Program Manager – PGP Entrepreneurship

Location: Mumbai | Employment: Full-time, on-campus

Experience: 8–12 years of closely relevant experience

CTC: Rs 18 to Rs 24 Lakhs PA

The Opportunity

Help develop Welingkar’s PGP Entrepreneurship into a distinctive learning experience for aspiring entrepreneurs, scions of family businesses, and future business leaders.

We seek an experienced professional who can connect management education with the realities of building, running and growing businesses. Working closely with academic leadership, you will take ownership of program execution, student experience and engagement with entrepreneurs, family businesses and the wider entrepreneurial community.

The role offers scope to build your professional standing through meaningful relationships, program development and measurable contributions to students’ entrepreneurial progress.

Key Responsibilities

1. Program Development and Growth

- Develop and execute an annual program plan covering delivery quality, student experience, entrepreneurial engagement and enrolment growth.

- Work with academic leadership to strengthen the program’s relevance to current ventures, existing businesses and family enterprises.

- Identify opportunities for practical learning, business exposure and mentoring.

- Support admissions through applicant interactions, webinars, program presentations and selection activities.

- Work with marketing teams to communicate credible student, alumni, mentor and business stories.

2. Academic Delivery and Faculty Engagement

- Manage the academic calendar, class schedules, faculty coordination, assessments and project timelines.

- Identify and engage faculty, entrepreneurs, business leaders and specialist practitioners.

- Support learning experiences covering opportunity assessment, customer discovery, business models, finance, go-to-market strategy and business growth.

- Coordinate academic milestones and documentation with institutional teams.

- Monitor student feedback and facilitate improvements in teaching and learning quality.

3. Entrepreneurial and Business Engagement

- Build sustained relationships with founders, family business leaders, incubators, accelerators, investors and professional advisers.

- Convert relationships into guest lectures, mentoring, business visits,



workshops and practical projects.

- Develop opportunities for students to examine real business challenges and work with entrepreneurs.

- Create a dependable mentor network aligned with students’ business interests and stages of development.

4. Venture Projects and Student Outcomes

- Coordinate venture projects, business plan reviews, customer validation exercises and pitch presentations.

- Facilitate mentor feedback on commercial viability, execution priorities and business risks.

- Connect students with relevant incubation, advisory and entrepreneurial opportunities.

- Support students pursuing new ventures, joining family businesses or seeking entrepreneurial roles in established organisations.

- Work with career services where internships or employment opportunities are relevant.

5. Student Experience and Alumni Engagement

- Serve as the primary operational point of contact for students.

- Monitor participation, academic progress and project milestones.

- Resolve concerns with relevant faculty and institutional teams.

- Encourage initiative, commercial discipline, collaboration and accountability.

- Engage alumni entrepreneurs and business owners in mentoring, project reviews and professional introductions.

6. Events, Representation and Operational Ownership

- Curate and host founder conversations, business workshops, mentoring sessions and student venture showcases.

- Industry visits

- Represent the program at entrepreneurship, family business and institutional forums.

- Coordinate across academics, admissions, marketing, career services and administration.

- Manage approved budgets and maintain a dashboard of program performance.

- Present regular reviews, identify risks early and drive agreed actions to completion.

Candidate Profile

- 8–12 years of closely relevant experience, including ownership of comparable entrepreneurship, business management or professional education programs.





- Experience in leading universities, reputed business schools, or premium EdTech and education program management organisations delivering programs with reputed institutions.

- Candidates from incubators, accelerators or entrepreneurship development organisations should have managed structured learning programs involving faculty or experts, mentors and participant outcomes.

- Demonstrated experience coordinating academic delivery, entrepreneurial mentoring and practical business projects.

- Relevant exposure to entrepreneurship or family business education, supported by an active founder and business network, is essential.

- Evidence of measurable contributions to program quality, growth, mentor engagement or participant development.

- A postgraduate qualification in Management, Entrepreneurship or a related discipline.

- Strong communication, presentation, stakeholder management and execution skills.

Measures of Success

- Quality and timeliness of academic delivery.

- Student engagement, satisfaction and issue resolution.

- Quality and continuity of founder, business leader and mentor participation.

- Completion and quality of venture projects and business plans.

- Demonstrated student progress in customer validation, venture development or family business initiatives.

- Contribution to qualified applications, enrollments and alumni engagement.

- Delivery within approved budgets.

Application

Please submit your CV with a brief note outlining a comparable program you have managed, your entrepreneurial and business network, and the measurable outcomes you have delivered.

About Us

WeSchool (Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research) is one of India's leading business schools is recognised for its academic excellence, industry relevance and pioneering approach to management education. With a distinguished legacy and campuses in Mumbai and Bengaluru, WeSchool has consistently championed innovation, design thinking, entrepreneurship and technology-driven learning. The institute offers a dynamic academic environment where ideas, industry and education converge, creating opportunities for accomplished professionals to contribute to the future of management education.

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