research but to strategically position that research for competitive submission, presentation, and judging to win awards and qualify for national and international level fairs.
• We are building ScienceFair into a high-quality, scalable offering for students who want to combine research excellence with competition success.