Experience
6 - 11 yrs
Job Location
Gurugram, India
Vacancy
1
Designation
Senior Manager Project Management
Job Type
Not specified
Job Description
About the role
The Senior Manager - Career Preparation will play a critical role in ensuring PGP students are consistently prepared, accountable, and progressing toward career readiness. This role sits at the intersection of mentorship, student tracking, behavioural preparation, and execution excellence. You will own day-to-day execution of mentorship and readiness programs, act as a single-point owner for student accountability, and work closely with coaches, mentors, and placement teams to ensure no student falls through the cracks. This is a high-ownership, hands-on role for someone who is deeply invested in student outcomes and thrives in structured yet fast-paced environments.
Specifically, this role will involve - Owning execution of the 1:1 mentorship program across assigned cohorts
- Ensuring regular, structured mentor-student interactions with clear outcomes
- Tracking student participation, preparedness, and follow-through across mentorship touchpoints
- Actively flagging disengagement, readiness gaps, or performance risks and drive corrective action
- Holding students accountable to preparation milestones, deadlines, and quality benchmarks
- Supporting delivery of behavioural and interview preparation modules
- Reinforcing frameworks around interview storytelling, communication, and professional presence
- Conducting readiness checks, mock interviews, and structured evaluations where required
- Act as the execution bridge between strategy and on-ground student experience
- Share regular progress reports with Career Prep leadership
- Ensuring assets meet defined standards and role-specific expectations
- Coordinating reviews, iterations, and final sign-offs in collaboration with coaches
- Working closely with coaches to ensure feedback is applied and progress is visible
- Overseeing timely completion and quality of student career assets: Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, Video CVs/portfolios, etc.
- Maintain cohort-level dashboards for: Mentorship engagement, Career asset readiness, Interview preparedness, etc.
- Identify systemic gaps and suggest process or structure improvements
- Work closely with: Career Coaches & Mentors, Placements & Employer Relations teams, Academic & Program teams, etc.
- 3-6 years of experience in career prep, program management, student success, coaching, or similar roles
- Strong ability to manage students with firmness, empathy, and clarity
- Experience handling cohorts, structured programs, or outcome-driven initiatives
- High attention to detail and comfort with tracking, dashboards, and follow-ups
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Exposure to higher education, MBA programs, or career coaching environments
- Experience working with mentors, trainers, or external facilitators
- Understanding of hiring processes, interviews, and recruiter expectations
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