Manager – Partnerships | Delhi/Jaipur

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Job role:

We are seeking an experienced Partnerships Manager to support one of our client’s upcoming flagship accelerators focused on scaling income-enhancing innovations for low-income women in India. The role will be critical in building and managing partnerships with government institutions and large-scale livelihood platforms, particularly State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLMs), National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM), to enable pilots and system-level adoption of innovative start-up solutions. Work closely with program leadership, start-ups, and ecosystem stakeholders to facilitate pilots with women micro-entrepreneurs, generate early evidence of impact, and support pathways to scale.

Key responsibilities:

1. Build and manage strategic partnerships with government stakeholders, including SRLMs, NRLM, NULM, and allied public platforms to enable pilot implementation and scale pathways.
2. Act as the primary liaison between government partners, program teams, and start-ups to structure pilots for deployment with women SHGs and micro-entrepreneurs.
3. Support start-ups in navigating government systems, approvals, and operational realities for on-ground pilots and integrations.
4. Coordinate with internal teams to align partnership objectives with program milestones, pilot design, and reporting requirements.
5. Contribute to ecosystem building by engaging relevant civil society organisations, implementation partners, and platform institutions.
6. Assist in documenting learnings, pilot outcomes, and partnership models to inform scale-up and replication.

Requirements:

1. 5–10 years of relevant work experience in livelihoods, women’s economic empowerment, rural/urban development, or social impact programs.
2. Demonstrated experience in designing, implementing, or supporting medium to large-scale livelihood projects involving women micro-entrepreneurs.
3. Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, government, start-ups, NGOs, and funders in complex, multi-partner environments.
4. Strong communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management skills.
5. Experience working with government livelihood ecosystems—particularly SRLMs/NRLMs/NULM or similar large-scale public programs and civil society organisations such as PRADAN, SHGs, Centre for Microfinance, APCNF, SEWA Gujarat, Rajeevika (Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad).
6. Hands-on experience engaging with rural and/or urban women micro-entrepreneurs.
7. Experience enabling cross-sector collaboration between startups, government agencies, and civil society organisations to move solutions from pilots to scale.
8. Familiarity with technology-enabled interventions (digital platforms, fintech, market access tools, AI-enabled solutions) in livelihoods or social impact contexts.