Head - Corporate Relations & Placements

2 days ago

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Upgrad rekrut Full time

Role Overview:

The Corporate Relations Head will lead the national placements and employer partnerships agenda for upGrad Learning Centres. The role demands building a predictable pipeline of hiring opportunities across Tier-1 corporates, GCCs, startups, and regional SMEs, while ensuring alignment with learner readiness. The mandate is not only to acquire employers but to ensure sustained placement outcomes through a hub-and-spoke model across 32 cities.

Key Partnerships & Onboarding

- Own national corporate relations strategy across Data Science, Full Stack Development, Investment Banking & Operations, Cyber Security, DS for Stock Market, and Prompt Engineering programs.

- Build anchor relationships with GCCs, MNCs, BFSI captives, IT services, product companies, and regional SMEs.

- Drive employer onboarding funnel: awareness trial (webinars, hackathons, internships) structured hiring agreement.

- Create a mix of national accounts (Infosys, Goldman, Zerodha, etc.) and regional SME consortiums to balance placement volumes.

Placement Outcomes

- Deliver hiring pipelines aligned to hub cities and spokes across zones (West, South, North, Central).

- Collaborate with Zonal Managers and Hub Leads to ensure placement drives, internship tie-ups, and SME onboarding.

- Monitor placement readiness calendar in partnership with training teams resume workshops, interview drills, capstone showcases.

- Set targets and track: % placement within 90 days, employer satisfaction score, repeat hiring from corporates.

Market Intelligence & Industry Engagement

- Feed live job description insights and emerging skill demands back into the program curriculum.

- Conduct quarterly employer roundtables and webinars to position upGrad as a talent partner.

- Build visibility at industry forums (NASSCOM, ISACA, CFA Society, BFSI councils, NSE/BSE, local chambers).

Team Leadership

- Lead a distributed team of ~3538 (National team, Zonal Managers, Hub Leads, Readiness Coordinators).

- Build playbooks for job sourcing, SME onboarding, and employer engagement in Tier-2/3 cities.

- Drive performance discipline through metrics: new corporates onboarded, interviews facilitated, placements achieved.

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