Associate Program Manager (Category Manager)

About the Role:

We are looking for an Associate Program Manager to join the central business strategy team at Leap.

As an APRM your role will be to work on key projects that will unlock the next phase of growth for Leap. This will involve analytical thinking, problem solving and working with different teams to make things happen. The role will require you to operate in ambiguity, do stakeholder management and work on complex but exciting business problems.

The charter for this role will include:

• Work on multiple key projects across the company, which can include 0-1 projects (user research, market research, building and concluding experiments, hypothesis testing etc)
• Working on optimization projects - which will require you to think through process design, make frameworks, do complex problem solving and set new benchmarks
• Collaborate with cross-functional internal stakeholders in marketing, tech, and product to execute central projects
• Work on user experience across all the projects - ensuring our users have a superlative experience

Ideal Persona would:

• Have 2-4 years of experience in fast-paced startups, working on projects and building things from scratch
• Know how to keep everyone on the same page and manage stakeholders like a pro
• Be great at breaking down tough problems and coming up with smart solutions
• Be comfortable in situations where things aren’t always clear? Perfect!

Everyone at Leap is entrepreneurial, moves fast and operates with extreme ownership.

There is minimal management and extreme autonomy.

If the above defines you, you will fit in snugly.

What is Leap?

Leap is a global student mobility platform that empowers students’ aspirations for a global career and education

We have built this and this and this

We work at the exciting intersection of fintech & edtech

And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students!

How far along are we?

We are the leaders in our space by a mile!

We are backed by Sequoia, Jungle Ventures, Owl Ventures & Harvard!

Read the latest fundraise news here

Who are we as people?

We have a lean, rockstar team.

We have come this far with a lean team because we love to increase the talent density with every new member we add. Yes, we are more picky than the usual company.

We hire slowly and deliberately

You can meet our founders here -> Arnav Kumar and Vaibhav Singh

Arnav tweets here

What will you be doing?

We are now building our leadership team and would love to engage

This is a great time to join the rocketship and participate in the upside -

Broadly,

You will have tearing-your-hair level complex & challenging problems to solve

With massive upside if you solve them

In a super fast paced environment that will challenge you

With enough resources to be audacious

And mentorship from an experienced founding team

Your move !:)

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