Engagement Manager, Research and Public Policy – Sattva

Sattva We are an organisation driven by the mission to end poverty in our lifetime. Our work focuses on scalable solutions for sustainable social impact. We work with our clients – corporations, philanthropists, foundations and social organisations – to achieve social impact goals effectively and maximise the social return on their investment. Deep understanding across sectors and collaboration with multiple stakeholders drive our work. This approach helps us, and our clients develop holistic solutions for solving critical societal problems.

We are driven by impact and powered by knowledge. We bring the right balance of the head-heart-hand to our work. Our work is powered by the passionate energy of our mission-driven young team, guided by the strong leadership and advisory board with multi-dimensional experience in business and social sectors.

Our team of 400 (and growing rapidly) across offices in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi comes with stellar professional credentials from diverse backgrounds and is bound together by our common commitment to social impact.

Our Foundation team’s core objective is to be strategic advisors to the leadership of large-scale organizations so as to together achieve orbit-shifting impact. Our focus is on enabling holistic organization and ecosystem transformation – by rigorously solving problems, formulating strategic solutions which are logically sound and effective on the ground, and ensuring all stakeholders are effectively engaged and their interests are covered.

Position: Engagement Manager

No. of Open positions:1

The Opportunity 

The Engagement Manager is one of the key roles in Sattva, leading either large accounts or one or more projects. In this role, you will work closely with Sattva’s senior management, leading your team in designing and building solutions to enable high impact on the ground. In addition, the following will be the key responsibilities:

Delivery Excellence:

• Take overall accountability for client success through active listening, problem-solving, and providing strategic inputs which align with their vision of high impact on the ground and the ecosystem
• Co-create solutions to meet client’s current and future needs, working closely with a variety of stakeholders both internally and externally
• Influence decision-making and action at the senior level of high-impact organisations to enable positive and sustainable impact
• Develop, manage and grow working relationships with clients and key stakeholders
• Ensure strong project management, team management, and overall profitability of projects

Presentations

• Formulate key areas of inquiry and conceptual frameworks for any qualitative/quantitative research (beginner proficiency)
• Present readings/research findings into insights through a visually compelling manner
• Adhere to standards of strategic communication (pyramid principle, objective communication, brevity, simplicity)

Data Analysis:

• Conduct quantitative/qualitative analysis of the data to cull out meaning relevant to client’s problem
• Design client problem-relevant data dashboards and visualizations
• Mine data from primary and secondary sources, then reorganize said data in a format that is simple and concise
• Use statistical tools (as relevant to the project) to interpret data sets, paying particular attention to trends and patterns that could be valuable for diagnostic and predictive analytics efforts

Research:

• Conduct basic qualitative and quantitative research skills (intermediate proficiency in market research, solution landscape mapping , policy research etc.)
• Collate and synthesize data, and generate insights.
• Analyse policies, study policy documents
• Conduct primary and secondary research processes with high quality
• Present findings to clients in an easy-to-understand way
• Monitor the progress of data collection
• Manage focus groups, carry out interviews, and conduct surveys

Project Management:

• Plans day-to-day responsibilities effectively at an individual level
• Possesses excellent time management and prioritization skills to work on key activities that are directly linked to impact outcomes
• Proactively monitors and reports any risk in individual/project milestones
• Maintains thorough documentation of key project knowledge assets

Key qualifications and experiences:

At Sattva, our goal is to realize the impact on the ground and to drive a collective win by engaging with multiple stakeholders. We are looking for individuals who align with our mission of alleviating poverty in our lifetime and have the following profile:

• 8-10 years of experience in research and consulting, business development and stakeholder management in corporates, social enterprises, consulting firms, or global foundations
• MBA or equivalent postgraduate degree in business management rural management/development, economics/social sciences
• Exceptional problem-solving and advisory skills, strong presentation and data analytical abilities
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively
• Prior experience in leading diverse teams and people management
• Demonstrated commitment to social impact/prior experience working in the social sector
• Self-driven, high-energy, curious, and adaptable personality with the ability to produce high-quality (entrepreneurial mindset)
• Strong stakeholder management and prior experience of having worked with the Govt. will be useful
• Strong orientation towards secondary research frameworks, knowledge curation and insight

Key Competencies

• Strong problem-solving skills and prior experience working in consulting firms
• Exceptional PowerPoint skills and prior experience working across strategy projects
• Robust understanding of Indian and Global databases (Macroeconomic, Development Indicators, etc); experience having worked intensively in any domain that involved processing, interpreting, and analyzing databases of varying size and complexity
• An in-depth understanding of a few and familiarity with the following types of databases will be useful – CSO databases (National Accounts, NSSO, ASI, PLFS, Census, MSME Survey, etc), Public Finance, domain-specific databases in Agriculture (Agricultural Statistics, FAOSTAT, etc), Health (NHA, HMIS, NFHS, etc),
• Education (UDISE, NAS, PGI, etc) and any real-time high-frequency non-traditional databases (satellite imagery, road traffic, port congestion, online trends, etc)
• Experience having applied data mining/data engineering/data science tools to overlay multiple datasets for deriving insights is a plus
• Good writing, data visualization, and presentation-making skills are a must.

Sattva is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, caste, creed, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or any other legally protected and/or marginalized characteristics. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are essential to our business and we foster an environment of respect and a culture that celebrates diversity and promotes equity and inclusion. We are committed to providing all employees with education, training, and development opportunities to create a workplace where everyone feels safe, respected, and included.

At Sattva, we also provide additional support for limitations related to physical or mental disabilities. If you need reasonable additional support to apply for a position or participate in the interview process, please write to us at dei@sattva.co.in.