The Role
Drives execution across business partnerships and projects by managing relationships, tracking progress, maintaining dashboards and status reports, running follow-up cadences, preparing briefs and updates, and ensuring initiatives reach closure across multiple verticals.
Summary Generated by Built In
JOB DESCRIPTION
- The Business Partnerships & Projects Manager works directly with the EVP Business Partnerships to drive execution across active partnerships and projects. This role spans multiple verticals and requires someone who can manage relationships, track progress, and ensure that every ongoing initiative -whether a partnership or a standalone project or internal verticals- moves forward with clarity and accountability. The ideal candidate is organised, proactive, and comfortable switching context across different domains without losing grip on any of them.
TECH SKILLS
- Proficiency in project management tools. Strong command MS office tools. Ability to build and maintain trackers, dashboards, and status reports independently.
REQUIREMENTS
Must-Have:
- 4- 5 years of experience in business development and project management
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple active partnerships and projects simultaneously across different verticals
- Strong project management skills -ability to build trackers, run cadences, follow up relentlessly, and drive closure
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare crisp briefs, decks, and status updates
- High ownership mindset - you treat every open item as your responsibility until it is done
Good to Have:
- Prior experience in aerospace, aviation, deep-tech, or an early-stage startup environment
PERSONALITY TRAITS
- Execution-obsessed -you close loops and don't let things drift
- Highly organised with the ability to hold many parallel workstreams in your head at once
- Collaborative - you work well across teams
- Comfortable with ambiguity - you can operate in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift
- Direct and transparent communicator- you flag problems early and speak up when something is off track
Skills Required
- 4–5 years of experience in business development and project management
- Experience managing multiple active partnerships and projects simultaneously across different verticals
- Strong project management skills, including building trackers, running cadences, following up, and driving closure
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparing briefs, decks, and status updates
- High ownership mindset and responsibility for completing open items
- Proficiency in project management tools
- Strong command of Microsoft Office tools
- Prior experience in aerospace, aviation, deep-tech, or an early-stage startup environment
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The Company
What We Do
We're developing India’s 1st flying electric taxi for up to 10x faster intra-city commute and cargo transport. Incubated at IIT Madras, Chennai since 2019, The ePlane Company was founded by Professor Satya Chakravarthy with a vision to make flying ubiquitous. As an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) startup, we aim to alleviate on-road traffic congestion in cities worldwide by offering safe, sustainable and affordable flying experiences through our flagship product, The ePlane e200.
