Program Manager

About the job

About Role At NxtWave, as a Senior Program Manager – DSA & Competitive Programming, you will play a critical role in shaping students into top-tier problem solvers ready for world-class software careers. You will be responsible for driving outcomes in data structures, algorithms, and competitive programming across NIAT campuses. This includes ensuring strong student performance, building a thriving competitive programming culture, running coding contests, improving platform ratings, and managing performance of DSA instructors. Key Responsibilities: Student Learning & Outcomes: • Ensure students become placement-ready by strengthening their problem-solving and DSA foundations. • Oversee the delivery of DSA semester courses, ensuring high teaching quality and strong learning outcomes. • Continuously monitor student attendance, learning progress, and coding contest performance; take interventions where needed. Competitive Programming Culture & Performance: • Drive student participation and rating improvement on platforms such as LeetCode, Codeforces, and CodeChef. • Organize weekly coding contests across all NIAT campuses and design reward mechanisms to encourage excellence. • Build and nurture a strong CP ecosystem by inviting industry experts for podcasts, sessions, and masterclasses. • Identify top-performing students in each campus and run dedicated CP training programs for them. • Ensure effective student preparation for global coding competitions such as ACM-ICPC, Meta Hacker Cup etc. People & Process Management: • Oversee the hiring, onboarding, and training of DSA Instructors and ensure consistent quality standards. • Track student feedback and implement continuous program improvements. • Collaborate with internal academic, content, and operations teams to achieve outcome-focused execution.

Requirements

• Program management
• Tech education
• Competitive programming
• People management

Qualifications

• Experience in program management, tech education

Preferred Technologies

• Program management
• Tech education
• Competitive programming
• People management

Benefits

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About the company

NXTWave is one of India’s fastest-growing ed-tech startups, revolutionizing the 21st-century job market. We’re transforming youth into highly skilled tech professionals through our CCBP 4.0 programs, regardless of their educational background.