Job Opportunity for Engagement Manager – Domestic Foundations at Sattva in Gurgaon

Position: Engagement Manager 

Time Commitment: Full Time

Location: Gurgaon

About Sattva

We are an organisation driven by the mission to end poverty in our lifetime. Our work focuses on scalable solutions for sustainable social impact. We work with our clients – corporations, philanthropists, foundations and social organisations – to achieve social impact goals effectively and maximise the social return on their investment. Deep understanding across sectors and collaboration with multiple stakeholders drive our work. This approach helps us, and our clients develop holistic solutions for solving critical societal problems. 

We are driven by impact and powered by knowledge. We bring the right balance of the head-heart-hand to our work. Our work is powered by the passionate energy of our mission-driven young team, guided by the strong leadership and advisory board with multi-dimensional experience in business and social sectors. 

Our team of 400 (and growing rapidly) across offices in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi comes with stellar professional credentials from diverse backgrounds and is bound together by our common commitment to social impact.

About Foundations 

Our Foundation team’s core objective is to be strategic advisors to the leadership of large-scale organisations so as to together achieve orbit shifting impact. Our focus is on enabling holistic organisation and ecosystem transformation – by rigorously solving problems, formulating strategic solutions which are logically sound and effective on the ground and ensuring all stakeholders are effectively engaged and their interests are covered.

The Opportunity

The Engagement Manager is one of the key roles in Sattva, leading either large accounts or one or more projects. In this role, you will work closely with Sattva’s senior management, leading your team in designing and building solutions to enable high social impact on the ground. 

In addition, the following will be the key responsibilities:

Delivery Excellence

• Take overall accountability of customer success through active listening, problem solving and providing strategic inputs which align with their vision of high impact on the ground and the ecosystem
• Co-create solutions to meet client’s current and future needs, working closely with a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally
• Influence decision making and action at the senior level of high impact organizations to enable positive and sustainable impact
• Develop, manage and grow working relationships with clients and key stakeholders
• Ensure strong project management, team management and overall profitability of projects

Market Engagement

• Keep abreast of new and current trends within the social impact space, approaches to enable scalable impact
• Work closely with prospective clients, business development and sales teams to ensure accurate scope of works, high quality approach and accurate effort estimation
• Contribute towards the organizations overall thought leadership strategy by generating meaningful content relevant to the ecosystem

Institution Building

• Lead internal strategic initiatives at the unit or organizational level that help contribute towards Sattva’s continued development
• Participate in building and strengthening internal systems and processes which contribute towards effective and efficient functioning of the unit and organization
• Contribute towards the development of junior team members, and towards a strong culture and working environment overall
• Build, structure and develop knowledge to share internally within the organization and at the ecosystem level

Key qualifications and experiences:

At Sattva, our goal is realizing the impact on the ground and to drive a collective win by engaging with multiple stakeholders. We are looking for individuals who align with our mission of alleviating poverty in our lifetime and have the following profile:

• 8-10 years of experience in consulting, leading a business with P&L responsibilities, complex operations, business development and stakeholder management in corporate, social enterprises, consulting firms or global foundations or robust entrepreneurial background
• MBA or equivalent postgraduate degree in business management rural management/development
• Exceptional problem-solving and advisory skills, strong presentation and data analytical abilities
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively
• Prior experience in leading diverse teams and people management
• Demonstrated commitment to social impact/prior experience working in the social sector
• Self-driven, high-energy, curious and adaptable personality with the ability to produce high quality (entrepreneurial mindset)
• Experience in working with government stakeholders will be an added advantage
• Experience in MEL projects will be an added advantage

We cultivate a supportive and inclusive work environment for all our employees and reinforce diversity in our workplace. All applications regardless of race, religion, caste, color, place of origin, gender, sexuality, disability and age will be welcome and will be fairly evaluated as per the requirements of the role