Ahmedabad(Gujarat) INR 9.0–12.60 LPA (commensurate with experience)
About The Position
The CEO’s Fellow is part of an elite, small cohort embedded within the CEO’s Office. Fellows operate as force multipliers—solving priority problems, driving cross-unit initiatives, and shaping growth experiments across Platforms, Practice, and Programs. We currently have 5 Fellows (scaling to 10) working closely with the CEO and the executive team.You’ll thrive here if: you’re strategic and hands-on, can move from boardroom decks to field pilots, and love turning ambiguity into structured, scalable plays.
Responsibilities
- Strategy & CEO Support
- Co-develop annual/quarterly priorities, OKRs, and growth bets for CSRBOX Group and BharatCares.
- Build decision memos, models, and narrative decks for partners, boards, and government.
- Program & Deal Acceleration
- Incubate 0→1 pilots (e.g., state CSR PMUs, water/river coalitions, AI-education initiatives, public health programs) and take them to 1→N scale.
- Coordinate with consulting, program delivery, and media units to align pipeline → proposals → delivery.
- Special Projects & PMO
- Run CEO-priority sprints (2–8 weeks): define scope, resources, timelines, and success metrics; clear blockers; publish post-mortems and playbooks.
- Insights, Research & Market Intelligence
- Track policy/CSR/ESG trends, competitive landscapes, partner signals; convert insights into actionable theses and go-to-market artefacts.
- Stakeholder & Partnership Management
- Serve as a trusted point of contact for senior corporates, foundations, and government; prep briefs, talking points, MoUs, review notes.
- Communication & Reporting
- Own crisp weekly business reviews (WBRs), KPI dashboards, and executive updates; craft external thought-leadership as needed.
What Success Looks Like (6–12 Months)
- 3–5 CEO projects delivered end-to-end with documented outcomes and playbooks.
- 2+ scaled wins (state/sector programs, anchor partnerships, or new revenue lines).
- Operational uplift: measurable improvements in cadence (WBR/OKR), proposal velocity, and delivery quality.
- Cross-unit cohesion: visible collaboration across consulting, media, and programs.
Mandatory Qualification And Experience
Education: Postgraduate (preferred in management/public policy/economics/engineering or equivalent). Multidisciplinary backgrounds are valued.Experience: 2–6 years in development/CSR/consulting/think-tanks/policy/startups or PMO/strategy roles with demonstrated ownership.Core Competencies
- Strategic problem-solving, synthesis, and structured writing (memos, decks).
- Program/PMO excellence—can juggle multiple high-stakes tracks.
- Executive communication: stakeholder briefs, pitch decks, review notes.
- Data comfort: build/interpret KPI dashboards; basic financial/ROI models.
- Tools: Advanced MS Office/Google Workspace; bonus for Notion, Asana, Power BI/Tableau.
- Personal operating system: speed + judgment, meticulous follow-through, discretion.
Professional Traits
- Calm under pressure; switches gears rapidly without losing quality.
- High ownership, low ego; learns fast and shares credit.
- Strong ethics and confidentiality in sensitive engagements
30–60–90 Plan (Indicative)
- Day 30: Onboard to units, shadow CEO reviews, publish first issue brief + project tracker.
- Day 60: Own one CEO sprint; ship an insight deck → partner conversations; implement WBR cadence for a unit.
- Day 90: Lead a cross-unit initiative; document a repeatable playbook; show early results on at least two KPIs (e.g., proposal TAT, win-rate, pilot-to-scale conversion).
Growth Path
- Senior Fellow → Chief of Staff (Unit/Vertical) → Strategy Lead / PMO Head / Practice Lead, or spin up a new practice/program.
- Access to an internal Entrepreneur-in-Residence track to incubate new impact solutions.
When At CSRBOX
- Work at the frontier of India’s impact ecosystem, partnering with top corporates, philanthropies, and state governments.
- Build systems that scale—from district programs to state PMUs and national convenings.
- High-trust, high-ownership culture with rapid learning loops and visible outcomes.
How to applyPlease apply using this link https://forms.gle/LxnqQY8VBzEi7cSC8Keep your latest, updated CV file handy for the upload.
Job Summary
Salary: INR 9.0–12.60 LPA (commensurate with experience)Location: Ahmedabad(Gujarat)Deadline: 15 Dec, 2025
About CSRBOX
CSRBOX is India’s leading ecosystem for CSR, sustainability, and impact—combining a media & knowledge platform, a consulting practice, and on-ground program implementation through BharatCares. We enable corporate–government–philanthropy partnerships at scale, mapping 4,000+ CSR projects and 1,500+ company portfolios annually, and delivering programs across education, public health, livelihoods, future skills, climate & water.Our partners include ICICI Bank, SKF, Bosch, IBM, Diageo, DP World, Future Generali, Airbus, Arvind, LG, Hero MotoCorp, Sandvik, Vastu Housing Finance, DCM Shriram, L&T and many others.Explore: csrbox.org
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