Programme Manager – Product & Programme Development in New Delhi | Wadhwani Foundation

aikyam; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Wadhwani Foundation seeks a Programme Manager for Product & Programme Development in New Delhi. This remote (India) role focuses on converting ideas into structured, repeatable, scalable products with defined scope, playbooks, and delivery formats for multiple hubs across India.

You will build playbooks, productize networks, and design the Alumni Engagement pathway with paid conversion models, targeting high-impact sectors.

Qualifications

• Background in management consulting or CA with strong problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to design frameworks, playbooks, or productized services.
• Strong analytical and structuring ability, comfortable from ambiguity to a defined product.
• Existing or buildable network of relevant service providers/experts.

Responsibilities

• Create playbooks for each sprint type so delivery quality is consistent across operators.
• Design and productize SMB Community and peer network models into repeatable formats.
• Design Alumni Engagement pathway with repeat sprints and paid conversion model.
• Build Sector Focus Sprints as standalone products (Defence, Food & Agro, EV/Clean Tech).
• Convert ad hoc interventions into standardized products with clear scope, inputs, outputs, and effort.
• Apply analytical/problem-solving discipline to ambiguous areas of the programme.

Skills

Management consulting

Product design

Playbooks

Analytical thinking

Remote work

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Networking with experts

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Job description

Programme Manager – Product & Programme Development in New Delhi | Wadhwani Foundation

Wadhwani Foundation works to accelerate economic development for billions of people in emerging economies through job creation and entrepreneurship. This role sits within WEN – Accelerate, part of the Foundation's initiative supporting small and medium businesses (SMBs) through sprint-based interventions, sector-focused programming, and structured venture support delivered across multiple hubs in India.

Role

This role is responsible for converting programme components that currently exist as ideas, one-off interventions, or informal practice into structured, repeatable, scalable products — with defined scope, playbooks, and delivery formats that any Venture Partner or Sprint Operator across hubs can pick up and run consistently. This is a remote (India) position focused on product and programme design.

Responsibilities

• Create playbooks for each sprint type so delivery quality doesn't depend on which Sprint Operator runs it
• Design and productize the SMB Community and peer network model (Peer Circles, Hub Chapters) into a defined, repeatable format
• Design the Alumni Engagement pathway, including structure for repeat sprints and a paid conversion model for ventures exiting the core programme
• Build out Sector Focus Sprints as standalone products, including Defence Manufacturing, Food & Agro, and EV & Clean Tech
• Convert ad hoc or one-off interventions run across hubs into standardized, reusable products with clear scope, inputs, outputs, and effort
• Bring an analytical lens to product design — sizing demand, structuring frameworks, and validating assumptions before building
• Build and maintain a network of external service providers relevant to sector sprints (compliance consultants, certification bodies, OEM connectors)
• Apply consulting-style structured problem solving to genuinely ambiguous, undefined areas of the programme

Requirements

• Background in management consulting, or a Chartered Accountant with strong exposure to business problem-solving
• Strong grounding in management consulting problem-solving frameworks (structuring, hypothesis-driven analysis, MECE-style breakdowns)
• Demonstrated experience building frameworks, playbooks, or productized service offerings, not just executing against someone else's brief
• Strong analytical and structuring ability, comfortable working from ambiguity to a defined product
• Existing or buildable network of relevant service providers/experts
• Ability to work independently in a remote, build-from-scratch capacity
• 5-7 years of relevant experience
• High-ownership, remote role building foundational products for a large-scale entrepreneurship and job creation initiative
• Opportunity to apply consulting-grade structured problem-solving to real-world sector challenges (Defence, Agro, EV/Clean Tech)
• Direct impact on scaling programme delivery quality and consistency across multiple hubs in India
• Work at the intersection of strategy, product design, and social/economic impact