Job Description

Head – Industry Readiness & Employability

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Location: Chennai

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Experience: 8+ years

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Building Industry-Ready Engineers — Not Just Training Programs

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

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

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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.

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This is not a conventional training or operations role.

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What You Will Do

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You 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 team of 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 robust 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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What Success Means

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

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We want to see measurable improvement 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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Ultimately:

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

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Who We Are Looking For

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

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You 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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Experience in an employability-focused EdTech organisation will be strongly valued.

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More important than the sector, however,



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

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You 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.

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You should be someone who can think like an employer, learning architect, student-development leader and business owner simultaneously.

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This 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 strong team and create a culture of accountability.
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Why Join Us?

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This 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.

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You will have a dedicated team and the institutional support to experiment, measure and continuously improve.

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

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Application

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Please share your CV along with a brief response to:

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

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Selected candidates may be invited for a practical case discussion.

📌 Head - Industry Readiness & Employability (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 Meenakshi Sundararajan Group of Institutions
📍 Tamil Nadu