Employer Partnership Lead

Skills Development Network; Chandigarh; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Skills Development Network seeks an experienced Business Development professional to study regional job markets, identify sector needs, and build employer partnerships.

You will help design strategic roadmaps, form Industry Advisory Councils, upgrade training content, and oversee pilot programs, training and placement of students nationwide. This role demands deep market insights, strong communication, and willingness to travel across India to collaborate with teams and partners.

Qualifications

• Well-networked with top employers across key sectors.
• BD experience: 10–12 yrs; 5–7 yrs in staffing.
• Experience to start and grow accounts.
• Awareness of latest job market trends.
• Hands-on, can-do, problem solver; EdTech research.

Responsibilities

• Study regional job market; map strategy via Employer channel.
• Forge partnerships with top employers across sectors.
• Form Industry Advisory Councils and leverage insights.
• Leverage partnerships to enhance content and modules.
• Curate, upgrade, digitize, and validate training content.
• Train and place students.
• Launch pilot programs with partners to validate model.

Skills

Well-networked BD

Staffing experience

Strong communication

Strategic thinking

Account growth

Job market trends

Problem solving

EdTech research

Travel readiness

Education

BD experience 10–12 yrs

Job description

Role Context:

This role requires to understand what the emerging trends in the job market are, job roles / skills that are in demand across various regions and domains, forge partnerships with top employers in identified domains, and leverage these partnerships to counsel, train, place and provide post placement support to the aspiring students, thus contributing to the overall outcomes of skill Development Network.

Key Responsibilities:

• Study the job market across regions and chart out a strategic road map to meet the WGO goals through Employer channel.
• Establish strategic partnerships with top 5 employers in the sectors identified by the Foundation (Retail, Healthcare, BFSI, ITES, Auto, Beauty and Wellness, Hospitality) and with the respective sector skill councils (NASSCOM, CII, RASHI, Healthcare, BFSI council)
• Responsible for formation of Industry Advisory Council in each of the identified sectors and leverage their knowledge to upgrade WGO offerings.
• Leverage these partnerships to
• Curate / aggregate / upgrade / digitize / validate the content of various modules.
• Train and place students
• Identify and launch pilot programs with each partner to validate the model.

Skills & Experience:

• Well networked in the country with knowledge of all key employers and connect in the specified domains (Retail, Healthcare, BFSI, ITES, Auto, Beauty and Wellness, Hospitality)
• 10 to 12 years of experience in business development, with at-least 5 to 7 years in the staffing sector - Strong communication skills and Strategic/Innovative Thinker
• Experience to start and grow accounts.
• Awareness about latest trends in the job market
• Problem solver with hands-on, roll up your sleeves can-do attitude. Updated with the latest methodologies, and research within Ed tech and training domain.
• Open to travel across India and work closely on the ground with different teams