ABOUT GNIXAR
Gnixar Academy Pvt. Ltd. is a Kolkata-based edtech company building India's most career-ready learning ecosystem for Tier 2 & Tier 3 learners. Across our schools of technology, legal, and management — and our global university pathways arm (Gnixar UniPath) — we serve learners who deserve real outcomes, not just certificates. With 400+ graduates and a mentor-led, project-first pedagogy, we're scaling rapid and hiring the leaders who'll take us to the next chapter.
THE ROLE
As Director – Placement & Training, you own the most visible outcome Gnixar promises its learners: a career. You'll architect and lead our placement engine across all verticals, build deep employer partnerships, design training frameworks that close the last-mile employability gap, and put systems in place that make placements a predictable, scalable outcome — not a hustle.
This is a founder-equivalent role. You'll have a seat at the leadership table, meaningful equity, and direct skin in the revenue you help generate.
WHAT YOU'LL OWN
Placements
Drive 100%+ placement targets across all Gnixar schools
Build and manage a 200+ active hiring partner network
Own relationships with corporates, law firms, hospitals, startups
Track and report placement metrics weekly to founding team
Develop a Gnixar Naxig (job portal) strategy for learner–employer matching
Training & readiness
Design soft skills, aptitude, and interview-readiness curriculum
Run mock interviews, group discussions, and assessment centres
Partner with domain leads to align training with industry expectations
Build alumni engagement programs to activate referral pipelines
Set employability benchmarks per vertical and track cohort-wise
WHO YOU ARE
4+ years in placement, talent acquisition, or career services — ideally in edtech, university, or staffing
Proven track record of building employer networks from the ground up
Strong communicator who can sell to HR heads and motivate nervous learners equally well
Data-driven — you tra
📌 Director – Placement (India)
🏢 Gnixar
📍 India