Manager - Career Prep

Masters’ Union; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Masters’ Union is seeking a Manager – Career Preparation to lead our Executive Education– Learning & Development initiatives. You will own scalable, high-impact career-readiness ecosystems across programs, coordinating with Career Services, Academics, Admissions, and Alumni to prepare students for diverse hiring environments.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in career preparation or coaching, with deep knowledge of behavioral interviewing, mentoring, and program design.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Career Preparation, Career Coaching, Career Services, or related areas.
• Experience designing structured career-readiness and mentorship programs.
• Strong understanding of behavioral interviewing, hiring expectations, and student readiness.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve structured career-readiness journeys.
• Design frameworks for interview storytelling and behavioral interviewing.
• Drive quality of resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and portfolios; build feedback systems.

Skills

Career Preparation

Career Coaching

Program Management

Leadership Development

Learning & Development

Executive Coaching

Stakeholder Management

Data & Dashboards

Communication

Education

MBA

Psychology background

Tools

Excel

Dashboards

Job description

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 world’s 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, Gurgaon’s 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

The Manager – Career Preparation will be part of the Executive Education– Learning & Development team and will own career preparation initiatives across Masters’ Union’s programs. The role is responsible for building and delivering a consistent, scalable career-readiness ecosystem covering mentorship, behavioral preparation, interview readiness, career assets, student readiness and program governance. The role will work closely with Career Services/Placements, Academics, Admissions, Student Experience, Alumni and Leadership teams to ensure students are well prepared for diverse hiring environments.

Specifically, this role will involve

• Owning and continuously improving structured career-readiness journeys, including mentorship, readiness diagnostics, career roadmaps, milestones and student interventions.
• Designing and delivering frameworks for interview storytelling, communication, self awareness, decision‑making, executive presence and behavioral interviewing; integrate these with role‑and‑industry‑specific preparation.
• Driving quality and consistency of resumes, LinkedIn profiles, video CVs, portfolios, interview question banks, storytelling frameworks, evaluation rubrics and feedback mechanisms.
• Building repeatable processes, playbooks, training modules and operating mechanisms that enable career preparation to scale across multiple programs without compromising quality.
• Tracking student readiness, mentorship engagement, interview performance and career outcomes; use data and feedback to identify gaps and improve interventions.
• Coordinating with mentors, coaches, alumni, industry professionals and internal teams; support mentor enablement and ensure consistent delivery across cohorts.
• Partnering with Career Services/Placements, Academics, Admissions, Student Experience,
• Alumni and Leadership teams to align career preparation with student and employer
• requirements.
• Addressing career‑preparation queries, provide structured guidance, ensure timely communication and maintain a high‑touch student experience.
• Incorporating recruiter feedback, hiring trends, interview performance and placement outcomes into career‑preparation frameworks and student support.

Ideal candidate will have

• 5+ years of experience in Career Preparation, Career Coaching, Career Services, Program Management, Behavioral Training, Leadership Development, Learning & Development, Executive Coaching, or related areas.
• Experience designing or managing structured career‑readiness, mentorship, coaching or student‑development programs.
• Strong understanding of behavioral interviewing, hiring expectations, career coaching and student readiness.
• Strong program design, facilitation, stakeholder management and execution skills.
• Comfortable working with data, dashboards, trackers and feedback mechanisms to measure readiness and program effectiveness.
• Strong communication, ownership, problem‑solving and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across levels.
• Experience in higher education, business schools, consulting, executive coaching, talent development or a high‑growth education/learning environment is preferred.
• Background in Psychology, MBA, HR, Learning & Development or a related field is preferred but not mandatory.