Assistant Manager - Academic Partnership

LNT/AM-AP/1891761

• LEDT-Edutech

• Chennai Head Qrs.

• Posted On 12 Oct 2026

• End Date 10 Apr 2027

• Required Experience8 - 12 years

Skills

Knowledge & Posting Location

Marketing & Sales Proposal Management Revenue Growth Generation

Minimum Qualification

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Job Description

The role will focus on building and scaling strategic partnerships with higher-education institutions and driving business growth for the College Connect business.

A few key areas of responsibility include:

• Identify, engage, and build strategic partnerships with colleges, universities, and higher-education institutions.

• Develop and execute partnership strategies to expand L&T EduTech’s presence across the higher-education ecosystem.

• Build relationships with key academic and institutional stakeholders, including Vice Chancellors, Deans, Directors, Principals, Placement Heads, and senior leadership.

• Understand institutional requirements and present relevant L&T EduTech solutions across academic programs, industry-aligned learning, skilling, assessments, and technology-enabled offerings.

• Manage the complete partnership lifecycle — from prospect identification and initial engagement through negotiation, onboarding, implementation, and long-term relationship management.

• Identify opportunities for curriculum integration, industry-academia initiatives, certification programs, employability initiatives, faculty development, and co-branded programs.

• Drive partnership-led business growth through opportunity identification, proposal development, commercial discussions, negotiations, and achievement of business targets.

• Stay abreast of higher-education trends, market developments, institutional needs, and emerging partnership opportunities.

• Collaborate with internal teams across Sales, Product, Academic, Marketing, Operations, and Delivery to ensure successful execution of partnerships.

• Build and manage a strong institutional pipeline while tracking key partnership metrics, conversions, business closures, and growth opportunities.