Overview

Center Director / Center Head

Location: Bangalore Day Care Center, Kadubeesanahalli

Contract type: Full Time / Permanent Opportunity

Salary: 80,000 - 1.5 Lakh per month depending on experience + up to 10% bonus if KPIs are met

Working pattern: 8am-5pm, 9am-6pm, 10am-7pm and 11am-8pm (Monthly rotational shifts)

Shuttle service available within 30km radius
About Bright Horizons

Bright Horizons are worldwide childcare organisation with around 1,000 daycare and preschool centers across the US, UK, Australia, the Netherlands and India. We provide high quality care and education to children aged 0-6 years old.

We currently have an opportunity to join us as a Center Director.
Purpose of the Role

As a Center Director, your job will be to deliver exceptional care and education to our children, and to be the main point of contact for our families. To lead a high performing sustainable childcare and education business with a motivated and self-directed team.
Key Accountabilities

• Keeping Everyone Safe by continuously improving the practices, policies, processes and behaviours that underpin a safety culture
• Designated Safeguarding Lead for the center
• Set the highest standards of behaviour across their setting consistent with the HEART principles
• Coach the highest levels of performance from every member of their team
• Deliver world class customer service aligned to local customer expectations
• Ensure high quality care and education
• Optimise budgeted ROS
• Deliver (or exceed) budgeted occupancy levels
• Have up to date knowledge of early education and childcare quality standards and ensure compliance with these at all times, including sound pedagogical knowledge ensuring staff provide effective teaching and learning
• Develop and execute your nursery strategy to outperform people, quality and growth KPIs
• Attend client meetings as required
Benefits

• Generous holiday pay of 12 days + public holidays (increases every year to a maximum of 27 days + public holidays)
• Sick/emergency leave
• Annual performance and salary review
• OPD and preventative health checkup New benefit for 2026!
• Accident insurance
• Medical insurance
• Life Insurance
• Gratuity
• Provident fund
• Paid maternity leave
• Childcare fees paid for
• Service recognition (Gifts and vouchers for your work anniversary)
• Annual awards evening
• Annual staff outing
• Employee appreciation weeks
• Employee Assistant Program to support with mental health
Training and development

• Induction and training for all new starters
• Financial support for an early years or childcare qualification up to degree level (subject to terms and conditions)
• Future Leaders programme (1 year management course)
Education and Experience

• Minimum of a degree (ideally early childcare or education)
• Sound/Good commercial acumen
• Powerful performance coach
• Collaborative and decisive
• Analytical capability
• Planning and strategy
• Uncompromising on quality
• Up to date knowledge of regulatory requirements
• Proficiency in MS Office and English

Bright Horizons are committed to creating inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has the opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. If you share our passion, values, and have most of the skills listed, we encourage you to apply as you may be just what we are looking for!