Head – Placements & Corporate Relations

IT Jobs Factory; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best salary in the industry

High-impact leadership role

Opportunity to scale national placement ecosystem

Strong management support

Job summary

A leading EdTech firm is seeking a Placement Head to own end-to-end placements and build long-term corporate partnerships. In this leadership role, you will design and execute a placement strategy, mentor a dynamic team, and ensure consistent hiring outcomes for candidates across IT and non-coding tech roles. The ideal candidate has over 6 years of experience in corporate HR and talent acquisition, along with a strong network in the industry. This is a full-time position offering competitive salary opportunities.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Placements, Corporate HR, Talent Acquisition or similar.
• Proven record in driving placements at scale.
• Strong network with HRs and Hiring Managers.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong leadership and team-building ability.
• Data-driven mindset with reporting and tracking discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute robust placement strategy.
• Build and manage Placement & Corporate Outreach team.
• Negotiate hiring terms and interview schedules.
• Develop and maintain relationships with IT companies, startups, MNCs, and staffing firms.
• Onboard new hiring partners across multiple tech roles and negotiate hiring terms.
• Ensure interview readiness of candidates, coordinate drives, and track feedback and joining ratios.
• Create placement dashboards, trackers, and MIS reports; monitor progress and escalations.
• Act as the face of IT Jobs Factory for corporate hiring discussions and partnerships.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Data-driven mindset

Data-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Company: IT Jobs Factory (EdTech & Career Transformation Platform)

Location: Flexible / Remote / Hybrid

Experience: 6+ years (EdTech / Staffing / Corporate HR / Talent Acquisition)

Salary: No Bar for the Right Candidate

About the Role

IT Jobs Factory is building a strong, outcome-driven placement ecosystem. We are looking for a Placement Head who can own end-to-end placements, build long-term corporate partnerships, and ensure consistent hiring outcomes for our trained candidates across IT and non-coding tech roles.

This is a leadership role with full ownership of placement strategy, execution, and scaling.

Key Responsibilities

Placement Strategy & Leadership

• Design and execute a robust placement strategy aligned with student batches and job market demand
• Build, manage, and mentor the Placement & Corporate Outreach team
• Set clear KPIs for placements, interview conversions, and offer closures

Corporate Relations & Hiring Partnerships

• Develop and maintain relationships with IT companies, startups, MNCs, and staffing firms
• Onboard new hiring partners across roles such as:
• Production / Application Support
• DevOps & Cloud
• Data Analytics
• QA / Monitoring / Service Management
• Negotiate hiring terms, volume hiring plans, and interview schedules

Interview & Hiring Operations

• Ensure interview readiness of candidates (resume screening, mock interviews, feedback loops)
• Coordinate walk-in drives, virtual drives, and campus hiring programs
• Track interview feedback, offer rollouts, joining ratios, and drop-out control

Process, Reporting & Scale

• Create placement dashboards, trackers, and MIS reports
• Monitor batch-wise placement progress and escalations
• Improve placement success rate, average CTC, and time-to-hire

Brand Representation

• Act as the face of IT Jobs Factory for corporate hiring discussions
• Represent the organization in HR meets, placement drives, and partnerships

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of experience in Placements / Corporate HR / Talent Acquisition / Staffing / EdTech
• Strong network with HRs, Recruiters, and Hiring Managers
• Proven record of driving placements at scale
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong leadership and team-building ability
• Data-driven mindset with reporting and tracking discipline

Preferred Background

• Experience in EdTech / Skill Development / Training Institutes
• Exposure to tech hiring (IT & non-coding IT roles)
• Experience managing high-volume fresher & lateral hiring

What We Offer

• Salary: No bar (best in industry for the right leader)
• High-impact leadership role with decision-making authority
• Opportunity to build and scale a national placement ecosystem
• Fast-growing brand with strong management support

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
• E-Learning Providers