Director of Placements & Career Advancement

Director – Placements & Career Advancement Role Overview

We are looking for a results-driven and highly connected Director – Placements & Career Advancement to build and lead the career advancement ecosystem for our upcoming Executive MBA program.

This is a 0-to-1 leadership role responsible for building the function from scratch, including employer partnerships, career services, placement processes, systems, analytics, and the underlying team.

Unlike traditional campus placements, this role will focus on experienced working professionals seeking lateral transitions, career switches, leadership opportunities, accelerated progression, and compensation growth.

The ideal candidate combines a strong corporate network with rigorous execution — someone who can build the strategy and systems, open employer doors, lead a high-performing team, and drive measurable career outcomes.

Position Details

• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Education: Master’s Degree / MBA from a premier institution preferred
• Location: Kolkata / Bengaluru / Pune
• Work Days: 6 Days/Week with weekday week-off
• Work Mode: Hybrid — 3 Days Work From Office + 3 Days Work From Home
• Compensation: Best in industry, commensurate with experience and leadership track record

Key Responsibilities 1. Career Advancement & Placement Leadership

• Build and lead the end-to-end career advancement and placement function for the Executive MBA program.
• Define the overall strategy, operating model, delivery frameworks, timelines, and success metrics.
• Develop differentiated career pathways for experienced professionals across career switches, lateral transitions, leadership roles, and compensation growth.
• Own the strategy and KPIs for career outcomes across each cohort.
• Continuously align career services with evolving hiring trends and employer requirements.

2. Build the Function from 0-to-1

• Design the complete career advancement workflow, including SOPs, policies, candidate journeys, employer processes, and evaluation frameworks.
• Establish the team structure, technology/CRM, employer and candidate segmentation, dashboards, and governance processes.
• Build scalable systems to track candidate readiness, employer outreach, applications, interviews, offers, and outcomes.
• Continuously improve processes based on placement outcomes, participant feedback, and employer feedback.

3. Employer Partnerships & Opportunity Development

• Build and expand relationships with CHROs, CXOs, Talent Acquisition leaders, business heads, hiring managers, and executive search firms.
• Convert corporate relationships into live roles, interview pipelines, hiring mandates, networking opportunities, and long-term employer partnerships.
• Build dedicated channels for mid-to-senior level, lateral, leadership, and specialist hiring.
• Develop employer pipelines across consulting, technology, BFSI, GCCs, consumer businesses, startups, and other relevant sectors.
• Lead senior-level corporate outreach, negotiations, and strategic partnerships.
• Create engagement opportunities through CXO interactions, hiring events, industry roundtables, networking forums, and company connects.

4. Candidate Preparation & Career Advisory

• Design and oversee career advisory programs tailored to experienced and mid-to-senior level professionals.
• Segment participants based on experience, industry, function, seniority, and career aspirations to create differentiated career pathways.
• Build structured interventions covering career mapping, resume and LinkedIn positioning, interview preparation, networking, job-search strategy, and salary negotiation.
• Establish mechanisms to assess career readiness and role-market fit before participants enter employer processes.
• Build mentorship and coaching networks involving industry experts, recruiters, alumni, and senior business leaders.

5. Team Building & Leadership

• Recruit, train, and lead a high-performing Career Advancement and Corporate Relations team.
• Define clear roles, KPIs, and performance standards across employer relations, career advisory, placement operations, and analytics.
• Build strong playbooks and processes to ensure consistent quality as the program scales.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, data-driven execution, and participant-centricity.

6. Career Outcomes, Analytics & Stakeholder Management

• Establish dashboards covering candidate readiness, employer pipeline, opportunities, interviews, offers, career transitions, and compensation movement.
• Track hiring trends, compensation benchmarks, conversion rates, and employer feedback to continuously improve the career strategy.
• Present career advancement outcomes and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Work closely with academic, program, admissions, and marketing teams to align participant profiles, curriculum, employer expectations, and career outcomes.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Master’s degree / MBA from a top-tier institution preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant experience preferred, with leadership experience across career services, corporate relations, executive placements, leadership hiring, executive search, or senior talent acquisition.
• Experience with a leading business school, higher-education institution, executive search firm, recruitment organisation, or large corporate talent function preferred.
• Strong understanding of mid-to-senior level hiring, lateral recruitment, executive search, and career transitions.
• Strong existing network across CHROs, CXOs, Talent Acquisition leaders, hiring managers, and executive search firms.
• Demonstrated ability to convert corporate relationships into hiring opportunities and strategic partnerships.
• Proven capability to build teams, systems, SOPs, and functions from scratch.
• Strong analytical, communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.

Key Personal Attributes

• High ownership, accountability, and entrepreneurial drive.
• Strong relationship builder with the ability to open senior corporate doors.
• Commercially sharp and focused on converting relationships into tangible outcomes.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, zero-to-one, fast-paced environments.
• Strategic thinker with strong operational execution.
• Empathetic and credible with experienced professionals navigating career transitions.
• Data-driven, target-oriented, and comfortable being accountable for measurable outcomes.
• Strong integrity and ability to handle confidential participant and corporate information.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to build and lead the career advancement function for a flagship Executive MBA program from the ground up.
• High autonomy to define strategy, build your own team, establish employer partnerships, and create scalable processes.
• Opportunity to build a differentiated career advancement model for experienced working professionals and senior leaders.
• Direct engagement with CHROs, CXOs, executive search firms, industry leaders, and experienced program participants.
• Competitive compensation and significant leadership growth opportunities within a rapidly scaling organisation.

About be10X

At be10X (Goenka Kachave LLP), we don't just teach AI – we turn it into a career weapon. We're an AI upskilling platform built to help working professionals unlock faster promotions, bigger salary hikes, sharper productivity, and career breakthroughs they didn't think were possible yet.

Founded by IIT Kharagpur alumni Aditya Goenka and Aditya Kachave, we've rewritten the career trajectories of over 5 million learners through cutting-edge programs spanning AI, Finance, Data, Product, and Business.

And we're not just growing – we're scaling fast. A profitable, fully bootstrapped organization with INR 500+ crore in annual recurring revenue, a 2,500+ member team, and 15 offices across Pune, Bengaluru & Kolkata, we're one of India's – and the globe's – fastest-growing EdTech organizations.

Part of House of EdTech

be10X is part of House of EdTech, a multi-entity upskilling group whose brands include Office Master, AI for Techies, Dr. Finance, and other leading learning platforms.

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