AI Program Manager

upGrad; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

upGrad is seeking an AI-focused professional to support leadership in rapid decision making and building AI products that solve business problems.

You will own market research, competitive intelligence, and prototyping efforts to surface actionable insights and demonstrate AI-enabled solutions. Fresh graduates with strong self- directed AI projects are welcome to apply.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of experience; fresh graduates welcome with self-directed projects.
• Strong interest in AI-first problem solving and prototyping.
• Experience or familiarity with Claude, ChatGPT and AI-assisted coding is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market research and competitive intelligence using AI to surface actionable insights.
• Identify business problems that can be solved by AI and build prototypes to demonstrate impact.
• Define next opportunities and GTM strategies for AI initiatives.

Skills

Market Research

Competitive Intelligence

AI Product Prototyping

First-principles Thinking

AI Literacy

AI-assisted coding

Speed of Execution

Education

BTech from Tier1/2 Engineering college

Tools

Claude

ChatGPT

AI Tools

Job description

Experience:

0-3 years, including fresher graduates.

About upGrad:

upGrad is one of India's largest online higher education platforms. We work with leading universities to offer UGC-recognized online degrees and career-focused programs to working professionals and young learners across the country. Our marketing team's job is to help people see online degrees as real, relevant and affordable education, and to make it easy for them to start studying.

Why this role exists

Help the leadership to take decisions faster and build Ai products that can solve business problems at rapid pace.

What you will own

• Market Research, Competitive intelligence gathering through AI and surfacing actionable insights faster.
• Identify the business problems that can be solved by using AI and build prototypes to demonstrate success.
• Identity the next big opportunities upGrad can unlock and built prototypes, gtm strategy for them.

What you should bring

• Builder Mindset: Business curiosity and first-principles thinking, one who is AI first and thinks of solving the problems in an AI native manner.
• 0-3 years of experience. Fresh graduates are welcome with strong self-directed projects, research or practical builds.
• Confident use of Claude, ChatGPT and AI-assisted coding.
• Speed of execution with usage of AI.
• BTech from a Tier1/ 2 Engineering college.