Business Development Executive

Company Overview: SkillDeck is a fast-growing training and development organization specializing in high-demand areas like HR, technology, digital marketing, and more. We aim to empower professionals and students by providing top-tier training solutions that enhance employability and performance. We’re seeking proactive Business Development Executives who can forge valuable partnerships with colleges and corporate organizations, accelerating our reach and impact.

Job Summary: As a Business Development Executive for Partnerships, you will play a critical role in expanding SkillDeck’s influence in the education and corporate sectors. You will be responsible for identifying, approaching, and securing partnerships with educational institutions and businesses to facilitate large-scale training and upskilling initiatives. This is a high-impact position where you will contribute directly to SkillDeck’s growth strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Partnership Acquisition:

• Identify and develop relationships with key stakeholders in colleges, universities, and corporate organizations.
• Initiate and conduct meetings with decision-makers to present SkillDeck’s course offerings, subscription models, and other training solutions.

Proposal Development:

• Create customized partnership proposals and presentations that address the needs of academic and corporate clients.
• Draft and negotiate partnership agreements, including terms of collaboration, pricing, and deliverables.

Market Research & Analysis:

• Conduct research to identify trends and demand in training areas like HR, data science, digital marketing, etc., within the college and corporate sectors.
• Analyze the competitive landscape and adjust partnership strategies accordingly to position SkillDeck as a preferred training partner.

Project Management:

• Oversee the successful implementation of partnership agreements, ensuring that deliverables and timelines are met.
• Collaborate with internal teams (content, marketing, and product) to customize course offerings as per partner requirements.

Relationship Building & Networking:

• Maintain ongoing relationships with existing partners, providing regular updates and exploring opportunities for growth.
• Attend industry conferences, networking events, and educational fairs to promote SkillDeck and connect with potential partners.

Reporting and Goal Tracking:

• Track partnership performance metrics, generate reports, and present insights to management.
• Meet or exceed quarterly targets for new partnerships, revenue, and client engagement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field (MBA preferred).
• 3-5 years of experience in business development, sales, or partnership roles, preferably in the education or training industry.
• Proven track record of closing deals with academic institutions or corporate clients.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Familiarity with training and development trends, particularly in technology and professional upskilling.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with CRM software for tracking leads and managing client relationships.
• Established network within the education or corporate training sectors.
• Knowledge of digital marketing, HR, or technology-related training is a plus.

Why Join Us:

• Opportunity to work with a leading brand in the training industry.
• Competitive salary with performance-based incentives.
• Career growth potential within a rapidly expanding organization.
• Exposure to diverse projects and client bases.

Director - Backend | Snapmint About Snapmint.

Experience: 12+ years, Location: Gurgaon.

Founded by serial Entrepreneurs from IIT Bombay, Snapmint is challenging the way banking is done by building the banking experience ground up. Our first product provides purchase financing at 0% interest rates to 300 Million banked consumers in India who do not have credit cards using instant credit scoring and advanced underwriting systems. We look at hundreds of variables, much beyond traditional credit models. With real time credit approval, seamless digital loan servicing and repayments technology we are revolutionizing the way banking is done for todays smartphone-wielding Indian. https://snapmint.com/

Job Overview: As Director Backend, you will lead a team of backend engineers, driving the development of scalable, reliable, and performant systems. You will work closely with product management, front-end engineers, and other cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions while ensuring alignment with the companys technical and business goals. You will play a key role in coaching and mentoring engineers, promoting best practices, and helping to grow the backend engineering capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of backend engineers, ensuring high-quality delivery and fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to define technical solutions and design scalable backend architectures.
• Own the development and maintenance of backend systems, APIs, and services.
• Drive technical initiatives, including infrastructure improvements, performance optimizations, and platform scalability.
• Guide the team in implementing industry best practices for code quality, security, and performance.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and maintaining high coding standards.
• Promote agile methodologies and ensure the team adheres to sprint timelines and goals.
• Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure team productivity and system reliability.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and improvement within the backend engineering team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of experience in backend development with a proven track record of leading engineering teams.
• Strong experience with backend language ie. Node.js
• Experience working with databases (SQL, NoSQL), caching systems, and RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of software development principles, version control, and CI/CD practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to architect complex systems.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.

1. Curriculum Development: Collaborate with Academic Advisory Committee and Marketing team members to design and develop comprehensive curriculum for data science programs at undergraduate and graduate levels. Ensure alignment with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data science education.
2. Faculty Recruitment and Development: Lead the recruitment, selection, and development of faculty members with expertise in data science. Provide mentorship, support, and professional development opportunities to faculty to enhance teaching effectiveness and academic performance.
3. Quality Assurance: Establish and maintain robust mechanisms for quality assurance and academic oversight. Implement assessment strategies, evaluation criteria, and continuous improvement processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality education and student outcomes.
4. Student Engagement: Foster a culture of student engagement, innovation, and success. Develop initiatives to support student learning, retention, and career readiness in the field of data science. Provide academic counselling and support services to students as needed.
5. Industry Collaboration: Collaborate with industry partners, employers, and professional organizations to enhance experiential learning opportunities, internships, and job placement prospects for students. Organize industry events, guest lectures, and networking opportunities to facilitate knowledge exchange and industry engagement.
6. Research and Innovation: Encourage research and innovation in data science education. Facilitate faculty research projects, interdisciplinary collaborations, and scholarly activities to advance knowledge and contribute to the academic community.

