Programme Delivery Manager – OpenAI Trainer Programme

Region: India
Locations: Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad or Delhi NCR
Reports to: Global Programme Director
Engagement: Full-time, 2-year fixed-term contract
Travel: Regular travel across India as required

Position Summary:

The India Programme Delivery Manager is responsible for the successful execution, people leadership and operational performance of the OpenAI Master Trainer Programme across India, supporting one of the world’s leading frontier AI organisations.

Based in one of the programme’s major Indian hubs, this role will lead and support a distributed cohort of up to 20 OpenAI Master Trainers operating across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Delhi NCR.

The Programme Delivery Manager acts as the primary link between global programme strategy and in-country execution, ensuring that trainer performance, workforce deployment, training quality, operational delivery, stakeholder engagement and programme governance remain aligned with global objectives.





This is a highly visible leadership role combining people management, programme delivery, workforce operations and client engagement.

The successful candidate will be responsible for creating a high-performing trainer cohort, maintaining consistent delivery standards across multiple locations, identifying operational risks early and ensuring the India programme operates effectively at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead, coach and support a distributed team of up to 20 OpenAI Master Trainers across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Delhi NCR.
Establish explicit performance expectations and drive accountability against programme KPIs, learner feedback, delivery quality and utilisation targets.
Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, coaching sessions, performance reviews and development planning.
Identify individual and cohort-wide capability gaps and coordinate appropriate coaching, enablement or remediation.
Support trainer onboarding, certificat

📌 Programme Delivery Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 VMS Group APAC
📍 Bengaluru