Job DescriptionHead – Industry Readiness & Employability

NLocation: Chennai

NExperience: 8+ years

NBuilding Industry-Ready Engineers — Not Just Training Programs

NThe gap between what engineering graduates learn and what industry expects from them is widely recognised.

NWe are therefore buildinga high-impact, in-house Industry Readiness & Employability program for our engineering students — one that goes beyond conventional placement training.

NWe 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.

NThis is not a conventional training or operations role.

NWhat You Will Do

nYou will own the complete student industry-readiness journey:

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

NWe are not interested in measuring success by training hours or number of classes conducted.

NWe want to see measurableimprovement in:

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- Student competency levels
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- Student engagement and practice
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- Technical and communication assessment scores
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- Interview shortlisting and conversion
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- Technical interview success
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- Number and quality of students placed
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- Number and quality of companies recruiting our students
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- Roles and compensation secured
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- Employer feedback
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NUltimately:

NMore students should become genuinely employable, get shortlisted, perform better in interviews and secure quality employment.

NWho We Are Looking For

NWe are looking for a builder, learning leader and outcome owner who understands both industry expectations and student behaviour.

NYou may come from:

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- Employability / career-readiness EdTech
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- Graduate or early-career talent development
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- Workforce-readiness organisations
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- Corporate L&D; with significant early-career exposure
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- Engineering student skill-development
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- Technology / coding education with demonstrated employability outcomes
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- University / college employability programs
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- Large-scale student or graduate development programs
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nExperience in an employability-focused EdTech organisation will be strongly valued.

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is your demonstrated ability to take a large learner population from identified competency gaps to measurable outcomes.

NYou should have experience in designing or managing programs, leading trainers/mentors, driving learner engagement, using assessments and data, creating interventions for weaker learners, and working with employers or industry.

NYou should be someone whocan think like an employer, learning architect, student-development leader and business owner simultaneously.

NThis Role Will Suit Someone Who

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- Enjoys building rather than maintaining established systems.
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- Is highly outcome-driven and comfortable being measured on results.
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- Understands that students require structure, motivation, monitoring and continuous intervention to develop consistently.
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- Is willing to get into the details when outcomes are not being achieved.
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- Can challenge conventional approaches to engineering education.
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- Is entrepreneurial, analytical and execution-oriented.
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- Can build a robust teamand create a culture of accountability.
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nWhy Join Us?

nThis is an opportunity to build an employability ecosystem from the ground up, with the autonomy to shape the curriculum, training model, assessment framework, student engagement system and industry interface.

NYou will have a dedicatedteam and the institutional support to experiment, measure and continuously improve.

NIf you believe engineering education should produce graduates who are ready to contribute from Day One, we would like to hear from you.

NApplication

nPlease share your CV along with a brief response to:

N"What are the three biggest employability gaps among today's engineering graduates, and what would you do differently to address them?"

NSelected candidates may be invited for a practical case discussion.

📌 Hiring: Head - Industry Readiness & Employability (India)
🏢 Meenakshi Sundararajan Group of Institutions
📍 India