Placement Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Employer Acquisition & Corporate Connects:

Proactively identify and onboard pharma companies, biotech firms, CROs, diagnostic labs, genomics companies, and research institutions as hiring partners.

Build a strong pipeline of 50+ active corporate partners for placement and internship programs.

Conduct consultative discussions with HR heads, TA leaders, and department managers to understand their fresher and experienced hiring needs.

Represent Biotecnika at industry events, pharma conclaves, and HR roundtables to strengthen our employer brand.

End-to-End Placement Execution:

Own the complete placement lifecycle from company onboarding to offer letter rollout.

Design and execute structured placement drives, virtual hiring events, and campus-style recruitment programs for our learners.

Coordinate JD collection, student shortlisting, interview scheduling, feedback tracking, and offer management.

Track placement KPIs daily companies onboarded, interviews conducted, offers made, and joinings confirmed.

Student Outcomes & Career Support:

Work closely with the training team to align curriculum with industry hiring expectations.

Conduct mock interviews, resume reviews, and pre-placement orientation sessions for enrolled students.

Ensure a minimum placement rate target is achieved for each cohort.

Act as the point of contact for students on career queries, placement timelines, and job opportunities.

Relationship Management:

Build and nurture long-term relationships with HR teams, hiring managers, and academic coordinators.

Maintain a live CRM of all corporate connections with interaction history and opportunity status.

Gather hiring feedback from partners and relay insights to curriculum and admissions teams.

Strategy & Planning:

Design annual and quarterly placement calendars aligned with batch timelines.

Identify new verticals clinical trials, bioinformatics, bioanalytical labs, regulatory affairs to expand placement opportunities.

Benchmark Biotecnika's placement outcomes against industry standards and propose improvements.

Who We Are Looking For:

Experience:

5+ years in any of the following: Placement Officer / TPO at life sciences or pharma colleges, Employer Relations / Corporate Connect in EdTech, Talent Acquisition or campus hiring in pharma, biotech, CRO, or diagnostics, HR / TA in a life sciences company with fresher hiring experience.

Must-Have Skills & Traits:

Proven track record of bringing companies to campus or placing students/freshers into jobs numbers matter here.

Existing network of HR contacts in pharma, biotech, CRO, diagnostics, or research sectors

Strong consultative communication skills you should be as comfortable talking to a TA head as you are guiding a student on their career path.

High ownership and accountability you will own placement numbers, not just coordinate activities.

Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment with ambitious targets and quick decision-making.

Proficiency in Excel, CRM tools, and communication platforms (WhatsApp Business, LinkedIn, email).

Good to Have:

Experience in EdTech or training organizations specifically in the STEM or healthcare space.

Understanding of regulatory, clinical, or bioinformatics job functions in the pharma/biotech sector.

Why Join Biotecnika

This is a rare opportunity to be the career-making force for thousands of India's brightest life sciences minds and to build something meaningful in a niche where very few placement professionals operate.

Work at India's most recognized life sciences career platform with 18+ years of trust and 1,00,000+ students served.

Direct impact: your placements show up as real outcomes real jobs, real careers, real lives changed.

Full ownership of the placement vertical with the backing of a 150-person team and strong digital reach.

Work directly with the founding team fast decisions, no red tape, high autonomy.

Competitive salary + performance-linked incentives tied directly to placement outcomes.

Opportunity to build and scale the placement team as the business grows.