Community Manager

Company Description

Polygnan is a Section 8 startup founded in 2025, re-engineering the journey of future engineers by combining mentorship, practical skills, and an entrepreneurial mindset to build agency.

We prepare students to thrive beyond graduation through mentorship from global professionals, hands-on learning, and exposure to real-world challenges and mould them into becoming a lifepreneur. Founded by engineers with experience at Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle, Polygnan brings world-class expertise to address one of India's most pressing challenges: the gap between engineering education and industry readiness. We are on a mission to transform the education system in India, making it more adaptive, entrepreneurial, and future-ready by instilling compassion, creativity and confidence among students.

More about Polygnan Foundation here:

Community Manager at Polygnan

We are looking for someone who can build and run our community end to end. The role needs someone who enjoys people work, can think on their feet and can execute fast in a small, high energy team.

Location: Hybrid, Bengaluru (3 days in-person and 2 days WFH)

What you will do

• Build Polygnan's community from the ground up across all key groups: engineering students, school students, parents, mentors, volunteers, donors, supporters, collaborators and ecosystem partners.
• Design and experiment with fresh community-building strategies from 0→1, creating new formats, campaigns and ideas that spark belonging.
• Shape and lead the community experience by creating meaningful rituals, engagement formats, and communication touchpoints that keep members active and connected.
• Run high-quality on-ground and online events that bring the Polygnan community together; workshops, meetups, volunteer activities, learning circles, and flagship engagements.
• Lead and manage volunteers, interns and ambassadors who support community and event execution.
• Handle operations vendor calls, coordination, materials, and budgets
• Keep community channels active, WhatsApp groups, email lists and engagement touchpoints
• Work closely with founders, marketing and program teams
• Manage incoming interest from partners, mentors, supporters and maintain a clean pipeline
• Maintain a monthly community calendar and ensure smooth execution
• Track basic community metrics and share insights

Who we want

• Someone who genuinely enjoys people and can lead conversations with confidence
• Comfortable handling different types of stakeholders
• Experience in events or leading clubs teams NGOs or any community facing role
• Strong execution mindset and comfort with fast moving operational work
• Strong communication writing calling follow ups
• Comfortable with on ground work and a startup environment
• Able to juggle many tasks without losing structure

Nice to have

• Volunteer management experience
• Experience with early stage startups or nonprofits
• Exposure to large events or community building
• Basic knowledge of budgeting and project coordination
• Conversational skills in Kannada

Perks & Culture

• Salary: 3.5 to 8 LPA CTC, depending on experience
• Work directly with founders & mission driven teammates
• 2 weeks of "Work from Anywhere" flexibility
• Impact exposure trips to innovation centers, universities and schools, rural hubs, and youth communities
• 4 paid leaves for volunteering in any cause you care about
• ₹10,000 annual learning stipend + ₹2,000 book reimbursement
• Mid-year offsites and Quarterly team dinners
• Flat, fun, and high-growth startup culture

Let's Build Something That Matters.

If interested, please fill out the Google Form here:

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹350, ₹800,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Work from home

Application Question(s):

• Did you fill out the Google Form?

Work Location: In person