Program Manager Product Development

National Entrepreneurship Network; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

National Entrepreneurship Network seeks a seasoned consultant to convert ideas into scalable, repeatable products. You will craft playbooks, design the SMB Community, and create an Alumni Engagement pathway with a paid conversion model for ventures exiting the core programme.

Role requires building sector-focused sprints as standalone offerings and converting ad hoc interventions into standardized products with defined inputs, outputs, and effort. Independence in a remote capacity is valued.

Qualifications

• Background in management consulting or CA with strong problem-solving exposure.
• 6–11 years of consulting problem-solving experience, with ability to apply frameworks to new sectors.
• Experience building frameworks or productized services, not just executing briefs.
• Strong analytical and structuring ability; comfortable navigating ambiguity to a defined product.
• Existing or buildable network of service providers; ability to work remotely and independently.

Responsibilities

• Create playbooks for each sprint type to ensure delivery quality.
• Design and productize SMB Community and peer network model into a repeatable format.
• Design Alumni Engagement pathway with paid conversion model for ventures exiting the core programme.
• Build Sector Focus Sprints as standalone products (e.g., Defence Manufacturing).
• Convert ad hoc interventions into standardized, reusable products with defined scope, inputs, outputs, effort.
• Apply analytical lens to product design—size demand, structure frameworks, validate assumptions before building.
• Build and maintain a network of external service providers (compliance consultants, certification bodies, OEM connectors).
• Apply consulting-style problem solving to ambiguous areas of the programme.

Skills

Management consulting background

Chartered Accountant

Problem-solving frameworks

MECE-style analyses

Apply frameworks to new sectors

Analytical and structuring ability

Ambiguity to defined product

Network of service providers

Job description

It is responsible for converting programme components that currently exist as ideas, one-off interventions, or informal practice into structured, repeatable, scalable products — with defined scope, playbooks, and delivery formats that any Venture Partner or Sprint Operator across hubs can pick up and run consistently.

Key Responsibilities

• Create playbooks for each sprint type so delivery quality doesn't depend on which Sprint Operator runs it
• Design and productize the SMB Community and peer network model (Peer Circles, Hub Chapters) into a defined, repeatable format
• Design the Alumni Engagement pathway — structure for repeat sprints and a paid conversion model for ventures exiting the core programme
• Build out Sector Focus Sprints as standalone products, examples:
• Defence Manufacturing — DPP compliance, OEM connect
• Take other ad hoc or one-off interventions run across hubs and convert them into standardized, reusable products (clear scope, inputs, outputs, effort)
• Bring an analytical lens to product design — sizing demand, structuring frameworks, validating assumptions before buildingBuild and maintain a network of external service providers relevant to sector sprints (compliance consultants, certification bodies, OEM connectors, etc.)
• Apply consulting-style structured problem solving to genuinely ambiguous, undefined areas of the programme

Requirements

• Background in management consulting, or a Chartered Accountant with strong exposure to business problem-solving
• Strong grounding in management consulting problem (6-11years) -solving frameworks (structuring, hypothesis-driven analysis, MECE-style breakdowns) — hands‑on sector experience is not required, ability to apply frameworks to a new sector is what matters
• Demonstrated experience building frameworks, playbooks, or productized service offerings — not just executing against someone else's brief
• Strong analytical and structuring ability; comfortable working from ambiguity to a defined product
• Existing or buildable network of relevant service providers/experts, able to work independently in a remote, build-from-scratch capacity