About The/Nudge
The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals and youth on rural development, agriculture, skilling and economic inclusion, along with 15+ central and state government partners. Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians, has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more.
Set up with support from 90+ eminent philanthropists , 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations including Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and L'Oreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime". What are we solving for?
We are solving for households in poverty who are also financially and socially vulnerable through a targeted, multi-faceted, and sequenced model called the graduation approach, which has demonstrated that we can durably pull households out of poverty. At The/Nudge Institute, we have been piloting this program for the past 3 years and are in the process of catalysing the propagation of the same.
Our purpose is to contribute to making the most excluded individuals contributing members to the economy:
- Enable the government to adopt by providing research, design, and implementation support
- Continue to implement on its own to iterate on the design for impact at scale
- Enable more NGOs to adopt technical and capacity-building support
- Continue to generate data on poverty and evidence on the graduation approach to nudge governments to adopt at-scale
- Build technology solutions for NGOs and governments to adopt and implement at scale & with quality.
What are some of the principles/ approaches we use?
- First principles thinking
- Human-centred design (thoughtful, action-oriented, experimental & iterative process) with a gender lens (unbiased and reflective approach)
- Systems thinking (analytical, stakeholder-oriented and holistic)
- Strategic planning (result-oriented, logical & coherent with clearly defined outcomes, grounded on the current realities)
What will you do?
Drive Policy–Tech-Product Alignment
- Position Tech Product as the National MIS for Graduation/EIP programs across central ministries
- Translate program and policy priorities into actionable product requirements and ensure alignment across all key stakeholders
- Ensure standardisation and process consolidation across states, while balancing contextualisation requirements.
Steer Tech Handover & Governance
- Drive Tech Product handover and integration across central ministries (servers, deployments, access, compliance).
- Align on data governance, security, and DPDP compliance with government stakeholders.
- Support audits, reviews, and national steering committees for rollout.
- Ensure Stakeholder Engagement & National Representation
- Serve as the primary interface between the central government and Sarathi product team.
- Represent Tech Product in national-level discussions with ministries, states, and partners.
- Align stakeholder expectations into a single roadmap and unified communication.
Ensure smooth rollouts and Push Tech Adoption
- Plan and manage rollouts of the tech product to new states in conjunction with product and operations teams for central ministry programs
- Work with government stakeholders, like the NRLM and SRLMs, to coordinate on and manage rollout related dependencies
- Define the messaging and create the content to support the launch of the tech product; create and disseminate training materials for the tech product
- Plan for and manage go-live and ongoing support for our users (field operation teams) across states
Who are we looking for in this role?
- 10+ years of experience in program management or project management
- Experience working on large-scale projects and collaborating with multiple stakeholders is a must. Government experience is preferred.
- Certification: PMP, CAPM, or other equivalent project management certifications are preferred.
- Technical Skills: Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel, and project management tools. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
- Soft Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively in a team and manage multiple stakeholders.
- Comfort with ambiguity and changing priorities
- Can-do attitude, hunger to learn, and a growth mindset
- A strong desire to make a difference, and are comfortable with non-profit sector salaries
What’s in it for you?
- Own your growth: An impact-led learning environment encourages Nudgesters to invest in their learning and capacity building needs through initiatives and policies, including L&D wallet, individual development plan and internal role change opportunities.
- Find your tribe: Our hiring philosophy emphasises intent, attitude, smarts and skills, in that order, to build a cohesive environment for Nudgesters. The organisation is committed to curating people-centric policies, enhancing how employees experience life at The/Nudge.
- Take big bets: Organisational initiatives are intended to facilitate Nudgesters with a view to the big picture, illustrated by our impact across 50000+ households, 15+ governments, 200+ social enterprises and Charcha: India’s largest social sector convening forum.
- Make it happen: A product-based approach in an action-biased environment empowers Nudgesters to implement audacious plans. Driven to fail fast, we endeavour to optimise resources in favour of programs that align with our scale ambition.
You can learn more about what we do and how we do it through this deck. We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organization and encourage qualified individuals irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply.
