Senior Engagement Manager

PeoplePlus; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

PeoplePlus seeks a senior strategic partnerships professional to lead stakeholder engagement and CSR networks across Bengaluru and ecosystem partners. You will design, nurture, and deliver multi-stakeholder programs, enabling blue-green initiatives and platform adoption.

Strong communication and facilitation skills are essential to align corporate, philanthropic, and public actors toward shared urban water goals.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in urban planning, policy, environment, development studies, or water resources.
• 8–10 years of professional experience in stakeholder management, strategic partnerships, CSR networking, or program leadership in environmental/water sector.
• Solid understanding of blue-green infrastructure, urban water management, NbS, and lake/drainage ecosystems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to engage diverse audiences from corporate to government.
• Proficient English communication; ability to translate complex science into persuasive narratives.

Responsibilities

• Conceive, design, and independently manage end-to-end strategic partnership projects.
• Translate hydrological and environmental data into compelling narratives and pitches for diverse audiences.
• Bridge internal research, GIS/modeling, and platform teams with external implementation partners for aligned deliverables.
• Drive impact metrics like engagement, platform adoption, and project closures.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Partnership development

CSR networking

Program leadership

Communication

Facilitation

Education

Master's degree in Urban Planning, Public Policy, Environmental Management, Development Studies, Water Resources

Job description

1. Strategic Partnerships, CSR Networking & Ecosystem Building

Stakeholder Development:

A platform requires numerous actors to converge. Your responsibility would be to introduce, engage, and develop relationships with stakeholders such as CSR Heads, Philanthropies, Corporate Foundations, other CSOs, and service providers to unlock blue-green initiatives in metro cities like Bengaluru and at a basin or watershed level.

Channel Development:

WELL Labs should work with multiple organisations whose goals are aligned with those of WELL Labs to deliver greater use of our platform. They are potential channel partners, and we should drive our engagement as such.

Stakeholder Facilitation:

Design, curate, and lead high-impact multi-stakeholder workshops, roundtable discussions, and consultative meetings to align key actors behind a shared vision for urban water security.

2. Strategy Guidance & Platform Popularisation

Platform Outreach & Adoption:

Drive the updating, popularisation, and widespread adoption of WELL Labs' digital platforms (including the ClimateSolutions.ai and decision-support frameworks, basin-level platforms) among funders, urban planners, and civic decision-makers to scale city-level nature-based solutions and basin-level interventions.

Insight-Driven Strategy Development:

Synthesise on-ground feedback, corporate priorities, and ecosystem insights from partner conversations to continuously inform, update, and refine platforms’ features and capabilities.

Systems & Policy Advocacy:

Work closely with municipal authorities and technical agencies to translate blue-green concepts into municipal planning frameworks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and regulatory practices.

3. Program & Impact Management

Project Delivery:

Conceive, design, and independently manage the end-to-end execution of strategic partnership projects.

Knowledge Dissemination:

Translate complex hydrological, environmental, and blue-green data into compelling narratives, strategic briefs, and pitch presentations tailored for diverse audiences.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Serve as a bridge between internal research, GIS/modeling, and platform teams and external implementation partners to ensure seamless alignment and deliverable execution.

Outcome Delivery

• Active Engagement with 50 funding organisations that are actively sourcing projects from our platform
• Getting over 30 project developers to list their projects and services on the platform
• Enabling the closure of 5 projects in the first year.

Requirements

Education: Master's degree in Urban Planning, Public Policy, Environmental Management, Development Studies, Water Resources, or a related field.

Experience: 8-10 years of overall professional experience, with a proven track record in high-level stakeholder management, strategic partnership development, CSR networking, or program lead roles in the environmental/water sector.

Domain Understanding: Solid conceptual grasp of blue-green infrastructure, urban water management, nature-based solutions (NbS), and lake/drainage ecosystems.

Social & Facilitation Skills: Exceptional interpersonal skills; a natural 'people's person' capable of navigating diverse settings, from corporate boardrooms to government corridors and civic forums.

Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to turn complex scientific research into persuasive, action-oriented narratives.

Location & Travel: Based in (or willing to relocate to) Bengaluru, with readiness for regional travel and field engagements.

Preferred / Good to Have:

• Proven experience working within Bengaluru's urban water, corporate CSR, or civic ecosystem.
• Familiarity with digital platforms, data-driven planning tools, or civic tech initiatives.