Community Engagement Manager

Shanti Informatics; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Masters Union in Gurgaon invites a Community engagement professional to build and manage a high-impact CXO and industry network alongside the student community. You will lead industry mixers, HR roundtables, workshops, and fireside chats, strengthening the bridge between industry and academia.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in community building, corporate relations, partnerships, events, or ecosystem engagement, with strong CXO relationship management and event design skills.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in community building, corporate relations, partnerships, events, or ecosystem engagement.
• Strong experience in managing CXO or senior stakeholder relationships.
• Proven ability to design and execute high-impact professional events or leadership forums.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Building and nurturing a strong community of CXOs, founders, HR leaders, and industry practitioners connected to Masters Union.
• Developing & Managing long-term engagement strategies to keep senior leaders actively involved in the ecosystem.
• Conceptualizing and executing high-impact community engagement initiatives including CXO mixers, HR workshops, leadership roundtables, and fireside chats.
• Designing curated networking opportunities that facilitate direct interaction between students and industry leaders.
• Ensuring seamless execution of events including agenda design, speaker coordination, and experience management.
• Enabling deeper industry participation in academic and career initiatives through partnerships, collaborations, and sponsorships.
• Tracking and analysing community engagement metrics, including participation, conversion to hiring partnerships, and event outcomes.

Skills

CXO relationships

Event management

Partnerships

Ecosystem engagement

Job description

About Masters' Union

Founded in 2020, Masters Union is a new-age, industry-led university focused on business, technology, engineering, and entrepreneurship. Built around learning by doing, the institution combines academics with real-world projects, startup building, and global exposure, with the ambition of becoming one of the worlds top business schools and multidisciplinary universities over the next two decades.

Today, Masters Union has nearly 3,500 students across undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive programs, with almost half being experienced professionals. Spread across nearly 5 lakh square feet in Gurgaon and Manesar, the institution houses the PwC Center for Generative AI, a Bloomberg Lab, Gurgaons premier maker space, AI and robotics infrastructure, advanced bioengineering workshops, and startup incubation spaces, while also expanding into areas such as bioengineering and genetic engineering.

The institution is chaired by Manoj Kohli, former CEO of Bharti Airtel and former Country Head of SoftBank India. Its leadership ecosystem includes Vivek Gambhir, Pankaj Bansal, Sanjiv Bikhchandani, Amitabh Kant, and 30+ other founders, CEOs, investors, and policymakers who contribute to teaching and institution building.

Masters Union’s flagship postgraduate program has recorded the highest average salary among MBA-equivalent programs in India, with graduates placed at firms such as Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Google, and Microsoft. The institution has also built one of the country’s strongest student startup ecosystems, with 10+ students pitching on Shark Tank India and 20+ students raising external funding for their ventures, alongside several successful creators and internet entrepreneurs.

About the Role

As a Community engagement professional, you will build and manage a high-impact CXO and industry community along with student community. This role will drive curated CXO / Student engagement initiatives such as industry mixers, HR roundtables, workshops, and fireside chats, while building long-term relationships with senior industry leaders and organizations. The ideal candidate will combine relationship-building, event strategy, and ecosystem development to strengthen the bridge between industry and academia.

Specifically, this role will involve

• Building and nurturing a strong community of CXOs, founders, HR leaders, and industry practitioners connected to Masters Union.
• Developing & Managing long-term engagement strategies to keep senior leaders actively involved in the ecosystem.
• Conceptualizing and executing high-impact community engagement initiatives including CXO mixers, HR workshops, leadership roundtables, and fireside chats.
• Designing curated networking opportunities that facilitate direct interaction between students and industry leaders.
• Ensuring seamless execution of events including agenda design, speaker coordination, and experience management.
• Enabling deeper industry participation in academic and career initiatives through partnerships, collaborations, and sponsorships.
• Identifying opportunities for industry-led sessions, experiential learning engagements, and collaborative initiatives.
• Leveraging the community network to create placement opportunities, internships, and industry projects for students.
• Collaborating closely with the Career Preparation team to support hiring pipelines through community engagement initiatives.
• Ensuring a premium experience for CXOs and senior leaders engaging with Masters Union.
• Working with the marketing and branding teams to amplify the impact of community engagements across platforms.
• Working closely with Cross functional teams & supporting internal teams in leveraging the community network for events, collaborations, and partnerships.
• Tracking and analysing community engagement metrics, including participation, conversion to hiring partnerships, and event outcomes.

Ideally the candidate will have

• 4+ years of experience in community building, corporate relations, partnerships, events, or ecosystem engagement.
• Strong experience in managing CXO or senior stakeholder relationships.
• Proven ability to design and execute high-impact professional events or leadership forums.
• Strong networking and relationship-building skills across corporate ecosystems.
• Experience in higher education, consulting, media, startup ecosystems, or industry associations is a plus.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build initiatives from 0 to 1.