Masters' Union - Senior Manager - Corporate Relations - B2B Partnerships

About the Role:

We are looking for a highly driven and experienced professional to lead our placement. As a Senior Manager - Corporate Relations, you will play a pivotal role in expanding placement opportunities for our students and activating corporate partnerships across geographies. You will be a key external representative of Masters' Union, forging high-value relationships with HR leaders, CEOs, Founders, and ecosystem enablers.

Specifically, this role will involve:

• Owning and leading the end-to-end placement strategy for Masters' Union's full-time MBA cohorts, ensuring exceptional outcomes across domains such as consulting, product management, finance, marketing, operations, and emerging sectors.
• Building deep and sustained relationships with HR leaders, CXOs, founders, and decision-makers from top Indian and multinational companies to drive full-time, internship, and live project opportunities.
• Identifying and unlocking new recruiters and industry segments for placements, including high-growth startups, VC/PE firms, and unicorns, to diversify and future-proof placement channels.
• Designing and managing structured campus recruitment drives, lateral hiring cohorts, and focused hiring campaigns tailored to student strengths and company hiring patterns.
• Partnering with the marketing and design teams to build impactful employer branding campaigns via LinkedIn, webinars, CXO mixers, HR roundtables, and industry reports.
• Leading, mentoring, and scaling a high-performing placements team. Set performance KPIs, drive daily execution, and create frameworks for lead generation, outreach tracking, and conversion optimization.
• Overseeing the backend infrastructure of placements, including CRM usage, JD quality, interview tracking, student shortlisting, feedback loops, and offer validation to ensure seamless operations and data accuracy.
• Working closely with the Career Prep, Student Affairs, Admissions, Academics, and Alumni Relations teams to ensure an integrated experience across resume reviews, policy creation, domain mentoring, and placement orientation.
• Collaborating with the international placements team to align global mandates and coordinate efforts for cross-border placements and client engagement.
• Preparing placement reports, quarterly reviews, and cohort statistics for internal stakeholders and prospective students. Contribute insights to strategic institutional decisions around new programs and industry alignment.

Ideal candidate will have:

• 6+ years of work experience in corporate relations, business development, education sales, or similar roles. Experience in business development or partnerships across regions is a plus.
• Excellent B2B relationship-building and sales ability; strong CXO-level presence.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Ability to lead end-to-end partnerships from identification to execution.
• Knowledge of talent acquisition trends and job markets. Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently in a fast-moving, high accountability environment.