Program Manager

Program Manager Student Engagement, Events & Campus Experience Position: Program Manager Experience : 5+ Years Department : Academic Operations / Student Experience Location: Kochi Reporting To : CEO Office Executive Summary The Program Manager will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of Elance Learning’s student engagement and events agenda, ensuring that every initiative strengthens student experience, campus culture, and organisational outcomes. This role is accountable for building a structured monthly and quarterly engagement calendar, aligning programmes with academic priorities, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders for seamless execution. The successful candidate will bring strong ownership, execution discipline, creativity, and stakeholder-management capability to convert ideas into high-impact student programmes that enhance participation, satisfaction, and institutional engagement. Strategic Responsibilities • Design and manage a structured student engagement calendar aligned with academic, campus, and organisational priorities. • Plan and execute events, workshops, competitions, celebrations, awareness programmes, and student-development initiatives. • Develop new engagement formats based on student needs, institutional goals, and emerging learning trends. • Coordinate with Academic, Campus, Marketing, Operations, and other teams to ensure integrated event execution. • Prepare event plans, timelines, budgets, resource requirements, execution checklists, and post-event review reports. • Own end-to-end programme delivery from concept development and planning to execution, feedback collection, and outcome analysis. • Coordinate with external vendors, speakers, trainers, partners, and other stakeholders wherever required. • Drive student participation through clear communication, timely coordination, and consistent follow-up. • Monitor programme execution across campuses and ensure delivery within approved timelines, budgets, and quality standards. • Maintain documentation including calendars, reports, photographs, participation records, feedback summaries, and management updates. Ideal Candidate Profile • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Management, Education, Event Management, or a related discipline. • Relevant experience in student engagement, programme management, event management, academic operations, or campus activities. • Strong planning, coordination, project management, and execution skills. • Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to manage diverse stakeholders. • Ability to manage multiple programmes independently while ensuring timely follow-up and quality delivery. • Creative, proactive, and outcome-oriented approach to student engagement. • Strong problem-solving ability, ownership mindset, and accountability for deliverables. • Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, external partners, and campus stakeholders. • Willingness to travel across campuses or locations, based on programme requirements. Key Success Measures • Quality, structure, and consistency of the student engagement calendar. • Number, relevance, and impact of programmes and events conducted. • Student participation, engagement, feedback, and satisfaction levels. • Timely execution of planned activities within approved standards and budgets. • Effectiveness of cross-functional coordination and stakeholder communication. • Innovation introduced in student engagement and campus experience initiatives. • Quality of post-event reporting, documentation, and management updates. Core Competencies Programme Management | Student Engagement Strategy | Event Execution | Stakeholder Management | Cross-Functional Coordination | Planning & Governance | Communication | Ownership | Innovation | Problem Solving About Elance Learning Elance Learning is a growing education and learning organisation committed to delivering quality academic and career-oriented learning experiences. The organisation focuses on academic excellence, student development, and outcome-driven learning through an engaging and supportive student ecosystem. This role is critical to strengthening the student experience at Elance Learning by building a vibrant programme culture, improving engagement touchpoints, and ensuring that campus initiatives are executed with consistency, creativity, and measurable impact.