Women - Owned Business Development Lead - India
WEConnect International
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Job summary
WEConnect International seeks a seasoned business development professional to drive outreach to women-owned businesses, onboard them to WECommunity, and build a robust certification pipeline in India.
You will deliver workshops, mentor entrepreneurs, and cultivate partnerships with industry associations, financial institutions, and government agencies to expand market access and opportunities for women entrepreneurs while strengthening global supply chains.
Qualifications
- 8–10+ years in business development or MSME ecosystem.
- Strong network in India across relevant sectors.
- Experience with entrepreneurs preferred.
- Project and stakeholder management experience.
Responsibilities
- Identify, recruit, and onboard women-owned businesses across India
- Drive registrations onto WECommunity - Build and maintain a certification pipeline
- Guide businesses through certification journey
- Increase certification-ready and certified businesses
- Track pipeline progress
- Deliver workshops, webinars, and mentoring
- Provide advisory support
- Strengthen business readiness
- Build partnerships with industry associations, incubators, financial institutions, and government agencies
- Expand outreach
- Promote participation in programs - Support connections to market opportunities
- Maintain records of registrations and pipeline
- Track outcomes and success stories
Skills
Job description
WEConnect International is a global nonprofit that helps women-owned businesses succeed in local and global markets by connecting them with major corporations and institutions committed to inclusive sourcing.
Our members include multinational corporations, multilateral institutions, and government agencies—such as global companies, development banks, and public sector organizations that collectively represent more than $4 trillion in annual purchasing power. Through their engagement with WEConnect International, these organizations expand opportunities for women entrepreneurs while strengthening global supply chains.
- Identify, recruit, and onboard women-owned businesses across India
- Drive registrations onto WECommunity - Build and maintain a certification pipeline
- Guide businesses through certification journey
- Increase certification-ready and certified businesses
- Track pipeline progress
- Deliver workshops, webinars, and mentoring
- Provide advisory support
- Strengthen business readiness
- Build partnerships with industry associations, incubators, financial institutions, and government agencies
- Expand outreach
- Promote participation in programs - Support connections to market opportunities
- Maintain records of registrations and pipeline
- Track outcomes and success stories
- Monthly pipeline report
- Outreach tracker
- Event summaries
- Partnership tracker
- Monthly performance report
- 8–10+ years in business development or MSME ecosystem
- Strong network in India
- Experience with entrepreneurs preferred
- Project and stakeholder management experience
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