Design & Delivery Manager

Mahindra University || Centre for Life Sciences; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Mahindra University Centre for Life Sciences invites a Design & Delivery Manager to anchor the operations of executive education. You will bridge faculty, sales, and clients; co-create the programme calendar; shape proposals; coordinate delivery; and own outcomes and feedback to keep programmes credible.

The role requires MBA/PGDM and 6–10 years of experience in design/delivery or academic programme management, with strong instructional design skills (ADDIE) and comfort translating pedagogy

Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM required with 6–10 years’ overall experience, including 3+ years in programme design/delivery, L&D, or academic programme management.
• Strong grounding in Instructional Design and ADDIE.
• Familiarity with varied pedagogical styles – classroom, case-based, simulation, action learning, experiential, and blended delivery.
• Working knowledge of executive education categories – Leadership, Capability Building, Operational Excellence, Behavioural, and related areas.
• Comfort translating pedagogical language into business language for academic faculty and corporate clients.

Responsibilities

• Open Programme Calendar & Faculty Liaison: co-design and finalise the calendar, liaise with faculty, and maintain faculty profiles and modules.
• Proposal Development & Pre-Sales Support: work with Sales on outlines and RFPs, contribute pedagogy inputs, support scoping conversations.
• Programme Design & Delivery Structure: design in-house programmes, define delivery structure, pedagogy mix, and assessment approach; coordinate faculty.

Skills

Instructional Design

ADDIE

Pedagogy Styles

Executive Education

Client Management

Education

MBA/PGDM (HR, General Management, or related)

Job description

Design & Delivery Manager

Job Title: Design & Delivery Manager

Job Type: Full-time

Job Location: Hyderabad (with travel to client sites and off-campus programme venues as required)

Job Function: Mahindra university - Centre for Executive Education (CEE)

Role Summary: The Design & Delivery Manager is CEE’s operational and pedagogical anchor, bridging faculty, sales, and clients – co-creating the programme calendar, shaping proposals, coordinating delivery, and owning outcomes and feedback that keep programmes credible and continuously improving.

Key Responsibilities

• Open Programme Calendar & Faculty Liaison: co-design and finalise the calendar (themes, sequencing, audience, pricing) with faculty; act as the primary faculty-Sales liaison, translating pedagogy into sales-ready collaterals; maintain an updated repository of faculty profiles and modules.
• Proposal Development & Pre-Sales Support: partner with Sales on proposal outlines and RFP responses, contributing design-side inputs on pedagogy, duration, and format; support client-facing scoping conversations.
• Programme Design & Delivery Structure: design in-house programmes aligned to market demand; define delivery structure, pedagogy mix, and assessment approach; identify and coordinate faculty, managing scheduling and briefing.
• End-to-End Delivery Management: own pre-delivery readiness (briefing, logistics, materials); troubleshoot in real time during delivery; manage post-delivery closure (certificates, faculty settlement, admin wrap-up).
• Outcomes, Feedback & Documentation: design and administer participant/client feedback mechanisms; consolidate outcomes into structured reports; convert insights into design improvements.
• Client Relationship & Business Continuity: retain and nurture client relationships post-delivery; proactively propose repeat cohorts or new interventions; represent CEE in client review meetings.

Required Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM (HR, General Management, or related discipline) with 6-10 years’ overall experience, including 3+ years in programme design/delivery, L&D, or academic programme management.
• Strong grounding in Instructional Design, including working knowledge of frameworks such as ADDIE.
• Familiarity with varied pedagogical styles – classroom, case-based, simulation, action learning, experiential, and blended delivery.
• Working knowledge of executive education categories – Leadership, Capability Building, Operational Excellence, Behavioural, and related areas.
• Comfort working with both academic faculty and corporate clients, translating pedagogical language into business language.

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