Key Account Manager

Job Description

About Newton School :

Come be part of a rocketship that’s creating a massive impact in the world of education!

On one side you have over a million college graduates every year with barely 5% employability rates and on the other side, there are thousands of companies struggling to find talent. Newton School aims to bridge this massive gap through it’s personalised learning platform. We are building an online university and solving the deep problem of employability of graduates.

We have a strong core team consisting of alumni from IIT's and IIM’s, having several years of industry experience in companies like Unacademy, Inmobi among others. On this mission, we are backed by some of the most respected investors around the world, - Nexus Venture Partners, RTP Global, Steadview Capital and a slew of angel investors including CRED’s Kunal Shah, Flipkart’s Kalyan Krishnamoorthy, Unacademy founders, Udaan’s Sujeet Kumar among others.

Responsibilities :

• Drive partnerships with companies to enable hiring, programs, or enterprise solutions
• Acquire and manage B2B accounts (startups, mid-size, enterprise)
• Understand client hiring/business needs and propose tailored solutions
• Coordinate internally to ensure timely and high-quality delivery

Key Skills:

• 2 - 4 years of business development experience in placements, corporate relations, or recruitment in higher education, EdTech, or hiring and staffing agencies.
• Proven ability to manage large accounts and deliver on placement targets.
• Strong corporate network across technology companies - Unicorns, Soonicorns, Series C and above startups and enterprises
• Deep understanding of the startup ecosystem, technology trends and current hiring practices.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and credibility.
• Strong analytical skills to develop innovative partnership strategies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, adept at negotiation.
• Knowledge in MS Office / CRM tools and familiarity with placement management platforms

Who we are looking for:

• Self-motivated, proactive, and driven to achieve targets.
• Bias for action and ready to get hands dirty.
• Has analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Always ready to push the boundaries.