Beneficiary Sourcing (SME & Startup) Engagement Lead

Role Overview:

The Ecosystem Engagement Lead will drive startup and SMB community-building efforts, coordinate stakeholder networking, identify local mentors and experts and facilitate knowledge-sharing forums within the hub.

Key Responsibilities:

Community & Network Building

• Organize startup & SMB meetups, networking events, and investor roundtables.
• Facilitate peer learning groups, engaging founders in knowledge-sharing discussions.
• Foster collaborations with government agencies, universities, and ecosystem players.

Government & Institutional Partnerships

• Work with state startup missions, DST, and other government bodies to support ecosystem growth.
• Strengthen policy advocacy efforts, ensuring government initiatives align with startup & SMB needs.
• Help startups and SMBs access government-funded programs and incentives.

Mentor & Corporate Connects

• Expand the mentor network by engaging sector experts and corporate leaders.
• Facilitate startup-SMB collaboration opportunities.
• Organize founder success stories and ecosystem impact showcases.

Cross-Hub Collaboration

• Work with teams in other hubs to share best practices and coordinate large-scale ecosystem events.
• Ensure knowledge exchange across regions.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 8-10 years experience in community engagement, government liaison, or ecosystem building.
• Strong networking skills, with connections to startup incubators, mentors, and corporates.
• Experience in event management, media engagement, and ecosystem storytelling.

About Wadhwani Foundation:

Wadhwani Foundation is a high growth, not-for-profit tech organization dedicated to social good. Over two decades since its inception in 2001, the foundation with worldwide presence has focused on a simple, powerful mission: accelerating job growth and enabling millions to earn a family-sustaining wage and lead a dignified life. The foundation is positively impacting the lives of millions of individuals across multiple countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America through its four core initiatives:

The Wadhwani Foundation works in partnership with governments, foundations, corporations, and educational institutes through the below Initiatives:

1. Wadhwani Skills Network: Enables jobseekers with new-age employability skills to acquire family-wage jobs
2. Wadhwani Entrepreneur Network: Enables aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs to start, survive and thrive through customized interventions.
3. Wadhwani Global Digital Transformation: Upskills governments with emerging technologies to accelerate population-scale projects and define new-age policies
4. Innovation & Research: Accelerate academic innovation in ground-breaking tech domains of AI, biotech, and advanced computing, pushing the envelope from pioneering research to commercialization.