Chief Programme Officer

Ref: IIMB/HR/RECT/2025/ Date: 15 September2025

About IIMB

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is a leading graduate school of

management in Asia. Under the IIM Act of 2017,IIMB is an Institute of National Importance.

Industry/Service

Higher Education

Post/Job Title

Chief Programme Officer – Executive Education

Job Purpose

Executive Education (EEP) is one of the key revenue centers in the institute. The EEP department handles all aspects of understanding, designing, and delivering learning and development programs for senior managers, entrepreneurs and leaders of start-ups and organizations in the private, public, and not for profit sector. It provides the necessary planning and operational execution to handle the end-to-end program requirements. The Chief Program Officer (CPO) will have overall administrative responsibility for the executive education activities at IIMB. The role involves working closely with CXOs, CHROs and L&D Heads for marketing IIMB's open enrolment and custom programs.

Job Type

Contractual – non-teaching

Principal Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• The Chief Programme Officer shall oversee and is accountable for all activities and performance of the EEP department including performance marketing, growth metrics, brand building, and brand reputation.
• Chief Programme Officer shall evaluate Institute's performance in Executive Education and leads the marketing team in creating excellent web and social media presence that enables the awareness of the business/brand to spread virally.
• Strategic Planning and Execution support to chairperson (Executive Education) on all matters pertaining to marketing, handling client relationships, and delivery of executive education programs in the institute.
• Periodic assessment of emerging client requirements through personal discussions survey and providing the necessary inputs to the EEP team for designing new and relevant programs.
• Development of competent databases on client and contact people for executive education and ensuring the upkeep of the same by continuous updating.
• Development of good systems for identification of new opportunities for Programmes expansion.

Key Skills and Ability Requirements

• Leadership experience in leading clients facing revenue generating departments with P&L responsibilities.
• Excellent communication & Interpersonal skills, Confident and self-motivated. Good attention to detail.
• Experience with analytics and marketing tools for social and digital marketing.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a team.
• Flexibility & People leadership skills.
• Passionate customer advocacy
• Thorough knowledge of marketing principles, brand, product, and service management
• Deep understanding of changing market dynamics especially the Digital Landscape
• Entrepreneurial spirit.

Qualification and Personal Profile

• Candidates should be a Postgraduate from a reputed Institute.
• Candidates should have minimum of 18 years of relevant experience, with 3 years' experience in a reputed academic institution/university. 
• The incumbent should have experience in handling the assignments listed under major duties & responsibilities.  
• Candidates who have less than 18 years but have relevant experience (3 years in a reputed academic institution/university) may also apply. The institute will place them in a suitable position. 
• The candidate should be below 50 years.

Compensation

• The selected candidate will be offered on a consolidated monthly salary on CTC mode; contract shall be renewed subject to satisfactory performance. The compensation will be fixed based on the candidates' experience and qualification.

Interested candidates may fill the application using the link: here

The closing date for applications is 10th October 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be intimated. It is mandatory to fill in all fields and the following documents are required to be uploaded while submitting the application.

• 10th & 12th Marksheets.
• Diploma/Graduation – All semester wise Marksheets & Final Degree/ Graduation Certificate.
• Post - Graduation (if applicable)– All semester wise Marksheets & Final Post – Graduation Certificate.
• All experience letters. 
• Recent 3 months' payslips or 3 months' income proof.
• If you have undergone any training, kindly attach the training certificates.

Applications without these documents will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered.