Program Manager - IIT/IIM/ISB/BITS

We are looking to hire a Program Manager who can own verticals and lead functional teams within the company for execution. This is a high-impact, critical role to craft the future roadmap of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Lead implementation in key partner institutes

- Own the entire process of onboarding a partner institute

- Define 'custom made' offerings for the parents of a particular institute

- Single point of contact between the company's institute partnerships team, institute management and inside sales team

Account management: Be responsible for 'anything and everything' in the partner institutes

- Be responsible for parent outreach in the institutes

- Strategize and execute plans for customer acquisition along with the management - events, referrals etc.

- P&L owner of key accounts

- Take lead in selling and implementing company's full suite of financial and payment solutions in the partner institutes

- Lead the ideation, planning, and execution of these initiatives / projects while working directly with the founding team

- Own execution from strategy design and setup to pilot and eventual scale-up

- Work closely with different teams within the company (sales, marketing, strategy, and product) to execute the project

- Build and lead high-performing teams to scale these initiatives

What are we looking for?

- Self-starter with a high sense of ownership: Comfortable to work with minimal supervision and drive projects / initiatives independently

- Excellent problem solving skills: First principles thinking and ability to give shape to ambiguous problem statements

- Bias for action: Have the temperament to experiment and execute in uncertainty

- Hustler: Ability to generate resources to solve a problem

- Intellectual honesty: Always seeking and presenting truth irrespective of personal POV or beliefs

- Mission-oriented: Deeply care about delivering value and making an impact on customer's lives

- Hungry to learn and grow: Passion to learn & be a better version of oneself; motivated to succeed

Desired Qualifications

- Top tier colleges (IITs, IIMs, ISB, BITS etc.) + 2-6 years of experience in project management, product development, growth, new initiatives at top startups

- Track record of outperformance / over-achieving targets in previous work places

- Experience in leading initiatives and delivering results in a time-bound manner

- Prior experience in early stage startups or as a founder is a huge plus

- Prior exposure to B2C or understanding of financial services is a plus