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 90+ 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".
Reporting Manager: This position will report to the Founder & CEO and own our government partnerships to deliver on the impact aspirations of The/Nudge.
Role:
- Own our overall government alliances strategy and execution end to end
- Understand and stay up to do on all our programs at all times
- Build and manage a lean, high-performance team that is aligned with the spirit of The/Nudge
- Build and maintain a strong high-trust network amongst government partners to scale our impact
- Develop targeted and compelling messaging tailored to different categories of government stakeholders across platforms
- Balance priorities to deliver short-term results while building for the long haul
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and driving impact
- Represent The/Nudge in relevant public forums across the ecosystem
What We Are Looking For:
- Strong intent and passion to do impactful work
- High achievement motivation and overall positive energy
- 20+ years of total experience, preferably with 10+ years in go-to-market roles (BD, partnerships) and 5+ years in working with government
- Hands-on and result-oriented leadership approach
- Continuous learning and growth mindset
- Willingness to travel extensively
What’s in it for you?
- Own your growth: An impact-led learning environment encourages Nudgesters to invest in their learning and capacity building needs through initiatives and policies, including L&D wallet, individual development plan and internal role change opportunities.
- Find your tribe: Our hiring philosophy emphasises intent, attitude, smarts and skills, in that order, to build a cohesive environment for Nudgesters. The organisation is committed to curating people-centric policies, enhancing how employees experience life at The/Nudge.
- Take big bets: Organisational initiatives are intended to facilitate Nudgesters with a view to the big picture, illustrated by our impact across 50000+ households, 15+ governments, 200+ social enterprises and Charcha: India’s largest social sector convening forum.
- Make it happen: A product-based approach in an action-biased environment empowers Nudgesters to implement audacious plans. Driven to fail fast, we endeavour to optimise resources in favour of programs that align with our scale ambition.
You can learn more about what we do and how we do it through this deck.
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.