About the Role
We are looking for an Associate/ Senior Associate - Program Manager with a consulting background who can drive end-to-end hiring for high-potential undergraduate talent, particularly through leading college campuses.
The ideal candidate should bring a strong understanding of consulting-style problem solving, structured assessment, stakeholder and client management, and team dynamics . The role will require the ability to identify candidates from top ties institutes (IITs, NLUs etc) who demonstrate intellectual rigour, analytical thinking, communication skills, ownership, standards typical of top-tier strategy/governance consulting firms.
The person will work closely with hiring managers and senior stakeholders to understand talent requirements, build campus hiring strategies, assess candidates, and ensure a high-quality hiring pipeline.
Key Responsibilities
1. Campus & Undergraduate Hiring
- Drive end-to-end recruitment of undergraduate talent from leading colleges and universities.
- Build and maintain relationships with colleges, placement cells, faculty, student bodies, and campus representatives.
- Develop campus hiring strategies based on role requirements and talent availability.
- Develop JDs, PPTs and other outreach material for campus recruitment
- Screen and shortlist candidates through CVs, applications, assessments, and interviews.
- Coordinate campus presentations, pre-placement engagements, assessments, interviews, and offer processes.
- Maintain a strong pipeline of high-potential candidates across campuses.
2. Candidate Assessment
- Evaluate candidates beyond academic credentials, with a focus on:
- Structured problem solving
- Analytical and logical thinking
- Communication and articulation
- Ownership and initiative
- Ability to work in teams
- Client/stakeholder management
- Leadership potential
- Develop and use structured interview frameworks to assess candidates consistently.
- Identify candidates who can operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous, and high-pressure environments.
- Conduct competency-based and case/problem-solving interviews where required.
3. Stakeholder Management & Advisory
- Partner closely with project directors to deeply understand talent requirements and translate them into actionable campus strategies.
- Act as a gatekeeper for quality, providing well-reasoned, objective feedback and candidate evaluations to leadership before final interview rounds.
- Track and report on campus hiring metrics, conversion rates, and pipeline health to optimize future recruitment cycles.
Required Skills & Competencies
- Strong consulting or consulting-style recruitment experience.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong understanding of structured interviews and candidate assessment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple hiring processes and tight deadlines.
- Strong understanding of campus recruitment and undergraduate talent.
- Ability to assess candidates objectively and identify high-potential talent.
- Strong team management and coordination capabilities.
- High ownership, attention to detail, and execution orientation.
Preferred Background
Candidates from the following backgrounds would be preferred:
- Management consulting / strategy consulting
- Executive search or consulting-focused recruitment
- Talent acquisition roles supporting consulting or professional services firms
- Campus recruitment teams at leading consulting firms
- Candidates from organisations where structured problem-solving and stakeholder management are core to the role
Educational Qualification
- Bachelor's degree from a reputed university/institution.
- MBA/PGDM or equivalent qualification would be an advantage.
- Candidates from premier undergraduate institutions with strong consulting experience may also be considered.
