Senior Program Manager Strategic Initiatives - Start-ups And Ecosystem

Pure Storage; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Wellness resources

Team events

Job summary

Pure Storage is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead two high-visibility initiatives in Bangalore: startup engagement and customer collaboration. You will partner with internal teams to build an accelerator-like program and coordinate customer forums, ensuring value delivery and executive visibility.

You will drive operating playbooks, governance, and KPIs, working from the Bangalore office while engaging global stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, corporate development, customer programs, or related field.
• Experience launching or operating an accelerator, startup engagement program, or innovation hub.
• Deep understanding of startups, VC ecosystems, cloud or data platforms, enterprise tech.
• Strong program-management discipline with governance, metrics, budgets, exec comms.
• Excellent facilitation and relationship-building across founders, investors, product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale startup engagement initiatives with defined selection criteria, workflows, governance, and reporting.
• Cultivate VC and accelerator partnerships to secure a high-quality sourcing funnel.
• Run customer collaboration hub with in-person and virtual forums, check-ins, and use-case deep dives.
• Synthesize feedback from customers and translate into product and engineering improvements.
• Maintain program health, renewals, and governance with stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic partnerships

Program management

Leadership

Facilitation

Communication

Stakeholder management

Startup engagement

Corporate development

Tools

Governance frameworks

Job description

Job Description:

Everpure (NYSE: P) has evolved from storage pioneer to data platform, closing fiscal 2026 with $3.7 billion in revenue, its first billion-dollar quarter, and accelerating growth into FY27. Our strategic agenda spans the companies defining the next era of technology - hyperscalers, AI labs, the AI hardware supply chain, data platform providers, and the broader AI ecosystem.

This type of work—work that changes the world is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if youre ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.

THE ROLE
Everpure is seeking an experienced program manager to lead two high-visibility strategic initiatives in Bangalore spanning across startup engagement and customer interactions.
Reporting to the Head of Business Operations, India, you will establish and run these programs to deliver local value and global visibility.

WHAT YOULL DO
1. Build and scale the Everpure’s first Startup Engagement Initiative:

• Operationalize the initiative: define selection criteria, workflows, governance, and reporting playbooks.
• Cultivate VC and accelerator partnerships to secure a high-quality sourcing funnel.
• Refine selection rubrics, participation models, and graduation criteria.
• Manage platform access, technical onboarding, and software usage tracking for startups.
• Collaborate with Everpure’s Corporate VC team to identify partnership, investment, or acquisition opportunities.
• Lead founder relations, launch events, community programming, and all PR/comms related to these initiatives.

2. Run Customer Collaboration hub

• Own the engagement, including in-person forums, virtual progress check-ins, platform-topic sessions, roundtables, and targeted use-case deep dives.
• Coordinate structured pre-work with account teams and internal stakeholders to tailor agendas to customer priorities and business context.
• In partnership with the Product Management leader, facilitate two-way conversations spanning customer needs, roadmap themes, and joint innovation opportunities.
• Synthesize key takeaways from customer interactions, and distribute clear readouts to the right product, engineering, account, and leadership stakeholders.
• Maintain the feedback loop by tracking commitments and reporting progress at subsequent engagements.
• Manage membership commitments, renewal reviews, program-health reporting, privacy and transcription consent, and other operating controls.

What Success looks like in 12 months

• Institutionalize the Startup Initiative with a comprehensive operating playbook.
• Establish a healthy startup pipeline and deliver the first cohort, measured by platform adoption and key milestone completion.
• Operationalize Navigators@BLR with a predictable engagement calendar and a repeatable mechanism for converting customer feedback into actionable product and engineering improvements.

WHAT YOU BRING

• You are a highly self motivated individual. With outstanding communication and leadership skills, you will build and drive the program from scratch and demonstrate value in a finite timeframe
• 10+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, corporate development, customer programs, or a related field. Strong preference for candidates with experience launching or operating an accelerator, startup engagement program, or innovation hub.
• Deep understanding of startups, VC ecosystems, cloud or data platforms, enterprise technology, innovation programs, preferably in an Indian context.
• Strong program-management discipline: ability to create operating models, governance mechanisms, metrics, budgets, executive communications, and repeatable playbooks.
• Excellent facilitation and relationship-building skills that cut across founders, investors, accelerators, product and engineering teams, sales, customer success, and senior executives
• We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Bangalore office in compliance with Everpure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge, and aspire to be trailblazers.
• Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been named Fortunes Best Workplaces in Technology™, Fortunes Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™, and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
• Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events. Check out purebenefits.com for more information.

ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY:

Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at [e-mail] if you’re invited to an interview.

OUR COMMITMENT TO A STRONG AND INCLUSIVE TEAM:

We’re forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn’t just accepted but embraced. That’s why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership.

Everpure is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire.

Join us and bring your best.

Bring your bold.

Pure and simple.

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