Job Opportunity for Chief Development Officer at The Nudge Institute in Bengaluru

About The/Nudge:

The/Nudge is an action institute working towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime. We partner with governments, markets, and civil society to build resilient livelihoods for all. We are a collective of some of India’s best leaders and entrepreneurs from across the industry, academia, government, and development sectors, and our work is organized across three impact streams:

• Centre for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (CSDE): exists to enable underprivileged youth to lead flourishing lives
• Centre for Rural Development (CRD): exists to enable families to come out of extreme poverty
• Centre for Social Innovation (CSI): exists to nudge top talent to solve India’s biggest challenges

As the ‘Chief Development Officer’ at The/Nudge, you will bring in all the support we need from external stakeholders towards our poverty alleviation work, covering 3 go-to-market functions:

(a) Partnerships: global fundraising partnerships covering foundations, corporates, HNIs, and big aid

(b) Alliances: global non-fundraising partnerships covering government, markets, academic institutions, etc

(c) Marketing: covering all segments (talent, donors, programs, social entrepreneurs, etc) and sub-functions (brand, digital, social, content, design, PR & communications)

You will work closely with the Founder & CEO to align on the overall strategy for this team and with complete ownership, deliver on our aspirations from this team.

At The/Nudge, you will:

• own our overall strategy and goals for partnerships, alliances, and marketing functions
• role model ‘the spirit of The/Nudge’ in your action and behavior
• coach and mentor each functional leader within the team
• build systems, processes, and capabilities needed to raise funds and bring support in order to
• enable all our programs to deliver and scale their impact
• collaborate extensively with other internal stakeholders to drive results
• balance current priorities to deliver short-term results while enabling success in the future

Apply if you have:

• high energy, passion, and hunger for doing impactful work
• 20+ years of total work experience, with a significant part in external facing roles
• hands-on, intrapreneurial leadership style, with a growth and learning mindset
• an empathetic and collaborative leadership style
• strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• natural comfort with a high-intensity, fast-paced environment

Would be great if you have:

• exposure/experience in technology/startup ecosystem

We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organization and encourage qualified individuals irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply.