The/Nudge Institute - Head - Corporate Partnerships/Fund Raising

About The/Nudge

The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals and youth on rural development, agriculture, skilling and economic inclusion, along with 15+ central and state government partners.

Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians, has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more.

Set up with support from 130+ eminent philanthropists , 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations including Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and L'Oreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime".

What will you do?

- Learn our various programs well to represent The/Nudge's work to corporate leaders

- Identify and build relationships with CSR/sustainability leaders in leading corporates across India

- Own aligned annual fundraising goals from corporates in India, quarter-on-quarter

- Work with cross-functional teams and the India development team to craft high quality collaterals/proposals that align the financial needs of the organization to the giving objectives of the donors.

- Build and maintain an engaged pipeline of donors

- Represent The/Nudge in ecosystem events

What does success look like for this role?

- Acquisition of new mission-aligned corporate donors in line with the annual fundraising goals

- Deliver on aligned annual fundraising goals from corporates in India (CSR funding)

- Inspirational leadership (high employee NPS) in building and retaining an inspired and high performing corporate fundraising team at The/Nudge

Who are we looking for in this role?

- Has a strong intent to work in the social sector

- Exudes an entrepreneurial spirit with high ownership and results orientation

- Is intellectually curious, well read and willing to learn by doing.

- Has a minimum of 15 yrs of experience in B2B relationship management/consultative selling to senior executives

- Is an articulate and confident speaker & is willing to travel within India