Manager Programs – Mumbai and Pune

Azim Premji Foundation; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Azim Premji Foundation seeks a Programme Manager to lead grant making and grant management for Mumbai and Pune. You will partner with civil society to achieve programme outcomes and strengthen ground operations.

Ideal candidates have 12–15 years in the sector, strong project management, and fluency in English, Hindi, and Marathi. The role requires travel and autonomous problem-solving with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Understanding urban issues and vulnerabilities, preferably in Mumbai.
• High motivation, initiative, and creativity.
• Willingness to travel extensively for work.
• Substantial knowledge of organisational and project management.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and solve problems independently or collaboratively.
• 12–15 years of sector experience.
• Fluency in English, Hindi and preferably Marathi.

Responsibilities

• Assess organisations across thematic areas and make large and high-impact grants.
• Oversee management of assigned grants including reporting, payments, and program quality.
• Build relationships with civil society organisations and stakeholders.
• Supplement research and development of frameworks and models in the operating areas.
• Lead or support initiatives in Mumbai and Pune with implementing partners to meet outcomes.
• Strengthen ground level operations, improve systems and processes of partners, and drive stakeholder engagement.
• Identify community issues or gaps and provide feedback to partners to address them.
• Update internal leadership quarterly on progress, challenges and changes.

Skills

Urban issues

Self-motivation

Initiative

Project management

Independent problem solving

English, Hindi, Marathi

Job description

Programme Manager – Mumbai and Pune team

About the role

The Foundation has recently begun focused work in Mumbai and Pune and is setting up a team based out of Mumbai. Through our grant making, we will work on all the themes within the purview of the Foundation. In addition, we will implement programmes in close collaboration with civil society organisations on the ground.

The Programme Manager would be responsible for grant making and grant management as well as supporting partners to achieve the programme outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Assess organisations across thematic areas and make large and high-impact grants.
• Oversee the management of the assigned grants ensuring timely reporting, payment disbursement, review of programme quality and implementation.
• Build relationships with civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders to further the Foundation’s understanding of different thematic areas and local contexts.
• Supplement the research and development of frameworks and models in the operating areas.
• Lead or support our initiatives in Mumbai and Pune done in collaboration with implementing partners, ensuring programme outcomes are being met.
• Lead or support efforts in strengthening ground level operations, bringing ownership, improving systems and processes of partners, team building, making subjective changes to program design, stakeholder engagement and collaborations with other partners.
• Identifying unaddressed issues of the community or gaps in implementation and do the needful to address the same, which includes feedback to partner, layering and deepening efforts.
• Update internal leadership on a quarterly basis - mainly on progress in the program, challenges and ground level changes.

What we are looking for:

candidates who have

• a good understanding and experience of working on urban specific issues and vulnerabilities, preferably in Mumbai or a similar Urban context.
• a high level of self-motivation, initiative, and creativity
• a willingness to travel extensively for work
• substantial knowledge of organisational and project management
• the ability to work with minimal supervision, and solve problems independently or collaboratively as needed
• a minimum 12 - 15 years of experience in the sector
• fluency in English, Hindi and preferably Marathi.