Senior Manager, Partner Management, Fundraising

The/Nudge; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

L&D wallet

Individual development plan

Internal role change opportunities

Job summary

The/Nudge is seeking an experienced donor relations and partnerships professional in Bengaluru to manage a portfolio of high-impact partners. You will nurture relationships, close renewals, and drive strategic co-creation conversations to advance poverty alleviation programs.

You will develop compelling reports and content with cross-functional teams, ensuring timely grant collection and optimal fund utilization across initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10-14 years of work experience in client-facing sales/business development/fundraising in a fast-paced environment.
• A graduate degree in any discipline.
• Excellent time management and multitasking abilities.
• Strong communication (written & oral) and presentation skills.
• Experience engaging with senior leaders, funders, or clients.
• History of exceeding expectations and being target-driven.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for a portfolio of high-impact partners (donors, corporates, foundations).
• Nurture strong relationships through regular touchpoints, joint planning, and updates.
• Support renewal/upsell/cross-sell opportunities through proposal development and donor strategy.
• Develop high-quality reports, presentations, and success stories; collaborate with communications teams for impact content.
• Coordinate with finance to ensure optimal fund utilization across programs.
• Ensure timely collection of grants and oversee partner engagements including volunteering and field visits.
• Collaborate with internal teams to deliver high-quality outcomes and develop dashboards on key metrics.

Skills

Client-facing

Donor relations

Business development

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Graduate degree

Tools

MS Office

Canvas

Adobe Photoshop

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?

• 10-14 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.

What’s in it for you?

• Own your growth: An impact-led learning environment encourages Nudgesters to invest in their learning and capacity building needs through initiatives and policies, including L&D wallet, individual development plan and internal role change opportunities.
• Find your tribe: Our hiring philosophy emphasises intent, attitude, smarts and skills, in that order, to build a cohesive environment for Nudgesters. The organisation is committed to curating people-centric policies, enhancing how employees experience life at The/Nudge.
• Take big bets: Organisational initiatives are intended to facilitate Nudgesters with a view to the big picture, illustrated by our impact across 50000+ households, 15+ governments, 200+ social enterprises and Charcha: India’s largest social sector convening forum.
• Make it happen: A product-based approach in an action-biased environment empowers Nudgesters to implement audacious plans. Driven to fail fast, we endeavour to optimise resources in favour of programs that align with our scale ambition.

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.