Corporate Sales Manager

Shanti Informatics; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Masters Union is seeking a driven Manager/Senior Manager – Corporate Relations to lead placement strategies and build expansive corporate partnerships for the flagship PGP TBM program. You will drive opportunities across domains including consulting, product, finance, and marketing, while expanding recruiter networks globally.

The role requires strong B2B relationship skills, CXO-level presence, and the ability to manage a placements team in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ 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 & sales ability; strong CXO-level presence.
• Ability to lead end-to-end partnerships from identification to execution.
• Knowledge of talent acquisition trends and job markets.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently in a fast-moving, high-accountability environment.

Responsibilities

• 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 sustainable 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. Contributing insights to strategic institutional decisions around new programs and industry alignment.

Skills

Strategic partnerships

Relationship building

CXO-level presence

Communication

Negotiation

Tools

CRM

LinkedIn

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.

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

We are looking for a highly driven and experienced professional to lead our corporate relations for our flagship program, PGP TBM. As the Manager/Senior Manager – Corporate Relations, you will play a pivotal role in expanding placement opportunities for our students and activating corporate partnerships across geographies.

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 sustainable 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. Contributing insights to strategic institutional decisions around new programs and industry alignment.

Ideal candidate will have

• 5+ 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 & sales ability; strong CXO-level presence.


• Ability to lead end-to-end partnerships from identification to execution.


• Knowledge of talent acquisition trends and job markets.


• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.


• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently in a fast-moving, high-accountability environment.