Team Lead

Position: Team Lead (Entrepreneur Support & Operations), Insight Program

About The/Nudge:

The/Nudge is an action institute building resilient livelihoods to alleviate poverty. We work with women, farmers, tribals and youth on rural development, agriculture, skilling and economic inclusion, along with 15+ central and state government partners.

Our economic inclusion journey for 25 million Indians, has reached 10 states with $250M of government funding to cover 1.25M people. Our incubator, accelerator and grand challenges have supported 200+ social entrepreneurs including 17 Forbes 30U30, 3 EarthShot Prize winners, 1 Time Magazine cover and more.

Set up with support from 90+ eminent philanthropists , 40+ corporates and 15+ foundations including Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Vinod Khosla, Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts, Skoll, Meta, LinkedIn, HDFC, Mphasis, KPMG and L'Oreal, we are contributing towards a "poverty-free India, within our lifetime".

About the Program

The
InSight Program
aims to build a
Presbyopia-free India
by empowering rural entrepreneurs to deliver
reading glasses and near vision screening
in their own communities. Over
300 million Indians
suffer from uncorrected presbyopia, leading to more than
$14 billion in annual productivity losses
.

The program enables a
market-based, sustainable solution
— training and supporting local entrepreneurs to screen for near-vision impairment and sell affordable reading glasses. Each entrepreneur serves their local area, combining
social impact with sustainable livelihood generation
.

Role Overview

The
Team Lead
plays a pivotal role in identifying, onboarding, and mentoring a network of
10-20 entrepreneurs
within their assigned locality. The Team Lead ensures that
these entrepreneurs remain active every month
, collectively conducting
consistent near vision screenings
and driving consistent reading glass distribution.

This role requires strong on-ground leadership, performance tracking, and hands-on mentoring to ensure both
impact and income targets
are met at the grassroots level.

Location:
Tiruvallur, Dindigul and Erode (Any one of the listed location)

Reporting To:
Block Lead, Insight Program

Duration:
12 Months (3 Months Probation)

Key Responsibilities

Entrepreneur Network Development

· Identify, recruit, and onboard
10-20 potential entrepreneurs
in the assigned locality.

· Build an inclusive and motivated entrepreneur network aligned with program goals.

Performance and Field Operations

· Monitor daily and weekly progress of entrepreneurs on screenings, sales, and conversions.

· Ensure the team collectively achieves
the required near vision screenings per month
across the assigned geography.

· Conduct field visits and shadow entrepreneurs during screening events to ensure quality standards.

· Resolve on-ground challenges related to inventory, community mobilization, or operational gaps.

Training and Capacity Building

· Facilitate onboarding and refresher training sessions in collaboration with our training partners for entrepreneurs.

· Reinforce field practices related to presbyopia screening, sales approach, and record-keeping.

· Mentor entrepreneurs in improving communication, sales conversion, and customer service.

Monitoring and Reporting

· Track entrepreneur performance using digital dashboards and data collection tools.

· Submit weekly and monthly progress reports to the Block Lead.

· Flag underperforming entrepreneurs and design remedial action plans.

Community Engagement and Awareness

· Support entrepreneurs in organizing local awareness events, village meetings, and vision screening camps.

· Represent the
InSight Program
at the community level and liaise with panchayat leaders and SHGs.

Qualifications and Skills

· Bachelor's degree in any stream.

· Minimum 1 years of team management experience in
sales, field operations, or social enterprise programs
, preferably in rural areas.

· Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; ability to motivate field entrepreneurs.

· Proficiency in
Google Sheets, mobile apps, and reporting tools
.

· Fluency in
Tamil
and working knowledge of
English
.

· Willingness to travel extensively within the assigned geography.

Preferred Skills

· Experience in
micro-entrepreneurship, rural distribution, or social impact projects
.

· Familiarity with
Tamil Nadu's community landscape
.

· Ability to work independently and drive accountability through influence.

Join us in building a Presbyopia-free India — by empowering entrepreneurs, transforming livelihoods, and restoring vision.

We aspire to be an inclusive and diverse organization and encourage qualified individuals, irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply.