Chief Public Partnerships Officer CPPO

Job Location : Bangalore

About The/Nudge Institute

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

Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs, including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more.

Set up with support from 90+ eminent philanthropists, 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations, including Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and LOreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime".

About The Role

This is a high-impact leadership role reporting to the Founder & CEO, responsible for shaping and executing The/Nudge’s public partnerships strategy at a national scale.

What will you do ?

• Own our overall government alliances strategy and execution end-to-end.
• Understand and stay up to date on all our programs at all times.
• Build and manage a lean, high-performance team that is aligned with the Spirit of The/Nudge.
• Build and maintain a strong high-trust network amongst government partners to scale our impact.
• Develop targeted and compelling messaging tailored to different categories of government stakeholders across platforms.
• Balance priorities to deliver short-term results while building for the long haul.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and drive impact.
• Represent The/Nudge in relevant public forums across the ecosystem.
  
  

• Strong intent and passion to do impactful work.
• High achievement motivation and overall positive energy.
• Preferably 20+ years of overall experience, with more than a decade of experience in go-to-market roles (BD, partnerships) and more than 5 years of experience in working with the government.
• Hands-on and result-oriented leadership approach.
• Continuous learning with a growth mindset.
• Willingness to travel extensively
  
  

• 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.