State Lead - Partnerships & Growth (Tamil Nadu)

About the role

We are looking for a mission -driven State Lead - Partnerships & Growth to lead CDL’s institutional presence, partnerships, and strategic growth efforts. This role combines ecosystem building, government engagement, institutional partnerships, regional strategy, and public-interest program development.

What you'll do

• Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Building
• Build and manage long-term relationships with government departments, development partners, universities, research institutions, civil society organizations
• Identify and develop strategic collaboration opportunities across multiple priority sectors like climate resilience, coastal & ocean resilience, disaster risk reduction
• Contribute to strengthening state-level ecosystems around data, technology, AI, and public-interest innovation
• Identify and support opportunities for government engagement, grants, consortiums, institutional partnerships, and long-term collaborative initiatives

What you need

• 8–14 yrs of experience
• Business development
• Communication
• Any graduate