Job Description:

The role will focus on building and scaling strategic partnerships with higher-education institutions and driving business growth for the College Connect business.

A few key areas of responsibility include: * Identify, engage, and build strategic partnerships with colleges, universities, and higher-education institutions.

- Develop and execute partnership strategies to expand L&T; EduTech’s presence across the higher-education ecosystem.
- Build relationships with key academic and institutional stakeholders, including Vice Chancellors, Deans, Directors, Principals, Placement Heads, and senior leadership.
- Understand institutional requirements and present relevant L&T; EduTech solutions across academic programs, industry-aligned learning, skilling, assessments, and technology-enabled offerings.
- Manage the complete partnership lifecycle — from prospect identification and initial engagement through negotiation, onboarding, implementation,



and long-term relationship management.
- Identify opportunities for curriculum integration, industry-academia initiatives, certification programs, employability initiatives, faculty development, and co-branded programs.
- Drive partnership-led business growth through chance identification, proposal development, commercial discussions, negotiations, and achievement of business targets.
- Stay abreast of higher-education trends, market developments, institutional needs, and emerging partnership opportunities.
- Collaborate with internal teams across Sales, Product, Academic, Marketing, Operations, and Delivery to ensure successful execution of partnerships.
- Build and manage a strong institutional pipeline while tracking key partnership metrics, conversions, business closures, and growth opportunities.

📌 Assistant Manager - Academic Partnership (Chennai)
🏢 Larsen and Toubro
📍 Chennai