Job Description: Program Manager
About NxtWave
NXTWave is one of India's fastest-growing ed-tech startups, revolutionizing the 21st-century job market. We're transforming youth into highly skilled tech professionals through our CCBP 4.0 programs, regardless of their educational background.
NxtWave was founded by Rahul Attuluri (Ex-Amazon, IIIT Hyderabad), Sashank Reddy (IIT Bombay), and Anupam Pedarla (IIT Kharagpur). Backed by Orios Ventures, Better Capital, and marquee angels, we raised $33 million in 2023 from Greater Pacific Capital.
Recognized as an official partner of NSDC (under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India) and by NASSCOM, NxtWave continues to drive excellence in tech education.
Notable Achievements:
- Named a Technology Pioneer 2024 by the World Economic Forum one of only 100 startups globally.
- Won the Startup Spotlight Award of the Year by T-Hub in 2023.
- Recognized as the Best Tech Skilling EdTech Startup of the Year 2022 by Times Business Awards.
- Featured as The Greatest Brand in Education in a research-based listing by URS Media.
- Founders Anupam Pedarla and Sashank Gujjula were featured in Forbes India 30 Under 30 (2024).
We break learning barriers by offering vernacular content for better comprehension and retention. With paid subscribers from 650+ districts across India, our learners are hired by 2500+ companies including Amazon, Accenture, IBM, Bank of America, TCS, Deloitte, and more.
About Role
At NxtWave, as a Senior Program Manager DSA & Competitive Programming, you will play a critical role in shaping students into top-tier problem solvers ready for world-class software careers. You will be responsible for driving outcomes in data structures, algorithms, and competitive programming across NIAT campuses. This includes ensuring strong student performance, building a thriving competitive programming culture, running coding contests, improving platform ratings, and managing performance of DSA instructors.
This role demands strong program management, deep understanding of DSA/CP ecosystems, and the ability to motivate, monitor, and guide students toward excellence in coding competitions and placements.
Key Responsibilities:
Student Learning & Outcomes:
- Ensure students become placement-ready by strengthening their problem-solving and DSA foundations.
- Oversee the delivery of DSA semester courses, ensuring high teaching quality and strong learning outcomes.
- Continuously monitor student attendance, learning progress, and coding contest performance; take interventions where needed.
Competitive Programming Culture & Performance:
- Drive student participation and rating improvement on platforms such as LeetCode, Codeforces, and CodeChef.
- Organize weekly coding contests across all NIAT campuses and design reward mechanisms to encourage excellence.
- Build and nurture a strong CP ecosystem by inviting industry experts for podcasts, sessions, and masterclasses.
- Identify top-performing students in each campus and run dedicated CP training programs for them.
- Ensure effective student preparation for global coding competitions such as ACM-ICPC, Meta Hacker Cup etc.
People & Process Management
- Oversee the hiring, onboarding, and training of DSA Instructors and ensure consistent quality standards.
- Track student feedback and implement continuous program improvements.
- Collaborate with internal academic, content, and operations teams to achieve outcome-focused execution.
Qualification & Skills:
Required
- 26 years of experience in program management, tech education, competitive programming training, or similar roles.
- Strong analytical ability to track performance metrics and drive data-informed decisions.
- Excellent communication and people management skills.
- Ability to coordinate across multiple teams and drive high accountability.
Preferred
- Demonstrated ability to build learning communities or student engagement programs.
- Hands-on experience with coding platforms (LeetCode, Codeforces, CodeChef, AtCoder).
- Experience mentoring students for coding interviews or competitive programming contests.
- Experience conducting or managing coding contests at scale.
- Good ratings or proven contest experience is a plus.
Qualities we'd love to find in you:
- High ownership and outcome-oriented mindset.
- Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
- Passion for CP, DSA, and student success.
- Ability to motivate learners and drive large-scale engagement.
- Creative problem-solving mindset and continuous improvement attitude.
- Openness to feedback and eagerness to keep growing.
