Senior Program Manager- Impact Orbit

Position: Senior Program Manager

Reporting: AVP, Impact Orbit

NSRCEL is the start-up incubator
of IIM Bangalore. Over 585+ ventures have gone through the Incubation Programme
and another 1300+ ventures have taken our Launchpad Program. NSRCEL is deeply
committed to mobilizing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country to foster
innovation and economic growth.

Impact Orbit is the specialized social
entrepreneurship vertical of NSRCEL, the prominent business incubation center
housed at IIM Bangalore. Launched in 2017, it has scaled to become India's
largest social incubator by venture volume, offering structured lifecycle
support to both for-profit and non-profit social enterprises.

Core Mission and Offerings:

The initiative acts as a bridge connecting
social entrepreneurs, academia, and industry players. It targets early-stage
and growth-stage startups addressing severe environmental and socio-economic
challenges. Over an 8 to 9-month incubation period, participating ventures
receive:

• Financial
  Grants: Non-equity grants ranging up to ₹12.5–15 Lakhs for selected
  startups.
  
• Business
  Development: Personalized 1-on-1 mentoring, value proposition clarity, and
  legal compliance support.
  
• Funding
  & Impact Readiness: Training in alternative funding avenues, investor
  pitches, and rigorous impact measurement frameworks
  

What you
will be doing:

As a pivotal
member of NSRCEL’s Impact Orbit Team you will play a critical role in
influencing strategic decisions for the flagship programs like Impact Orbit and
the Impact Centre of Excellence

• Drive the impact Orbit program end to end –
  Own the entire program, design, collaborations, outcomes, M&E, team,
  internal stakeholders, utilization and communications with donors
  
• Manage and oversee the impact team, drive
  operations, provide guidance on milestones, travel to meet ventures
  
• Maintain,
  document all program related data, plan and forecast, execute and deliver
  timelines with team
  
• Ensure
  programmatic spend through stringent financial and compliance utilization
  
• Interface
  with CSR donors as a POC through timely updates, reports and ensure
  deliverables are achieved on time.
  
• Contribute to creating the Impact Centre of
  Excellence with ideas and research
  
• Coach the team to help them achieve
  professional progress and success
  
• Research aspirational sectors for programs
  
• Maintain touch points with ventures and
  alumni of Impact orbit programs in the past for tracking the journey and
  creating new models of engagement.
  

Requirements

What you
will need to bring to the table

• An MBA, or post-graduate in Social
  Entrepreneurship / Social Work
  
• Overall experience of 10-12 years (relevant
  experience in non-profit incubation, & program management)
  
• Have started a business or a non-profit or
  led an important org function, preferably in a social startup
  
• Evidence of partnership building, organizational,
  interpersonal and communications skills.
  
• Prior experience in handling important
  stakeholders and large budgets
  
• Understanding of the entrepreneurial
  ecosystem along with relevant networks in India & beyond
  
• Drive a high-speed, action-packed incubation
  CSR project, creating deliverables and ensuring the project achieves them
  
• Appetite to travel, network with ventures,
  collaborate with eco-system organizations and create new value to the project
  and NSRCEL continuously.