Senior Manager, Partner Management, Fundraising

The/Nudge; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

The/Nudge in Bengaluru is seeking a senior partnerships professional to manage a portfolio of donors, corporates and foundations, driving renewals and new engagements.

You will craft reports, updates, and impact stories, coordinate with finance and program teams, and support field visits. The role requires 10–12 years of client-facing experience and a graduate degree, with a strong orientation to not-for-profit impact.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of work experience in client-facing sales/business development/fundraising.
• Graduate degree in any discipline.
• Ability to learn quickly and multitask effectively.
• Experience engaging with senior leaders, funders, or clients in fast-paced environments.
• History of exceeding expectations and target-driven.
• Desire to work in not-for-profit sector.
• Customer-facing experience in B2B sales/business development.
• Excellent time management and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication, presentation and stakeholder management.
• Strong MS Office and design tool skills (Canvas, Photoshop, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of high-impact partners.
• Nurture strong relationships through regular touchpoints and updates.
• Support renewals/upsells/cross-sell opportunities via proposals and donor strategy.
• Own development of reports, presentations and success stories; collaborate on content.
• Work with finance to ensure optimal fund utilization across programs.
• Ensure timely collection of grants.
• Support engagements including volunteering, leadership participation, and field visits.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
• Develop and maintain dashboards/analytics for partner management.

Skills

Client-facing sales

Fundraising

Donor relations

Proposal development

Strategic planning

Education

Graduate degree

Tools

Canvas

Adobe Photoshop

MS Office suite

Job description

About The/Nudge

The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals, and youth across rural development, agriculture, skilling, and economic inclusion, in partnership with 15+ central and state governments.

About The/Nudge

The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals, and youth across rural development, agriculture, skilling, and economic inclusion, in partnership with 15+ central and state governments.
Our economic inclusion journey towards serving 25 million Indians spans 10 states and currently reaches over 1.5 million people. Through our incubator, accelerator, and grand challenges, we have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs, including Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees, Earthshot Prize winners, and nationally recognized changemakers.
Founded with the support of 130+ eminent philanthropists, 40+ corporates, and 15+ foundations, The/Nudge is working towards a poverty-free India, within our lifetime.

What will you do?

• Serve as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of high-impact partners (donors, corporates, foundations, etc)
• Nurture strong, trusted relationships through regular touchpoints, joint planning, and meaningful updates.
• Support closure of renewals/upsells/cross-selling opportunities across existing partners through proposal development, donor strategy, and strategic co-creation conversations.
• Own the development of high-quality reports, presentations, and success stories for each partner. Also, Collaborate with communications teams to generate compelling content and evidence of impact.
• Work with the finance team to ensure optimal utilization of funds across programs
• Ensure timely collection of grants
• Support impactful engagements including but not limited to volunteering, leadership participation, and field visits by partners
• Work closely with various internal stakeholders such as finance, marketing, and project teams to implement high-quality delivery of the promised outcomes
• Develop and maintain dashboards/analytics on agreed-upon success metrics for partner management

Who are we looking for in this role?

• 10-12 years of work experience in client-facing sales/business development/fundraising, preferably in an early-stage organization
• a graduate degree in any discipline
• the ability fast learner and good at multitasking
• Experience engaging with senior leaders, funders, or clients in a fast-paced environment.
• a history of exceeding expectations and are target-driven
• a strong desire to make a difference by working in the not-for-profit sector
• customer-facing experience, especially in B2B sales and business development
• excellent time management skills and attention to detail
• excellent communication (written & oral), presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• very good command over MS office suite/design tools like Canvas, Adobe Photoshop, etc.

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.