Senior Executive - Growth & Engagement

Masters’ Union; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Masters’ Union in Gurugram is seeking an energetic Events Coordinator to deliver standout experiences for prospective students and the Masters’ Union community. The role focuses on bringing ideas to life, coordinating people and processes, and ensuring flawless event execution.

You’ll work with the Program Manager and internal teams to run monthly UG events, both online and offline, while maintaining meticulous trackers and post-event learnings. Experience in student-focused events is valued.

Qualifications

• Around 1-3 years of experience; fresh graduates with relevant internships or project ownership are welcome.
• Strong communication skills and detail-orientation.
• Comfortable juggling multiple stakeholders; calm under pressure and quick to solve problems during live events.
• Basic spreadsheet skills and a willingness to work with data.
• Willing to host or moderate sessions and travel for offline events; enthusiastic about working with students.
• Experience with college festivals, conferences, workshops, student clubs or community events. Formal event-management experience isn't required.

Responsibilities

• Planning and executing the monthly UG events calendar, online and offline.
• Coordinating logistics: venues, tech, registrations, speakers and student volunteers.
• Maintaining checklists, timelines, run-of-show documents and post-event action trackers.
• Aligning speakers, students, admissions, marketing, branding, campus ops and the CLM team so communication goes out on time; flag execution risks early.
• Running on-ground and virtual events, ensuring everything is ready before doors open.
• Supporting hosting, audience engagement, speaker coordination and live troubleshooting.
• Traveling for campus events, school engagements and other offline experiences when required.
• Involving current students in UG events and create interactions between prospective and current students.
• Supporting student-led activities, workshops and community initiatives.
• Keeping trackers accurate: registrations, attendance, participation and feedback.
• Preparing post-event reports with observations, challenges and improvement ideas; close follow-ups with the relevant teams.
• Spotting gaps, suggest practical fixes, and build SOPs, checklists and templates.
• Owning your projects without needing constant follow-ups.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Data handling

Event hosting

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

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

Help deliver standout experiences for prospective students and the Masters' Union community. This hands-on role suits someone who enjoys bringing ideas to life, coordinating people and processes, and sweating the details. You'll work closely with the Program Manager and internal teams to run events smoothly and make each one better than the last.

Specifically, this role will involve

• Planning and executing the monthly UG events calendar, online and offline.
• Coordinating logistics: venues, tech, registrations, speakers and student volunteers.
• Maintaining checklists, timelines, run-of-show documents and post-event action trackers.
• Aligning speakers, students, admissions, marketing, branding, campus ops and the CLM team so communication goes out on time; flag execution risks early.
• Running on-ground and virtual events, ensuring everything is ready before doors open.
• Supporting hosting, audience engagement, speaker coordination and live troubleshooting.
• Traveling for campus events, school engagements and other offline experiences when required.
• Involving current students in UG events and create interactions between prospective and current students.
• Supporting student-led activities, workshops and community initiatives.
• Keeping trackers accurate: registrations, attendance, participation and feedback.
• Preparing post-event reports with observations, challenges and improvement ideas; close follow-ups with the relevant teams.
• Spotting gaps, suggest practical fixes, and build SOPs, checklists and templates.
• Owning your projects without needing constant follow-ups.

Ideal candidate will have

• Around 1-3 years of experience; strong fresh graduates with relevant internships or project ownership are welcome.
• Strong communication skills and detail-orientation.
• Comfortability in juggling multiple stakeholders; calm under pressure and quick to solve problems during live events.
• Basic spreadsheet skills and a willingness to work with data.
• Willing to host or moderate sessions and travel for offline events; enthusiastic about working with students.
• Experience with college festivals, conferences, workshops, student clubs or community events. Formal event-management experience isn't required.