Senior Manager - Career Prep

Shanti Informatics; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 5,500,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Masters Union is seeking a senior leader to own the behavioral and career readiness ecosystem for PGP students. You will design, scale, and continuously improve behavioral preparation, interview readiness, and career asset quality across cohorts.

The role blends strategic program design, applied behavioral expertise, and hands-on leadership to ensure students are genuinely prepared for high-stakes hiring environments.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of full-time experience in career coaching, behavioral training, leadership development, or related fields.
• Experience designing behavioral programs and managing mentors, coaches, or facilitators at scale.
• Strong grounding in applied psychology, coaching methodologies, or behavioral science.

Responsibilities

• Own the behavioral preparation curriculum design, structure, and continuous improvement.
• Lead mentoring program enhancement through feedback, data, and mentor enablement.
• Track student progress, identify readiness gaps, and intervene with targeted coaching.
• Develop and maintain behavioral career assets (e.g., interview banks, storytelling frameworks, rubrics, feedback templates, self‑assessments).
• Monitor readiness signals and refine preparation based on outcomes.
• Ensure assets reflect recruiter expectations and role readiness.
• Drive standardization of frameworks, review processes, and scalable quality.

Skills

Career coaching

Leadership development

Behavioral training

Mentor management

Coaching methodologies

Applied psychology

Executive presence

Education

MBA or Psychology background

Job description

About MASTERS' UNION

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 worlds top business schools and multidisciplinary universities over the next two decades.

About the Role

You will own the behavioral and career readiness ecosystem for Masters Union PGP students. This is a senior leadership role responsible for designing, scaling, and continuously improving behavioral preparation, interview readiness, and career asset quality across cohorts.

The role combines strategic program design, applied behavioral expertise, and hands-on leadership to ensure students are not just placed but are genuinely prepared for high-stakes hiring environments.

Specifically, this role will involve

• Supporting in continuous enhancement of the mentorship experience through feedback, data, and mentor enablement.
• Tracking of student progress through mentorship touch points, identify readiness gaps, and intervene through targeted coaching or redesigned support.
• Owning the design, structure, and continuous improvement of the behavioral preparation curriculum
• Focusing on interview storytelling, communication, self-awareness, decision‑making, and executive presence
• Integrate behavioral preparation with domain‑specific interview readiness across roles, functions, and industries
• Developing and maintaining behavioral career assets, including:
• (i) Interview question banks
• (ii) Storytelling frameworks
• (iii) Evaluation rubrics
• (iv)Feedback templates
• (v) Self‑assessment tools
• Monitoring behavioral readiness signals across cohorts and refine preparation based on interview performance and outcomes.
• Driving the quality, consistency, and narrative alignment of student‑facing career assets, including:
  1. Resumes
  2. LinkedIn profiles
  3. Video CVs
  4. Role‑specific portfolios
• Ensuring all assets reflect recruiter expectations, behavioral narratives, and role readiness.
• Standardising frameworks, review processes, and feedback loops to enable scale without compromising quality.
• Incorporate recruiter feedback, hiring trends, and placement outcomes into continuous asset improvement

Ideal candidate will have

• 5-10 years of full-time experience in career coaching, behavioral training, leadership development, or related fields
• Prior experience designing behavioral programs and managing mentors, coaches, or facilitators at scale
• Strong grounding in applied psychology, coaching methodologies, or behavioral science
• Background in Psychology or an MBA preferred (not mandatory)
• Experience in higher education, consulting, executive coaching, or talent development environments is a plus
• Deep understanding of behavioral interviewing and hiring psychology
• Strong program design, facilitation, and coaching skills
• Ability to build repeatable, scalable systems without diluting quality
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence across levels.