Ecosystem Resource
Network
Location: Capital (Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Noida & NCR)
Reporting: GM Ecosystem
Organization
Overview
The Wadhwani
Foundation is an entrepreneurial philanthropy focused on enabling
large-scale job creation by strengthening entrepreneurship, skilling, and small
business growth across the Global South. The Foundation builds systems-level
solutions that combine AI-enabled platforms, structured programs, and deep
ecosystem partnerships to drive measurable economic outcomes. Its work spans
multiple geographies and engages governments, employers, industry bodies,
financial institutions, and entrepreneurship enablers. The operating model
emphasizes scale, execution rigor, and collaboration across public and private
ecosystems to deliver durable impact.
Role
Overview
The Resource Network Lead is responsible for building, managing, and activating a
high-quality state-level pool of experts, mentors, and practitioners that
enables effective delivery of skilling and entrepreneurship initiatives. The
role ensures that programs have timely access to relevant, locally grounded
expertise aligned to small business growth, employability, and enterprise
outcomes. Operating as the state-level extension of national resource networks,
the role balances local relevance with central quality standards, with
accountability for resource readiness, utilization, and contribution to
outcomes.
Responsibilities (with example deliverables)
1. State-Level
Resource Capacity
- A robust, state-specific pool of vetted
experts, mentors, and practitioners aligned to skilling, small business
growth, and entrepreneurship program needs.
- Clear ownership of resource availability,
coverage, and readiness across programs operating within the state.
2. Skilling Resource
Enablement
- Reliable access to sector-relevant
facilitators, industry mentors, and practitioners who enable learner
employability, workplace readiness, and industry exposure.
- Consistent expert participation in
masterclasses, mentoring, and applied learning interventions with
measurable utilization and engagement.
5. Knowledge &
Insight Curation
- A curated set of state-relevant knowledge
assets (local reports, sector insights, practitioner content, tools)
aligned to business, skilling, and enterprise needs.
- Structured sourcing and integration of these
resources into the Foundation’s AI-enabled platforms for scalable use.
6. Quality, Utilization
& Coordination
- Clear quality standards, performance tracking,
and utilization metrics for experts and mentors at the state level.
- Strong coordination with central teams to
ensure consistency, while adapting resource deployment to local context
and program demand.
Competencies
- Expert Network & Capacity Building
Ability to design, grow, and manage pools of practitioners and mentors aligned to defined program outcomes and local context.
- Contextual Judgment
Ability to assess local relevance of expertise and knowledge, balancing central standards with state-specific needs.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
Ability to work effectively with program, ecosystem, and central teams to align resource supply with execution demand.
- Systems Thinking
Ability to understand and operate within interconnected systems spanning skilling, small business growth, academic institutions, employers, and policy environments, identifying leverage points for scale and impact.
- Data- and Insight-Informed Decision Making
Ability to use data, ecosystem insights, and performance signals to prioritize partnerships, course-correct execution, and improve ecosystem effectiveness over time.
Experience
- Expert or Mentor Network Exposure
Experience building, managing, or operating within expert, mentor, or practitioner networks supporting skilling, entrepreneurship, or enterprise initiatives.
- Small Business Contexts
Experience working with or supporting small businesses, micro-entrepreneurs, or growth ventures in applied, execution-oriented settings.
- Partner-Led Delivery Models
Experience delivering outcomes through external experts or partners rather than direct line management.
- State or Regional Operating Contexts
Experience operating in state or regional ecosystems with varied institutional capacity, sector mix, and local dynamics.
