Executive Director – Programs & Organizational Leadership

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Strategy & Organizational Transformation

• Provide overall strategic stewardship of Mission 2030, setting enterprise-level direction, priorities, and success measures for the organization.
• Lead organization-wide transformation initiatives, including operating model evolution, leadership capability development, and adoption of new ways of working.
• Anticipate future institutional needs arising from scale, complexity, regulatory context, and sectoral shifts, and shape adaptive strategies for long-term sustainability.
• Act as a strategic thought partner to the Founder & Managing Trustee and the Governing Council on organizational design, institutional maturity, and resilience.

Program Leadership – USF & Skilling

• Provide strategic and operational leadership to Udayan Shalini Fellowship and Skilling programs across multiple states and cities.
• Lead the scale-up of these flagship programs, ensuring expansion delivers measurable improvements in access, quality, and life outcomes for beneficiaries.
• Oversee program-specific digitisation, monitoring, and use of data to strengthen delivery effectiveness and learning.
• Ensure consistently high standards of program quality, safeguarding, compliance, and outcome measurement.
• Strengthen Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) systems to support program-level evidence-based decision-making.

Leadership of Shared Functions

• Provide executive oversight and leadership to Finance, HR, Fundraising, Communications, and Administration functions.
• Ensure shared functions are structured, staffed, and governed to effectively enable program delivery and organizational priorities.
• Strengthen core organizational systems, policies, internal controls, and functional capacities appropriate to a ₹50+ crore, pan-India institution.
• Manage the operational and stakeholder complexity inherent in large, multi-location national programs.

Resource Mobilization & Financial Sustainability

• Hold overall accountability for fundraising performance and medium-term financial sustainability.
• Personally cultivate and steward relationships with key donors, CSR partners, foundations, and institutional funders.
• Support diversification of funding sources, including grants and institutional partnerships.
• Work with the Finance function to ensure prudent financial management, transparency, and risk mitigation.

Organizational Planning, Governance, Rhythm & Alignment

• Lead organization-wide planning and performance processes, including Annual Operating Plans, budgets, KPIs, and periodic reviews.
• Establish and sustain organizational rhythm through disciplined planning cycles, leadership forums, and review mechanisms.
• Anchor consolidated dashboards and management information systems to support effective oversight by the Founder and Governing Council.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, FCRA, safeguarding, and donor requirements.
• Work collaboratively with the Founder and ART leadership on intersecting priorities, without direct line responsibility.

People, Culture & Volunteer Engagement

• Lead and mentor senior program leaders and shared function heads.
• Foster a collaborative, patient, and values-driven culture suited to a volunteer-intensive organization.
• Demonstrate maturity in working with long-standing volunteers, trustees, mentors, and partners.
• Embed Udayan Care’s CIRCA values across leadership behaviour and organizational practices.

Qualification & Requirements

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Management, Public Policy, Education, Development Studies, or related fields.

Experience

• 18-25+ years of progressive leadership experience, preferably within the Indian social impact sector.
• Demonstrated experience in leading organization-wide change management and transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience leading large, multi-location programs or portfolios at scale.
• Demonstrated success in fundraising, donor engagement, and financial stewardship.
• Exposure to education, youth development, skill-building, or community programs preferred
• Ability to work at the intersection of programs, people, finance, and organizational governance.

Competencies & Attributes

• High emotional intelligence and maturity in founder-led governance environments.
• Strong systems thinking and execution discipline.
• Ability to manage complexity, ambiguity, and multiple stakeholder expectations.
• Credible presence with boards, donors, volunteers, and senior partners.

Position Requirements

• Reporting: Founder & Managing Trustee and Governing Council.
• Location: New Delhi; regular travel to program locations across the country.
• Tenure: The organization seeks a leader willing to commit for the long term.
• Values & Safeguarding: Commitment to Udayan Care’s values, child protection and safeguarding policies, and ethical standards is mandatory.

Benefits

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