Head – Industry Readiness & Employability

Location: Chennai
Experience: 8+ years

Building Industry-Ready Engineers — Not Just Training Programs
The gap between what engineering graduates learn and what industry expects from them is widely recognised.
We are therefore building a high-impact, in-house Industry Readiness & Employability program for our engineering students — one that goes beyond conventional placement training.
We have a dedicated team of technical and communication-skills trainers. We are looking for a Head – Industry Readiness & Employability who can design, lead and continuously improve this program, with clear accountability for student competency, employability and ultimately placement outcomes.
This is not a conventional training or operations role.

What You Will Do
You will own the complete student industry-readiness journey:
- Understand changing industry and employer expectations and translate them into relevant student competencies.
- Design a structured, multi-year industry-readiness framework covering technical skills, communication,



problem solving, skilled skills, AI/digital fluency, projects and interview readiness.
- Lead and develop a team of technical and communication-skills trainers.
- Create a culture of continuous student learning, practice and accountability.
- Establish assessments and competency benchmarks to measure whether students are actually learning and improving.
- Identify students who are falling behind and drive targeted interventions and remediation.
- Develop role- and industry-specific readiness pathways for different engineering disciplines and career aspirations.
- Build strong feedback loops with recruiters, hiring managers, industry professionals and alumni.
- Work closely with the Placement/Industry Relations team to connect student preparation with actual recruitment requirements.
- Continuously use student and placement data to improve the program.

What Success Means
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📌 Head – Industry Readiness (Chennai)
🏢 Meenakshi Sundararajan Group of Institutions
📍 Chennai