Build the partnerships that take College Circle AI from one campus to millions of students.

College Circle AI is building the Academic Intelligence Layer for colleges — a platform designed to make learning more personalised, intelligent, and curiosity-driven for students and educators.

Our long-term vision is to reach 45+ million college students across India. We are currently in the growth stage, building towards our next 10,000+ users.

To achieve that, we need someone who can open the right doors.

We are looking for a Head of Partnerships who can build and manage strategic relationships across colleges, universities, educational institutions, technology companies, software platforms, communities, and other organisations that can help College Circle AI grow.

This is not a marketing role. It is a business role focused on creating relationships that turn into real partnerships, distribution, integrations, institutional access, and business opportunities.

What You'll Own

- Identify and build relationships with colleges and universities.
- Explore partnerships with educational institutions, incubation centres, student communities, and organisations.
- Identify relevant software, technology, AI, and education platforms for potential partnerships and integrations.
- Initiate conversations with decision-makers, institutional leaders, founders, and partnership teams.
- Develop partnership proposals that create value for both sides.
- Negotiate and coordinate partnership terms with the internal team.
- Take partnerships from first conversation → proposal → negotiation → agreement → execution.
- Build a structured partnership pipeline and maintain relationships over the long term.
- Identify opportunities for institutional adoption, distribution, collaborations, integrations, and strategic alliances.
- Work directly with the leadership team on high-value business opportunities.
- Represent College Circle AI professionally in external conversations and meetings.

What Makes This Role Different





You won't be given a list of companies and asked to send 100 emails.

We want you to think:

Who should College Circle AI partner with

Why would they partner with us

What value can we create together

How can that partnership reach more students

You will learn how partnerships are actually built inside a growing company from finding the right opportunity and approaching the right person to negotiating, closing, and executing the relationship.

You will work directly with real institutions, real companies, and real decision-makers.

The Business Prospect

This role has a direct connection to business growth.

For partnerships that you originate and successfully help close, the Head of Partnerships will be eligible for a 5% partnership commission on the business revenue directly attributable to that partnership, subject to the company's partnership and commission terms.

For example, if you originate a partnership that generates ₹1,00,000 in eligible revenue for College Circle AI, the applicable 5% partnership commission would be ₹5,000.

The exact attribution, payment timeline, exclusions, and eligibility will be defined in a separate written agreement.

For exceptional long-term contributors who become deeply involved in building the business, there can also be a pathway toward equity-based Co-Builder opportunities, subject to contribution, performance, tenure, and a formal equity agreement.

What We Give You

You get the team.

You don't have to build partnerships alone. You'll work with our technology, growth, research, marketing, operations, and leadership teams.

You get guidance.





You will work closely with the founding team and receive support on strategy, proposals, negotiations, and execution.

You get learning.

You will gain hands-on exposure to B2B partnerships, institutional sales, business development, negotiation, strategic alliances, and startup strategy.

You get the infrastructure.

College Circle AI already has a growing student network, campus presence, product, community, and institutional ecosystem that you can build upon.

You get access to our learning ecosystem.

You can access our courses and learning resources to develop your professional and business skills.

You get the culture.

A collaborative workspace, team interactions, meetups, hangouts, College Circle AI merchandise, and an environment where you can build alongside other ambitious people.

Who We're Looking For

We are looking for someone who:

- Can communicate confidently with senior people and institutions.
- Is comfortable initiating conversations with people they don't already know.
- Understands how to identify a mutually valuable business opportunity.
- Can research an organisation before approaching it.
- Can think commercially and strategically.
- Is persistent without being pushy.
- Can negotiate and follow through.
- Takes ownership of relationships from beginning to end.
- Is comfortable working independently in a rapid-moving startup.
- Has experience in business development, partnerships, sales, consulting, entrepreneurship, community building, or institutional relations — but strong potential matters more than a specific background.

This Is For You If...

You enjoy opening doors that didn't exist before.

You see a university and think about what could be built together.

You see a technology company and think about how its infrastructure could strengthen our product.

You see an institution and think about how millions of students could benefit from a partnership.

If you can turn relationships into real business opportunities, we want to talk to you.

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