Team Lead

About Dasra:
Dasra's bold aspiration is a transformed India where a billion thrive with dignity and equity. Established in 1999, Dasra is India's leading strategic philanthropy foundation, working with philanthropists and high-impact social entrepreneurs to bring together knowledge, funding, and talent as a catalyst for social change. Dasra was founded on the simple premise that supporting non-profits in their growth will scale their impact on the vulnerable lives they serve. Beginning with incubating NGOs like Magic Bus and Villgro and enabling them to scale, two decades later this theory of change continues to thrive at Dasra. It now encompasses strengthening leading NGOs, magnifying philanthropists' impact, and enabling government to better serve communities.

Dasra embraces diversity across people and communities through multiplicity in composition integrated with structures, culture and policies, enhancing inclusion and belonging for all in letter and spirit. We envision a team that includes people across caste, religion, gender, economic status, geography, disability and other underrepresented communities, supported by organizational structures that enable collective, transparent and fair decision making, guided by policies that facilitate growth and authenticity within an environment of openness and listening. We believe that GEDI in our institutional and programmatic endeavours will enhance, drive and accelerate social impact and social change through an integration of the worldviews of the most marginalized, recognition of their vulnerabilities, rights and potentials and through prioritization of their needs.

About Philanthropy Labs:
The Philanthropy Labs team at Dasra works on strengthening India's family philanthropy infrastructure and ecosystem to accelerate equitable giving for India's most marginalized communities. The team focusses on building networks and communities of practice of philanthropists (HNIs/UHNIs/Billionaires), driving narrative change around family philanthropy and incubating new ideas to accelerate family giving in India.

About GivingPi:
GivingPi is India's first and exclusive, invite-only family philanthropy network of its kind, for leading philanthropic families to learn, share and collaborate with each other. GivingPi, incubated under the aegis of Dasra, aims to be a one-stop hub to support families within the network on all their philanthropy focussed needs, while also providing access to bespoke advisory, events, peer networking and knowledge & insights that aims to accelerate their giving journeys

About the Role:
Experience Required:
8-10 years

Type of Role:
Full-time

Location:
Dasra Office, Mumbai, India

As Team Lead/Manager – GivingPi Advisory, you will anchor and manage strategic engagements with GivingPi members and their families, helping them craft and advance their philanthropic journeys. You'll co -create customized giving strategies, advise on implementation approaches, and connect philanthropists to relevant sector opportunities, partners, and pathways. This is a highly consultative and relationship-oriented role that blends strategic advisory, philanthropic design, donor facilitation, and insight curation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Philanthropy Advisory

• Design and deliver bespoke giving journeys for families, covering aspiration setting, issue exploration,

• nonprofit engagement, and impact frameworks.
• Provide thought partnership and trusted advisory support to families exploring or deepening their
• philanthropic practice.
• Shape customized advisory products including giving blueprints, ecosystem maps, NGO curation lists,

• and field-building opportunities.

• Donor Engagement & Facilitation

• Facilitate ongoing interactions with philanthropists through 1:1 conversation, learning touchpoints,

• field immersions, and idea co-creation.
• Tailor recommendations and connect families to aligned partners, collaboratives, and organizations

• across the sector.

• Design & Implementation Support

• Design innovative giving programs or collaborative initiatives for members and partner institutions. Coordinate with internal teams (research, events, communications) to deliver a seamless advisory

• experience.

• Manage implementation timelines, workstreams, and documentation for donor-facing engagements.

• Internal Knowledge & Systems

• Build and maintain internal knowledge tools, sector decks, giving archetypes, donor preferences, and

• nonprofit intelligence, to support advisory engagements.
• Contribute to internal learning and advisory systems, including CRM updates, knowledge sharing, and
• engagement tracking.

Skills Required:

• 8-10 years of professional experience across advisory, strategy, program design, CSR, or philanthropy.
• Experience working with or within the social impact sector is preferred.
• Consulting or client-facing experience is an added advantage, especially roles involving problem-solving, strategic thinking, and stakeholder engagement.
• Strategic advisory mindset: Ability to translate donor intent into tailored giving strategies, programs, and actionable pathways.
• Strong relationship management: Experience building trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders, including philanthropists and ecosystem partners.
• Donor journey & engagement design: Skilled at curating meaningful philanthropic experiences that blend insight, empathy, and sector opportunities.
• Excellent communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas and facilitate conversations with clarity.
• Project management: Proven ability to manage multiple engagements, coordinate with cross functional teams, and deliver high-quality outcomes on time.
• Knowledge of the development sector: Familiarity with India's social sector, nonprofit landscape, and philanthropic trends.
• Entrepreneurial and proactive: Self-starter who is comfortable navigating ambiguity, building systems, and co-creating new offerings.
• Collaborative and team-oriented: Works well across functions, contributes positively to team culture, and supports collective goals.

Think you have what it takes but not sure you check every box? Apply to the role anyway. We'd love the

opportunity to get to know you better. Whether you've worked with grass -root non-profits or foundations, we would love to explore synergies with our work and yours.

Remuneration:
Competitive as per development sector benchmarks in India

Dasra is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.