Head of Partnerships and Outreach (Founding Team)

I. About Change Engine

non-profit unicorns

over 10 non-profits

II. Founding Team

We are a team of founders & builders with extensive experience scaling organisations.

Varun Aggarwal is an entrepreneur (Aspiring Minds, $100M+ exit), AI researcher (1500+ citations) and author (science, deeptech and children books). He also co-founded FAST, India which collaborates with the government to improve India’s science and research ecosystem. At Aspiring Minds, Varun built AI-led programming and speech assessments which were sold globally to Fortune 500 companies.

III. Role: Head of Partnerships and Outreach (Founding Team)

We are looking for an experienced Head of Partnerships and Outreach to come on-board as a founding team member. You will closely partner with the founders to develop and implement a strategy to build a network of partners, supporters and funders, to amplify our impact. 

The responsibilities of the role include the following:

• Ecosystem Strategy: Design and execute a clear strategy to engage funders, corporates, government, and ecosystem partners aligned with Change Engine’s mission.
• Events & Convenings: Lead high-value engagements such as donor roundtables, policy dialogues, and ecosystem convenings to bring the right people together
• Cohort Support: Work with cohort organisations to strengthen their partnership and fundraising strategies; connect them to funders, government, and other ecosystem partners.
• Fundraising & Resource Mobilisation: Cultivate and manage relationships with UHNIs, foundations, CSRs
• Government Partnerships: Build and manage relationships with ministries, state departments, and agencies; and enable cohort organisations to scale through government partnerships
• Strengthen brand:  Establish and grow Change Engine’s brand among funders, policymakers, and ecosystem leaders through thought leadership, media presence, and consistent engagement.

IV. Ideal profile

• 10+ years experience in fundraising and partnerships role at large foundations or nonprofits 
• Or 10+ years in experience consulting or VC role with a strong desire to transition to the social development sector and make an impact.
• A natural relationship-builder who loves meeting new people and mobilise resources
• Prior experience working and collaborating with government partners is a big plus
• Deep network within the investment and philanthropic community with a history of engaging donors/investors/HNIs/UHNIs is a plus
• Keen interest in developing something impactful for India and the world.
• Mission driven, independent, and with high bias for action 
• Comfortable working in a startup environment and open to dealing with ambiguity and iteration

Why Join US:

• Be on the ground floor of building India’s next wave of nonprofit unicorns.
• Work in the development sector but with the speed, energy and ambition of a startup.
• Collaborate closely with entrepreneurs and product leaders who’ve scaled companies and nonprofits.
• Competitive compensation in a high agency, high impact role

V. Location

Delhi-NCR