About us:

ProGrad is a new-age tech school with a mission to make world-class computer science
education affordable and relevant. ProGrad is an initiative by a team led by IIM grads
Rajesh & Venkat who are also the brains behind FACE - India’s largest career
development enterprise. FACE has trained over 3 million graduate students from across
1500+ colleges in India and also helped over 2.5 million graduate students in landing
their first IT jobs.

ProGrad, a member of NEAT (National Educational Alliance for Technology) by the

Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, aims to bridge the skill gap between academia and
the tech industry through their unique programs. After helping thousands of graduates
land their dream tech jobs, ProGrad stands as one of India’s top destinations for tech
education. With their sister brand ProGrad Junior, the team is also quite popular among
school kids to learn 21st century skills.

Role:

Entrepreneur In Residence

About the role:

If you’ve always wanted to become an entrepreneur but did not take the leap of faith
due to whatever reasons, then this is the next closest thing you could do to experience
what entrepreneurship is all about. As an EIR, you’ll be closely working with the
founding team and hustle all the way to turn ideas into reality. Here’s what you’ll be
typically doing [Disclaimer: You’ll be doing a lot! :D]

- Conduct market research to validate ideas and develop existing/new business

plan
- Demonstrate POC (Proof of concept) for new ideas through any means
- Ideate and turn any product-related ideas into wireframes
- Develop go-to-market strategies for sales, marketing, and communications
- Liaise with multiple stakeholders across various departments to plan
omni-channel campaigns
- Work with the founding team and set KPIs, and actionable goals
 - Learn any technology, tool, method, concept etc. that you might need to get your
job done
- Make presentations to internal stakeholders to get buy-in
- Make pitch decks, brochures, documents, and collaterals that might be required
throughout the sales and marketing cycles
- Sell! Yes, sell your ideas internally as well as to acquire the first few customers
- Dig the data along with the leadership team, derive insights, work with
stakeholders, tighten the screws and help improve business metrics

In short, in this role, you’ll develop a strong skill set that will help you grow both
personally and professionally. Our promise is, we’ll give you the space to learn,
ownership of what you do, and most importantly, freedom to fail. Here’s what we are
looking for in return:

- Strong business acumen

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Be a strong individual contributor but also play well in a team environment
- Be Tech-savvy
- Willingness to learn new things to get your job done
- Any past work experience in the fields of digital marketing, Sales, UI/UX design,
product management, and software development is a plus.

Eligibility Criteria:

B. E. / B. Tech (Any stream) – CGPA of 7.5 and above

CTC:

INR 7.2 LPA (inclusive of a joining bonus of INR 1 L)

Internship:

6 months (until you complete the course), stipend of INR 15K per month

Location:

Currently Work From Home, Coimbatore post normalcy.