Impact Growth Manager

Plastics For Change; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Provident Fund (PF)

Health and accidental insurance

Performance-based incentives

Career growth opportunities

Training programs

Flexible policies

Paid time off (leave/holidays)

Wellness and support initiatives

Recognition programs

Job summary

Plastics For Change seeks an experienced professional to lead end-to-end proposal development, impact measurement, and market-ready packaging of services for brand partners and donors.

The role requires 5–8 years in social impact or CSR, strong storytelling and budgeting skills, and a deep commitment to sustainability and circular economy. You will work with cross-functional teams to drive funding success and measurable impact across livelihoods and responsible sourcing.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of professional experience in social impact, sustainability, CSR, consulting, fundraising, proposal development, or a closely related sector.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Sustainable Development, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Environmental Management, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated track record in architecting successful funding proposals, institutional reports, theories of change, and social impact measurement frameworks.
• Exceptional written communication, editorial, and storytelling abilities with a proven capacity to synthesise complex qualitative and quantitative data into clear, persuasive narratives.
• Strong research, analytical, budget preparation, and end-to-end project management skills.
• High degree of self-motivation and ownership, capable of managing tight deadlines and diverse priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Deep commitment to environmental sustainability, circular economy, and socio-economic empowerment of informal waste collector communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of high-quality funding, CSR, and strategic partnership proposals.
• Formulate compelling narratives, budgets, theories of change, and impact measurement frameworks.
• Manage multiple proposal pipelines and submission timelines from brief to delivery.
• Design robust frameworks to measure social and environmental impact of investments across livelihoods, education, health, safety, and responsible sourcing.
• Strengthen field data use, verified metrics, evidence, and beneficiary stories to demonstrate outcomes.
• Coordinate with internal programme teams and external stakeholders to validate impact results.
• Conceptualise, package, and standardise impact services into market-ready offerings for brand partners and donors.
• Define value propositions, service packages, pricing structures, and sales collateral for GTM efforts.
• Develop and maintain impact services presentations, pitch decks, and collateral for Sales, Marketing, and Leadership teams.
• Author donor and client reports, annual impact summaries, and case studies showing return on social investment.
• Ensure alignment of narrative and quantitative indicators across external collateral.
• Collaborate across Impact, Sales, Marketing, and Leadership to translate interventions into viable solutions.
• Establish SOPs, templates, repositories, and trackers to improve execution efficiency.
• Uphold PFC’s values of transparency, accountability, and ethical engagement.

Skills

Proposal development

Budgeting

End-to-end project mgmt

Storytelling

Data synthesis

Research & analytics

Deadline management

Stakeholder collaboration

Sustainability

Circular economy

Community empowerment

Education

Sustainable Development

Public Policy

Social Sciences

Business Administration

Environmental Management

Job description

1 Proposal Development & Strategic Bidding:

• Lead end-to-end development of high-quality funding, CSR, and strategic partnership proposals across priority impact areas.


• Formulate compelling narratives, detailed budgets, theories of change, and impact measurement frameworks aligned with client and donor priorities.


• Manage multiple concurrent proposal pipelines and submission timelines from initial brief to final delivery

2 Impact Measurement & Validation:

• Design, enhance, and implement robust frameworks to measure, quantify, and communicate the social and environmental impact of investments across livelihoods, education, health, safety, and responsible sourcing.


• Strengthen the systematic use of field data, verified metrics, evidence, and beneficiary stories to demonstrate measurable outcomes.


• Coordinate with internal programme teams and external stakeholders to validate, audit, and benchmark impact results.

3 Impact Services Packaging & Go-To-Market (GTM):

• Conceptualise, package, and standardise impact services into clear, market-ready offerings for brand partners, corporate clients, and institutional donors.


• Support the organisation’s go-to-market strategy by defining distinct value propositions, service delivery packages, pricing structures, and sales enablement collateral.


• Develop and maintain comprehensive Impact Services presentations, pitch decks, and collateral to equip the Sales, Marketing, and Leadership teams.

4 Reporting & Client Communications:

• Author and produce timely, high-impact donor and client reports, annual impact summaries, and detailed case studies demonstrating return on social investment.


• Ensure consistent alignment of narrative, quantitative impact indicators, and storytelling across all external collateral.

General Responsibilities:

• Collaborate actively across the Impact, Sales, Marketing, and Leadership teams to translate on-ground interventions into commercially viable and impactful solutions.


• Establish and refine standard operating procedures, proposal templates, repository systems, and trackers to enhance cross-functional execution efficiency.


• Uphold and champion PFC’s core values of transparency, accountability, and ethical engagement across all stakeholder touchpoints.

Requirements

Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications

• 5–8 years of professional experience in social impact, sustainability, CSR, consulting, fundraising, proposal development, or a closely related sector.


• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Sustainable Development, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Environmental Management, or related disciplines.


• Demonstrated track record in architecting successful funding proposals, institutional reports, theories of change, and social impact measurement frameworks.


• Exceptional written communication, editorial, and storytelling abilities with a proven capacity to synthesise complex qualitative and quantitative data into clear, persuasive narratives.


• Strong research, analytical, budget preparation, and end-to-end project management skills.


• High degree of self-motivation and ownership, capable of managing tight deadlines and diverse priorities in a fast-paced environment.


• Deep commitment to environmental sustainability, circular economy, and socio-economic empowerment of informal waste collector communities.

We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ well-being and growth, including an attractive salary, Provident Fund (PF) for financial security, performance-based incentives, comprehensive health and accidental insurance coverage, and strong career growth opportunities. Employees benefit from continuous learning and development through training programs, a healthy work-life balance with flexible policies, and generous paid time off including leave and holidays. Additionally, we provide employee engagement activities, recognition programs to reward achievements, and access to wellness and support initiatives, ensuring a positive and rewarding work environment.