Position: Manager - Ecosystem

Organization: Wadhwani Foundation 

Location: Bengaluru

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Responsibilities: 

• Work with Wadhwani VFT team for conceptualizing, building and scaling the VFT ecosystem of partnerships to support current and future VFT start-up programs – through incubator, founder, mentor service provider and private investment networks (Angels, HNI’s Family Offices, VC firms and other investment platforms)
• Oversee outreach and selection and onboarding efforts for program partners. Grow and manage network of channel partners for start-ups and mentors, ecosystem stakeholders, and other key partnerships.
• Key element of the role will be to support the buildout of the VFT technology platform by onboarding and building a community of ecosystem partners and peer-peer networks to support start-up needs
• Contribute in building and strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem by forging partnerships with other organizations including liaising with the government and industries
• Overall responsibility for outcomes and key deliverables of the ecosystem partners
• Ensure alignment of ecosystem build-up both in terms of quantity and quality to meet start-up needs – work actively with VFT start-up engagement consultants to identify specific needs for mentorship, master classes, investor perspectives, industry and functional expertise.
• Leverage expertise of ecosystem relationships to design and manage relevant start-up support programs and organize demo days/ pitch sessions with the investor ecosystem.
• Work with program lead to provide strategic guidance to the foundation for building and refining key operating models and processes, benchmarking approaches against other tried and tested models
• Build and improve the program model for the future via continuous business improvement practices
• Contribute to Intellectual property creation through program content, white papers, thought leadership articles, etc

Requirements

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• A seasoned professional with at least 8+  years’ experience with at least 4+  years in the start-up ecosystem in a similar role with a reputed incubator/ accelerator / start-up ecosystem enablement role.
• Proven track record of building and operating start-up enablement programs
• Prior experience of managing accelerator/incubator programs or working in key roles in ecosystem enablement programs
• Well-connected and respected in the entrepreneurship ecosystem – with a good set of personal relationships in the start-up ecosystem
• Sales and Business development experience preferred
• MBA/post graduate degree from a reputed institute will be a plus
• Excellent communication and interaction skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in collaborative environments when needed
• Self-motivated, resourceful and ability to operate in a fast changing environment
• Not afraid to don different hats based on program needs
• Tech savvy and strategic thinker

Benefits

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