Budget Management: Develop and manage the academic budget in collaboration with the finance department. Ensure efficient allocation of resources to support academic programs, faculty development, and student services.

Skills Required:

• 7+ years of experience as software engineer.
• Experience in Dot.Net technologies - Asp.Net MVC, WebAPI, .NetCore
• Experience in ORM like Entity Framework /Dapper
• Experience with Object-Oriented Design and SOLID principles
• Experience with Unit Testing, Mocking and Dependency Injection frameworks
• Experience with SQL Server, NoSQL or other database technology
• Experience with software quality, testing procedures and build automation tools
• Knowledge of the Principles & Patterns of Agile Software
• Ability to understand and troubleshoot existing code and maintain existing systems.
• Ability to identity performance bottlenecks.
• Experience working with version control tools such as GIT and CI/CD tools.

**Job Title:** Angular Developer

**Experience Level:** 1-3 years

**Job Description:**

We are seeking a skilled Angular Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have 1 to 3 years of experience in developing web applications using Angular, JavaScript, and TypeScript. As an Angular Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining user interfaces for our web applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet our clients' needs.

**Responsibilities:**

- Develop user interfaces for web applications using Angular framework.

- Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code in JavaScript and TypeScript.

- Collaborate with backend developers to integrate front-end components with server-side logic.

- Optimize application performance and ensure responsiveness across various devices and browsers.

- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.

- Troubleshoot and debug issues to ensure smooth application operation.

- Stay up-to-date with the latest web development trends and best practices.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

- 1 to 3 years of professional experience in web development.

- Strong proficiency in Angular, JavaScript, and TypeScript.

- Experience with HTML5, CSS3, and CSS pre-processing frameworks such as SASS or LESS.

- Knowledge of RESTful APIs and asynchronous programming.

- Familiarity with version control systems, preferably Git.

- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

**Nice to Have:**

- Experience with other front-end frameworks/libraries such as React or Vue.js.

- Knowledge of UI/UX design principles.

- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.

If you meet the qualifications and are passionate about creating elegant and responsive user interfaces, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Our client is a pet-care focused digital aggregator across various categories such as food, accessories, toys and grooming essentials. Their focus segment is the rapidly increasing community of pet parents. They offer expert-led online pet care consultation, training and healthcare services and products for dogs and cats, covering the lifecycle of a pet acting as a one stop shop. It is headquartered in Bangalore and was co-founded by startup veterans of whom 2 are IIM-Lucknow alumni and one is a Chartered Accountant. Our venture capital-backed client is funded by tier 1 investors and has raised approx. $3.5 mn in funding.

As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for constantly looking to improve the product by analyzing and benchmarking.

• Understanding user behavior and demonstrating the same
• Analyzing data, postulating theories, conducting experiments, measuring performance and reiterating
• Quantifying & communicating the “gap” as well as the gains to relevant stakeholders
• Carrying a vision for the launch and a drive to nurture the product henceforth

Desired Candidate Profile

• Graduation from a Tier 1 college(IIT, NIT, BIT)
• 3 years of experience in the development of user-facing products
• Minimum 2 years of experience working as a Product Manager
• Good experience working with a start-up company
• High sense of ownership    

Senior Manager – LeadSquared Apps Marketplace

LeadSquared is one of the top cloud-based sales execution SaaS platforms. The platform is used by over 40,000 users across 25 countries to grow their businesses. The business is growing well across multiple geographies in financial services, healthcare, education and other consumer services. 

Apps Marketplace

To serve multiple industries and geographies, it is critical to have a strong integration and product extension strategy to meet specific customer needs. That is where our apps marketplace comes in, which currently has about 30 apps solving various micro-integration or functionality extension needs. With the kind of growth we are seeing, we need to build many more apps, and more importantly bring in partners who can seamlessly build and integrate their apps in our marketplace.

The Role

We are looking for an energetic and passionate individual to lead our Apps Marketplace effort:

• Build a team and drive the effort of building and maintaining strategic apps (ones which need to be inhouse) such as cloud telephony integration, SMS, email integration and Google/Facebook ads.
• Work with our platform group to ensure the apps marketplace framework is partner ready, and it is easy to add new apps
• Educate and collaborate with potential dev partners so they can contribute to LeadSquared apps marketplace

Key Requirements

The ideal candidate would have experience of designing, building, testing and releasing several cloud-based business applications, end-to-end.  Experience of leading small teams, strong sense of ownership, working collaboratively with different teams and expertise in setting up strong engineering process are critical.  Other requirements include:

• 6+ full-stack experience in building cloud-based web applications using any of .NET/Java/Python/PHP/Node.js. Some experience in C# and ASP.NET important
• Solid understanding of architecture, design, development, test and release of web applications, REST APIs and application integrations
• Experience in working on AWS with good understanding of various managed services
• Proven experience of project planning, estimation and execution
• Strong knowledge of build and release process