Programme Manager – Product & Programme Development in New Delhi | Wadhwani Foundation

Wadhwani Foundation

Wadhwani Foundation works to accelerate economic development for billions of people in emerging economies through job creation and entrepreneurship. This role sits within WEN – Accelerate, part of the Foundation's initiative supporting small and medium businesses (SMBs) through sprint-based interventions, sector-focused programming, and structured venture support delivered across multiple hubs in India.

Role

This role is responsible for converting programme components that currently exist as ideas, one-off interventions, or informal practice into structured, repeatable, scalable products — with defined scope, playbooks, and delivery formats that any Venture Partner or Sprint Operator across hubs can pick up and run consistently. This is a remote (India) position focused on product and programme design.

Responsibilities

• Create playbooks for each sprint type so delivery quality doesn't depend on which Sprint Operator runs it
• Design and productize the SMB Community and peer network model (Peer Circles, Hub Chapters) into a defined, repeatable format
• Design the Alumni Engagement pathway, including structure for repeat sprints and a paid conversion model for ventures exiting the core programme
• Build out Sector Focus Sprints as standalone products, including Defence Manufacturing, Food & Agro, and EV & Clean Tech
• Convert ad hoc or one-off interventions run across hubs into standardized, reusable products with clear scope, inputs, outputs, and effort
• Bring an analytical lens to product design — sizing demand, structuring frameworks, and validating assumptions before building
• Build and maintain a network of external service providers relevant to sector sprints (compliance consultants, certification bodies, OEM connectors)
• Apply consulting-style structured problem solving to genuinely ambiguous, undefined areas of the programme

Requirements

• Background in management consulting, or a Chartered Accountant with strong exposure to business problem-solving
• Strong grounding in management consulting problem-solving frameworks (structuring, hypothesis-driven analysis, MECE-style breakdowns)
• Demonstrated experience building frameworks, playbooks, or productized service offerings, not just executing against someone else's brief
• Strong analytical and structuring ability, comfortable working from ambiguity to a defined product
• Existing or buildable network of relevant service providers/experts
• Ability to work independently in a remote, build-from-scratch capacity
• 5-7 years of relevant experience

Benefits

• High-ownership, remote role building foundational products for a large-scale entrepreneurship and job creation initiative
• Opportunity to apply consulting-grade structured problem-solving to real-world sector challenges (Defence, Agro, EV/Clean Tech)
• Direct impact on scaling programme delivery quality and consistency across multiple hubs in India
• Work at the intersection of strategy, product design, and social/economic impact

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