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Head - Corporate Relations & Placements

Head - Corporate Relations & Placements

Upgrad rekrutMumbai, India
30+ days ago
Job description

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.

    • (ref : iimjobs.com)

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