Senior Program Manager (Early Career) - India

JumpCloud; India; Remote; INR 15,00,000 - 20,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Program Manager to build and manage a strategic talent program aimed at developing high-impact talent in India. This role involves establishing partnerships, designing a comprehensive growth journey, and ensuring high engagement and retention rates. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in program management and talent acquisition, with strong communication skills. This is a remote position within India.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Program Management, Talent Acquisition, or HR.
• Exceptional coordination and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong communication and persuasion skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a strategic talent program globally.
• Establish and grow university partnerships.
• Design and implement a comprehensive 1-year journey program.

Skills

Program Management

Talent Acquisition

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Data-driven improvement

Job description

All roles at JumpCloud are Remote unless otherwise specified in the Job Description.

About JumpCloud

JumpCloud® delivers a unified open directory platform that makes it easy to securely manage identities, devices, and access across your organization. With JumpCloud®, IT teams and MSPs enable users to work securely from anywhere and manage their Windows, Apple, Linux, and Android devices from a single platform. JumpCloud® is IT Simplified.

About the Role

The Senior Program Manager for Jump Academy, is a strategic and execution-focused role responsible for building, launching, and managing a strategic talent program globally. This talent program is designed to build the next generation of high-impact talent.

You will own the program end-to-end, from establishing strong cross functional partnerships with key stakeholders, establishing and growing university partnerships, building robust enablement and establishing a comprehensive 1-year growth journey. This role requires exceptional coordination skills, a competitive spirit to secure top talent, and the ability to Communicate with Impact across functional business leaders, HR Business Partners, the in-house Talent Attraction, and other stakeholders.

Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

• Purpose: This is an opportunity to build a foundational, high-impact talent program from scratch. You will directly influence JumpCloud’s future talent landscape by establishing a sustainable pipeline of high-performing individuals, significantly contributing to the company's long-term growth and success.
• Growth: As a new position, you will have strategic and tactical ownership over our emerging JumpAcademy early career hiring programs. This may expand to include internship and internal mobility programs as well. You will gain high visibility and interact frequently with functional leaders and HRBPs, partnering with TA on the recruitment strategy, talent development, and compensation alignment.
• Motivators: You will thrive if you are motivated by measurable outcomes, such as hiring and successfully onboarding a cohort of high-potential employees, ensuring strong retention rates through a structured program,resulting in high engagement

Key Performance Objectives (KPOs) in First 6–12 Months

• Establish and Launch the Jump Academy Talent Pipeline: Within the first six months, successfully establish strategic partnerships with recruitment channels (universities, early career programs etc) necessary to deliver the first cohort of new hires (number TBD by hiring plan). Success is measured by meeting the hiring and onboarding goals within defined windows and ensuring candidates meet the high bar for quality of hire.
• Design and Implement the Comprehensive 1-Year Journey Program: Design the full 1-year journey program, including key developmental milestones, continuous learning tracks, regular focus groups, and at least two successful in-person meetup events. This program should result in an 85%+ engagement and retention rate for the first cohort within the first year.
• Standardize and Align Program Operations: Align the Jump Academy recruitment process in close partnership with Talent Attraction, business partners and business leaders. Achieve full sign-off on the standardized compensation approach and ensure a seamless, high-touch onboarding experience for 100% of the cohort.

Critical Tasks

• Develop Program Strategy and Brand: Define the Jump Academy’s external brand message, internal purpose, and go-to-market strategy, specifically identifying 3-5 key university partners for immediate outreach. This will include social media and website design/creation, outbound messaging and internal & external communications to multiple stakeholders.
• Manage End-to-End Recruitment Coordination: Coordinate all recruitment activities, including attending university job fairs, candidate screening sessions, and offers in alignment with your Talent Acquisition counterparts.
• Define Compensation & Onboarding Standards: Collaborate with HRBPs and functional leaders to finalize the compensation strategy for the cohort and map out the functional onboarding enablement process.
• Execute the 1-Year Program Design: Outline the specific curriculum, learning objectives, and 12-month milestone requirements for the cohort in collaboration with L&D resources (if applicable).
• Plan and Execute Cohort Events: Secure venues and logistical requirements for all required in-person meetups, ensuring these events reinforce program goals and foster community among the new hires.
• Measure and Adjust Program Health: Implement mechanisms (e.g., frequent focus groups, pulse surveys) to gather feedback on program efficacy and engagement, providing data-driven recommendations for iterative improvements quarterly.
• Provide High-Impact Stakeholder Updates: Deliver weekly updates to the hiring manager and relevant functional leads on program status, risks, and performance metrics, confirming understanding and demonstrating transparency built on Trust.

You have

• 5+ years of experience in Program Management, Talent Acquisition, or HR, specifically building and running high-impact talent programs (e.g., early-career, university recruiting).
• Proven ability to design, launch, and manage end-to-end talent programs in a global environment.
• Exceptional cross-functional coordination and stakeholder management skills to align business leaders, HR, and Talent Attraction.
• Strong communication and persuasion skills for establishing external university partnerships and securing internal alignment on program standards.
• Experience implementing data-driven mechanisms to measure program health (e.g., retention, engagement) and drive continuous improvement.

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Where you’ll be working/Location

JumpCloud is committed to being Remote First, meaning that you are able to work remotely within the country noted in the Job Description.

This role is remote in the country of India. You must be located in and authorized to work in India to be considered for this role.

Language

JumpCloud® has teams in 15+ countries around the world and conducts our internal business in English. The interview and any additional screening process will take place primarily in English. To be considered for a role at JumpCloud®, you will be required to speak and write in English fluently. Any additional language requirements will be included in the details of the job description.

Why JumpCloud?

If you thrive working in a fast, SaaS-based environment and you are passionate about solving challenging technical problems, we look forward to hearing from you! JumpCloud® is an incredible place to share and grow your expertise! You’ll work with amazing talent across each department who are passionate about our mission. We’re out of the box thinkers, so your unique ideas and approaches for conceiving a product and/or feature will be welcome. You’ll have a voice in the organization as you work with a seasoned executive team, a supportive board and in a proven market that our customers are excited about.

One of JumpCloud®'s three core values is to "Build Connections." To us that means creating " human connection with each other regardless of our backgrounds, orientations, geographies, religions, languages, gender, race, etc. We care deeply about the people that we work with and want to see everyone succeed." - Rajat Bhargava, CEO

Please submit your résumé and brief explanation about yourself and why you would be a good fit for JumpCloud®. Please note JumpCloud® is not accepting third party resumes at this time.

JumpCloud® is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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