Chief Executive Officer

<h3>Accountabilities</h3><li>Define and execute the organization's long-term vision, strategy, and growth priorities in alignment with its mission and the expectations of its board or founder.</li><li>Lead institutional development and organizational scaling, building on existing traction to expand reach, strengthen impact, and establish a sustainable operating model.</li><li>Build and maintain strong relationships with institutional funders, government stakeholders, board members, strategic partners, and other key decision-makers.</li><li>Lead multi-year fundraising strategies, secure institutional funding, and develop increasingly ambitious funding partnerships to support long-term organizational growth.</li><li>Oversee organizational performance, financial sustainability, resource allocation, and strategic priorities, ensuring that decisions support the organization's mission and long-term objectives.</li><li>Lead and develop large, geographically distributed teams, establishing a strong organizational culture, clear accountability, and effective collaboration in a fully remote environment.</li><li>Build a strong leadership team and succession pipeline, empowering senior leaders to take ownership of their functions and reducing organizational dependence on any single individual.</li><li>Establish effective governance practices and maintain transparent, productive relationships with the board, founder, funders, and other stakeholders.</li><li>Champion product-oriented thinking, technology adoption, and scalable operating models to improve organizational effectiveness and extend the reach of the organization's work.</li><li>Translate strategic ambitions into measurable objectives, performance indicators, and execution plans, ensuring that organizational growth delivers meaningful and sustainable impact.</li><li>Represent the organization externally, communicating its mission, achievements, strategic direction, and funding priorities to influential stakeholders and potential partners.</li><li>Navigate organizational complexity and change with sound judgment, balancing immediate operational needs with long-term institution-building priorities.</li><h2>Requirements</h2><li>Extensive senior leadership experience, ideally as a CEO, executive director, managing director, or equivalent executive responsible for leading an entire organization rather than an individual function.</li><li>Demonstrated success leading large, distributed teams and building a cohesive organizational culture across remote or geographically dispersed working environments.</li><li>A strong track record of securing institutional funding over multiple years, including experience growing fundraising commitments and cultivating long-term relationships with major funders.</li><li>Established credibility with institutional funders, government representatives, boards, founders, and other senior stakeholders, with a demonstrated ability to build trust, negotiate effectively, and secure commitments.</li><li>Proven experience scaling organizations, strengthening institutional capabilities, and translating an established foundation into sustainable growth and broader impact.</li><li>Strong strategic and financial acumen, including the ability to allocate resources effectively, assess organizational performance, manage risks, and make informed long-term decisions.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to build, mentor, and empower senior leadership teams, develop future leaders, and establish systems that support organizational independence and continuity.</li><li>A strong interest in product thinking, technology-enabled innovation, and scalable solutions, with the ability to identify opportunities for technology to advance organizational goals without necessarily having an engineering background.</li><li>Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills, with the confidence to engage diverse stakeholders and represent an organization at the highest levels.</li><li>Strong judgment, adaptability, and problem-solving abilities, combined with a mission-driven mindset and a commitment to measurable, sustainable outcomes.</li><li>Experience working with global boards, founders, or international stakeholders is an advantage, particularly in organizations operating across multiple geographies.</li><h2>Benefits</h2><li>
<strong>Competitive executive compensation:</strong>Annual compensation ranging from INR 75,00,000 to INR 90,00,000 (INR 75–90 lakh per annum).</li><li>
<strong>Fully remote work:</strong>Lead the organization from India with the flexibility of a remote working arrangement.</li><li>
<strong>Executive leadership opportunity:</strong>Take responsibility for the organization's overall direction, strategic priorities, and long-term success.</li><li>
<strong>Institution-building mandate:</strong>Build on an established organizational foundation and lead its next phase of growth and development.</li><li>
<strong>Global exposure:</strong>Collaborate with a global board or founder and engage with international stakeholders, funders, and strategic partners.</li><li>
<strong>Meaningful impact:</strong>Lead a mission-driven organization focused on achieving sustainable outcomes and expanding its reach.</li><li>
<strong>Strategic autonomy:</strong>Shape organizational strategy, develop leadership capabilities, and influence decisions that determine long-term performance.</li><li>
<strong>Technology and innovation:</strong>Drive product-oriented thinking and explore scalable, technology-enabled approaches to organizational growth.</li>