General Manager

About Mechamaker
Mechamaker is a new brand under the Melody Group, an experienced education group with an established record in Malaysian education. Building on that foundation, Mechamaker teaches children aged 5–15 the applied engineering behind today's technology — mechanical design, electronics, coding and robotics. Our students build real, working devices with their own hands and learn to diagnose why a design didn't work and how to improve it. Our curriculum is established and proven, developed with an international technology and curriculum partner. We are now launching our first enrichment centre in the Klang Valley, with plans to expand across Malaysia.

The Role
Reporting to the Group CEO, the General Manager holds full profit-and-loss accountability for the Mechamaker business. You will:

• Launch and run our first centre, achieving target enrolment and profitability
• Drive commercial performance — enrolment growth, revenue and cost control
• Build partnerships with international schools to establish maker spaces on their campuses
• Recruit, train and develop a high-quality teaching and administrative team
• Lead expansion — identify sites, prepare business cases and document an operating playbook for national rollout

This is a hands-on leadership role. In a single week you might teach a class, interview a candidate, present to school leadership, and account for financial performance.

Requirements

• A degree in mechanical, electrical/electronic engineering, mechatronics, computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
• Prior profit-and-loss accountability (as a general manager, business unit head, centre operator, or franchise owner)
• Proven experience recruiting, training and managing teams
• A genuine interest in children's education

Strongly preferred

• Multi-site / multi-outlet operational experience
• Background in education, enrichment, childcare, or a multi-location service business

Advantageous

• Experience selling or delivering programmes to schools or institutional buyers
• Hands-on familiarity with mechanical design, electronics, robotics, or software

What we offer

• Competitive base salary
• Performance incentives linked to enrolment and centre profitability
• Expansion incentives for launching new locations
• Equity participation in Mechamaker, vesting over five years
• A paid technical training placement (2–3 weeks) with our technology partner in China; travel and accommodation provided