Program Manager

About Polygnan

Polygnan is a Section 8 startup founded in 2025, re-engineering the journey of future engineers by combining mentorship, practical skills, and an entrepreneurial mindset to build agency.

We prepare students to thrive beyond graduation through mentorship from global professionals, hands-on learning, and exposure to real-world challenges and mould them into becoming a lifepreneur. Founded by engineers with experience at Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle, Polygnan brings world-class expertise to address one of India’s most pressing challenges: the gap between engineering education and industry readiness. We are on a mission to transform the education system in India, making it more adaptive, entrepreneurial, and future-ready by instilling compassion, creativity and confidence among students.

More about Polygnan Foundation here: www.polygnan.org

About the Role: Program Manager

high-ownership Program Manager

This is not a narrow coordination role. You will be the engine that keeps Polygnan’s programs, priorities, people, and processes running smoothly.

You will work directly with the founders, program leads, mentors, college partners, and students.

If you love structured execution, stakeholder management, and building operational excellence in a fast-moving environment, this role is for you.

What You Will Own:

1.End-to-End Program Execution(0->1 -> Scale)

• Plan, run, and monitor Polygnan’s programs independently
• Convert concept notes into

  clear timelines, SOPs, workflows, and checklists

  .
• Coordinate with mentors, facilitators, college admins, and students to ensure seamless delivery.
• Conduct retrospections and build continuous improvement loops.

2. Organization Operations & Day-to-Day Management

• Maintain weekly and monthly organisational priorities, trackers, and OKRs.
• Run internal standups, sprint planning, and reviews (Scrum Master mindset).
• Ensure timely documentation: minutes, updates, dashboards, and follow-up actions.
• Manage internal tools (Notion, Sheets, Docs, Forms, Typeform, Airtable or similar).

3. Data, Documentation & Metrics

• Track program metrics: engagement, outcomes, feedback, learning indicators.
• Maintain clean documentation for audits, funders, and internal learning.
• Build program dashboards and reports for leadership and partners.

4. Events & On-Ground Execution

• Lead or support events such as bootcamps, field visits, workshops, community engagements.
• Manage logistics, vendors, schedules, materials, and on-ground operations.

5. Process Building & Operational Excellence

• Create and improve SOPs across programs.
• Introduce best practices from PM/program management frameworks.
• Build scalable processes as Polygnan expands to more colleges and communities.
  

Who You Are (Ideal Candidate):

• 2–5 years

  of experience in

  program management, project management, operations, or community/education execution roles

  .
• Strong ownership mindset: you make sure things get done end-to-end.
• Excellent communication skills: written, spoken, and cross-team collaboration.
• Highly organised, structured thinker with strong task management discipline.
• Familiarity with

  project management tools

  (Notion, Asana, Trello, Sheets, JIRA).
• Experience with

  scrum/agile or sprint-based execution.

• Comfortable with data, basic dashboards, metrics, and documentation.
• Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous, early-stage environments.

• Engineering/technical background is a strong plus

  , given our work with students, makers, AI programs, and engineering colleges.
• Willingness to work both on-ground and behind the scenes with equal enthusiasm.
  

Nice to Have:

• Experience in edtech, social sector, youth-led programs, or startup ecosystems.
• Experience managing vendors, volunteers, or large cohorts.
• Exposure to program evaluation, surveys, or data analysis.
• Conversational Kannada.

Perks & Culture Salary:

• 3.5 to 6.5 LPA CTC, depending on experience
• Work directly with founders & mission driven teammates
• 2 weeks of “Work from Anywhere” flexibility
• Impact exposure trips to innovation centers, universities and schools, rural hubs, and youth communities
• 4 paid leaves for volunteering in any cause you care about
• ₹10,000 annual learning stipend + ₹2,000 book reimbursement
• Mid-year offsites and Quarterly team dinners Flat, fun, and high-growth startup culture

Let’s Build Something That Matters.

Ready to build something meaningful? Apply now and join us in shaping the future and building lifepreneurs.