Manager (Center for Future Skills)

NSDC is expanding its “Center for Future Skills (CFS)”
initiative across Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to create
industry -aligned future skills infrastructure and learning ecosystems across
India.

The organization aims to establish 50+ Centres for the Future Skills within a year in partnership with universities, engineering colleges,
autonomous institutions, and other higher education ecosystems.

The role requires a high -energy relationship and business
development professional who can drive institutional partnerships, manage
revenue realisation, ensure successful operational coordination, and cross -sell
NSDC ecosystem offerings to partner institutions.

The ideal candidate should possess strong stakeholder
management skills, commercial orientation, and understanding of higher
education and skilling ecosystems in India.

Key Responsibilities

1. Institutional Partnership Development

• Identify
  and onboard Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) for establishment of
  Center for Future Skills (CFS).
  
• Build
  strategic relationships with Vice Chancellors, Directors, Principals,
  Deans, Placement Heads, and institutional leadership teams.
  
• Drive
  end -to -end partnership discussions including presentations, proposals
  submissions, commercials, approvals, and closures.
  
• Develop
  regional and sectoral partnership pipelines to support rapid expansion
  targets.
  

2. Account Management & Relationship Handling

• Serve
  as the primary relationship manager for assigned institutional partners.
  
• Ensure
  strong engagement and long -term retention of partner institutions.
  
• Conduct
  regular review meetings with partner institutions to track progress,
  utilization, and opportunities for expansion.
  
• Resolve
  operational and coordination issues in collaboration with internal teams.
  

3. Revenue Collection & Commercial Management

• Ensure
  timely invoicing, payment follow -ups, and revenue realisation from partner
  institutions.
  
• Track
  commercial milestones and ensure adherence to agreed payment schedules.
  
• Coordinate
  with finance and operations teams to minimize outstanding receivables.
  
• Maintain
  accurate revenue and partnership MIS reports.
  

4. Cross -Selling & Ecosystem Expansion

• Identify
  opportunities to cross -sell other NSDC products, initiatives, and
  ecosystem offerings within partner institutions.
  
• Promote
  additional programs including:
  
• Executive
  education
  
• Faculty
  development programs
  
• Apprenticeships
  
• Industry
  certifications
  
• Digital
  learning solutions
  
• Sector
  Skill Council offerings
  
• Placement
  and employability initiatives
  
• Drive
  deeper institutional engagement through multi -product adoption.
  

5. Program & Operational Coordination

• Coordinate
  with internal operations, academic, technology, and marketing teams for
  successful implementation of CFS centres.
  
• Monitor
  centre activation timelines and implementation milestones.
  
• Support
  launch events, workshops, industry connect activities, and outreach
  initiatives.
  
• Ensure
  partner institutions derive measurable value and learner impact from the
  initiative.
  

6. Market Intelligence & Expansion Strategy

• Track
  emerging trends in future skills, higher education, and workforce
  transformation.
  
• Identify
  high -potential geographies, sectors, and institution categories for
  expansion.
  
• Benchmark
  institutional partnership models and recommend improvements to the CFS
  framework.
  
• Support
  development of strategic proposals and growth plans for scaling the
  initiative nationally.
  

Requirements

Educational Qualification

• MBA
  / PGDM / Master’s degree from a reputed institution preferred.
  
• Background
  in business development, education, skilling, management, or related
  fields preferred.
  

Experience

• 7–10
  years of experience in:
  
• Institutional
  sales
  
• Higher
  education partnerships
  
• EdTech
  
• Skilling
  ecosystem
  
• Key
  account management
  
• Business
  development
  
• Education
  consulting