Program Manager / Senior Program Manager

• Position: Program Manager / Senior Program Manager, Climate Centre
• of Excellence
• Reporting manager: AVP, Climate Centre of Excellence
• Location: Bengaluru
• (IIM Bangalore campus)
• Experience: 10–14 years

Who we are

• The N.S. Raghavan Centre for
• Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) is IIM Bangalore's startup hub and incubation
• centre, structured as a Section 8 not-for-profit. Its mission is to support
• ventures that can create significant economic and societal impact. This
• financial year alone, NSRCEL has engaged with 1,106 ventures through 13 program
• tracks across 82 towns in India.
• NSRCEL is supported by the
• Department of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Electronics and
• Information Technology, and partners with corporates and foundations to support
• idea-stage and early-revenue entrepreneurs in climate-tech, women entrepreneurship
• and social impact.

About the Climate Centre of

Excellence

• The Climate Centre of Excellence
• (Climate CoE) is NSRCEL's climate vertical. It runs a five-pillar platform
• (Incubation, Capital, Research, Policy and Global Innovation) and works with
• 100+ climate startups every year across multiple corporate-sponsored programs,
• backed by a network of 250+ mentors.
• The CoE works with corporate
• partners such as Maruti Suzuki, Hindustan Unilever and Pernod Ricard India
• Foundation, and with institutional partners such as KREDL, IISc and UNSW.
• Through its Sunrise Sectors work, it also tracks emerging sectors to shape where
• NSRCEL incubates next.

The role

• You will lead a portfolio of the
• Climate CoE's corporate-sponsored programs and own its results: program
• outcomes, partner relationships, the P&L and the team that delivers it. You
• will also help shape what the CoE builds next, from new program formats to its
• work across Capital, Research, Policy and Global Innovation.

We are hiring at Program Manager

• or Senior Program Manager level, depending on experience. A Program Manager
• (about 6–9 years) owns one or two programs and their budgets. A Senior Program
• Manager (about 9–12 years) owns a portfolio of programs and its P&L, leads
• a team and drives new partnerships and revenue.

What you will do

• Programs and portfolio
• ·Own end-to-end delivery of your programs,
• including design, selection, curriculum, mentoring, outcomes and M&E,
• against agreed logframe milestones and KPIs.
• ·Design new program formats for emerging
• climate sectors, drawing on the Sunrise Sectors thesis and what partners and
• founders need.
• ·Set up and maintain the venture metrics
• system so the CoE can show what its programs achieve for startups.
• P&L and partnerships
• ·Own the program P&L: topline and net
• revenue, direct and indirect cost allocation, overhead contribution, forecasts
• and utilisation.
• ·Be the senior contact for corporate and CSR
• sponsors. Run reviews, manage expectations and drive renewals and expanded
• scope.
• ·Lead proposals and pitches for new sponsors
• (Senior Program Manager level), and work with legal and finance to structure
• contracts.
• ·Ensure strict financial and compliance
• discipline across all programs, including utilisation certificates, audits and
• partner reporting.
• Across the CoE's pillars
• ·Connect portfolio startups to capital,
• including investors, grant programs and blended finance.
• ·Contribute to research, policy engagement
• with state and central government bodies, and international partnerships.
• ·Represent NSRCEL at ecosystem forums,
• roundtables and conferences, and publish sector briefs and points of view.

Team and operations

• ·Lead, coach and review a team of Assistant
• Managers and Program Associates. Set clear goals that support the CoE's targets
• and build their capability.
• ·Build SOPs and AI-enabled workflows that let
• the team run more programs without adding headcount at the same rate.
• ·Travel to meet ventures, partners and
• ecosystem organisations.

What success looks like in your

• first year
• ·Programs delivered against every partner
• milestone, with sponsors renewing or expanding.
• ·Net revenue and overhead contribution targets
• met for your portfolio.
• ·At least one new sponsor or program signed
• (Senior Program Manager level).
• ·A team with clear goals that meets them, and
• at least one team member ready for a bigger role.

Requirements

• What you will need to bring to
• the table
• ·10–14 years of overall experience, including
• at least 3 years managing programs in incubation or acceleration, VC, CSR or
• philanthropy, climate or sustainability, or consulting.
• ·A track record of owning large budgets and
• senior external stakeholders, and delivering against contractual milestones.
• ·Financial acumen: comfort building and
• defending a budget, a forecast and a P&L.
• ·People leadership experience (required at
• Senior Program Manager level).
• ·Partnership building, structured writing and
• strong presentation skills.
• ·Understanding of India's climate-tech and
• startup ecosystem, with relevant networks.
• ·A Master's degree (MBA, sustainability,
• engineering, public policy or related) is preferred. Equivalent experience will
• be considered.
• ·Hands-on familiarity with AI productivity
• tools (this is a must).

What will set you apart

• ·Having started a business or non-profit, or
• led an important function in a startup.
• ·Depth in one or more climate segments such as
• energy transition, mobility, agri and food systems, circularity, water or
• climate finance.
• ·Experience working with government or
• multilateral bodies, or running programs across geographies.