Associate Manager - Corporate Relations & Placements

Company Description

AlmaBetter is an AI upskilling institution founded in 2020, offering practical courses in AI, ML, Data Science, and Software Engineering. The organization focuses on bridging the tech skill gap and has built a community of over 60,000 learners with 6,000+ successful placements. Learners benefit from guidance by industry professionals from leading companies such as LinkedIn, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, and Airbnb. Through live classes, coding challenges, mock interviews, real-world projects, and interview preparation, AlmaBetter delivers an immersive, job-focused learning experience. AlmaBetter positions itself as a trusted partner for tech education in a fast-paced, evolving industry.

Role Description

The Associate Manager – Corporate Relations & Placements is a full-time, on-site role based in Bengaluru. This role involves identifying, building, and maintaining corporate partnerships to support hiring and placement opportunities for AlmaBetter learners. The associate manager coordinates placement drives, manages communication between hiring partners and learners, and tracks placement metrics to ensure outcomes align with organizational goals. Daily responsibilities include outreach to potential employers, conducting meetings and presentations, understanding hiring needs, and aligning them with learner profiles. The role also involves collaborating with internal teams to prepare learners for interviews and ensuring a smooth end-to-end placement process.

Prior experience in placement management or strategic partnerships is highly preferred. 

Prime Responsibilities 

1. Partnership Management

• Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with existing hiring partners.
• Understand each partner's hiring needs and align suitable candidates accordingly.

2. Business Development

• Identify, reach out, and onboard new corporate partners through LinkedIn, calls, and emails.
• Drive consistent partner acquisition and growth within your assigned portfolio.

3. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate between hiring partners, placement, and learning teams to ensure a seamless hiring experience.
• Analyse learner performance and recommend advanced strategies to improve placement success rates.

4. Process & Reporting

• Maintain accurate partner data in CRM tools like Zoho or HubSpot.
• Prepare reports, proposals, and documentation for internal and external meetings.

5. Engagement & Events

• Plan and execute hiring drives, webinars, and networking sessions with partner companies.
• Represent AlmaBetter in partner meetings and external collaborations.

Requirements: 

• 1–3 years of experience in B2B Sales, Corporate Partnerships, Campus Hiring, HR Consulting, or Placement Operations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong networking, negotiation, and relationship management abilities.
• Hands-on experience with LinkedIn outreach, CRM tools, and Excel/Google Sheets.
• Self-driven, organised, and comfortable handling multiple priorities.
• Street-smart individual who can handle on-the-spot negotiations and decision-making.
• Ability to structure, design, and execute processes effectively. 
• Based in Bangalore and open to working from the office.