Programme Manager — Product & Programme Development
Job Summary
Programme Manager Product & Programme Development
Location: Remote (India)
Role Summary It is responsible for converting programme components that currently exist as ideas one-off interventions or informal practice into structured repeatable scalable products with defined scope playbooks and delivery formats that any Venture Partner or Sprint Operator across hubs can pick up and run consistently.
Key Responsibilities
- Create playbooks for each sprint type so delivery quality doesnt depend on which Sprint Operator runs it
- Design and productize the SMB Community and peer network model (Peer Circles Hub Chapters) into a defined repeatable format
- Design the Alumni Engagement pathway structure for repeat sprints and a paid conversion model for ventures exiting the core programme
- Build out Sector Focus Sprints as standalone products examples:
Defence Manufacturing DPP compliance OEM connect
Food & Agro export certification retail entry
EV & Clean Tech OEM partnerships subsidy navigation
- Take other ad hoc or one-off interventions run across hubs and convert them into standardized reusable products (clear scope inputs outputs effort)
- Bring an analytical lens to product design sizing demand structuring frameworks validating assumptions before building
- Build and maintain a network of external service providers relevant to sector sprints (compliance consultants certification bodies OEM connectors etc.)
- Apply consulting-style structured problem solving to genuinely ambiguous undefined areas of the programme
Requirements
- Background in management consulting or a Chartered Accountant with strong exposure to business problem-solving
- Strong grounding in management consulting problem-solving frameworks (structuring hypothesis-driven analysis MECE-style breakdowns) hands-on sector experience is not required ability to apply frameworks to a new sector is what matters
- Demonstrated experience building frameworks playbooks or productized service offerings not just executing against someone elses brief
- Strong analytical and structuring ability; comfortable working from ambiguity to a defined product
- Existing or buildable network of relevant service providers/experts able to work independently in a remote build-from-scratch capacity
Required Skills:
Key Responsibilities Create playbooks for each sprint type so delivery quality doesnt depend on which Sprint Operator runs it Design and productize the SMB Community and peer network model (Peer Circles Hub Chapters) into a defined repeatable format Design the Alumni Engagement pathway structure for repeat sprints and a paid conversion model for ventures exiting the core programme Build out Sector Focus Sprints as standalone products examples: Defence Manufacturing DPP compliance OEM connect Food & Agro export certification retail entry EV & Clean Tech OEM partnerships subsidy navigation Take other ad hoc or one-off interventions run across hubs and convert them into standardized reusable products (clear scope inputs outputs effort) Bring an analytical lens to product design sizing demand structuring frameworks validating assumptions before building Build and maintain a network of external service providers relevant to sector sprints (compliance consultants certification bodies OEM connectors etc.) Apply consulting-style structured problem solving to genuinely ambiguous undefined areas of the programme
Required Education:
MBA