Manager - Water & Waste Management in Delhi & Bengaluru | Villgro Innovations Foundation

Villgro

Villgro has supported social entrepreneurs in India since 2001. It is one of India's most experienced social enterprise incubators. It works with founders who are solving problems that markets alone do not fix: helping small farmers grow more, creating jobs in places the formal economy has left behind, cleaning up waste and water in cities, and helping India move to a low-carbon future. Across 400 enterprises, Villgro has reached millions of lives with programmes, funding and market links built on what it has learned. This role sits within Villgro's Water, Climate & Environmental programmes, which find, test and grow startups with practical solutions for water, waste and the environment.

Role

As Manager - Water & Waste Management, you will run the day-to-day work of Villgro's water and environment programmes. You will help choose promising startups, check whether their technology works for real sites, guide their field pilots, and keep partners updated on progress. Your work helps good water and waste solutions move from a first pilot to wider use.

Responsibilities

• Manage programme workplans, timelines, milestones and deliverables from start to finish, and fix problems as they come up.
• Coordinate startup onboarding, workshops, partner reviews, field visits and showcase events with internal teams and partners.
• Support startup sourcing, screening and selection, including expert evaluations and due diligence (a careful check of a startup before support is given).
• Assess the technical fit of water and environmental solutions by reviewing proposals, specifications, performance data and cost assumptions.
• Guide selected startups through site assessments, pilot design, installation, commissioning and performance monitoring through regular reviews and field visits.
• Connect startups with technical help, experts, partners and market links where they need them.
• Build relationships with companies, government bodies, utilities and technical institutions to support pilots, partnerships and scale.
• Keep trackers and dashboards up to date, prepare progress reports, and document pilot results, programme learnings and case studies.

Requirements

• A bachelor's or master's degree in civil, environmental, water resources, chemical or mechanical engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3 to 6 years of experience in programme or project management, startups, consulting or the social impact sector, ideally in water, wastewater, climate or environmental solutions.
• A good technical understanding of water and wastewater systems and the ability to judge whether a technology suits a site.
• Experience managing projects or pilots with many stakeholders, timelines and deliverables, and handling several workstreams at once.
• Good analytical and data skills, including keeping trackers, dashboards and reports.
• Strong communication, relationship and coordination skills, with a high level of ownership and problem-solving.
• Based in Delhi or Bengaluru and willing to travel often across India for startup visits, partner meetings and field pilots.
• Good to have: experience with water-tech, climate-tech or environmental startups, exposure to water treatment, reuse, efficiency or groundwater recharge, and familiarity with pilot monitoring and impact measurement.

Benefits

• Pay at the higher end of the nonprofit sector, plus a performance-based variable component.
• Health insurance for you and your immediate family.
• A mental health policy with access to subsidised support services.
• The chance to help water and waste startups grow at India's most experienced social enterprise incubator.

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