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The State Lead will be responsible for the implementation, scale, and overall performance of the Entrepreneurship Model across Tamil Nadu. This role carries full accountability for achieving state-level targets, ensuring operational excellence, and building a sustainable network of entrepreneurs across districts and blocks.

The State Lead will manage multiple districts through Team Leads and ensure that district-level operations translate into measurable outcomes including entrepreneur onboarding, active participation rates, monthly screenings conducted, reading glasses distributed, and income generation.

This is a leadership role that requires a strong balance of strategy, field execution, data-driven decision-making, and stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership & Strategy:

- - Lead the state-wide implementation of the Reading Glasses and Livelihood Program across Tamil Nadu, ensuring alignment with national objectives and timelines.
- Develop detailed monthly and quarterly operational plans that translate central goals into district-wise and block-wise targets. Ensure that rollouts are systematic, well-sequenced, and supported with adequate training, inventory, and field supervision.
- Maintain strict adherence to approved budgets, operational guidelines, and quality standards. Monitor cost efficiency and ensure financial discipline across districts.
- Continuously assess performance trends and operational realities across districts, identifying risks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement. Design and implement corrective action plans where required.
- Drive a culture of accountability and outcome orientation across the state team.

Team Management:

- - Supervise Team Leads and ensure that each effectively manages 10 15 Block Leads within their assigned geography.
- Ensure activation and sustained productivity of approximately 600 700 entrepreneurs across Tamil Nadu in the initial phase, with clear roadmaps for future scale.




- Set structured performance goals for Team Leads and conduct regular review meetings to track progress against:
1. Entrepreneur onboarding and activation
2. Monthly screening numbers
3. Glasses distribution volumes
4. Income generated per entrepreneur
5. Retention and activity rates
- Provide mentorship and performance feedback to strengthen field leadership capacity. Intervene in underperforming districts with targeted support and structured improvement plans.
- Build a cohesive, high-performance state team capable of delivering consistent outcomes across geographies.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting:

- - Ensure strong data governance and reporting discipline across all districts in Tamil Nadu.
- Review state-level dashboards and field data regularly to assess accuracy, completeness, and trends in entrepreneur performance. Validate critical metrics through field visits and random verification checks.
- Identify operational bottlenecks including low activation, drop-offs in screenings, supply chain delays, or training gaps and deploy corrective measures proactively.
- Ensure timely and structured reporting to the Entrepreneurship Program Head and central team, including periodic performance summaries and impact updates.
- Contribute to strengthening monitoring systems and improving operational transparency across the state.

Stakeholder Engagement

- - Represent the InSight Entrepreneurship Model at state-level meetings, government reviews, and CSR forums.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with state government departments, rural livelihood missions,



district administration, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation and convergence.
- Collaborate with local development organizations and community institutions to support awareness drives, entrepreneur mobilization, and program credibility.
- Ensure that the program is positioned as a scalable, impact-driven initiative aligned with state development priorities.

Program Expansion

- - Identify high-performing districts and document best practices that can be replicated across the state.
- Support planning and readiness for expansion into new districts post-pilot by assessing operational capacity, team readiness, and supply systems.
- Ensure that systems, processes, and training frameworks are standardized to enable sustainable scale without compromising quality.
- Develop forward-looking expansion plans aligned with the broader national ambition of reaching 10,000 entrepreneurs by 2033.

Qualifications and Skills

- Minimum 5+ years of experience managing multi-district or state-level programs, preferably in rural operations, livelihoods, healthcare outreach, or entrepreneurship-driven initiatives.
- Demonstrated track record of driving measurable performance outcomes in distributed field teams.
- Robust leadership capability and ability to manage geographically dispersed teams.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly in government-facing roles.
- Proficiency in Google Workspace, Excel, and data dashboards with strong comfort in interpreting operational data.
- Fluency in Tamil and English is mandatory.
- Willingness to travel extensively across districts within Tamil Nadu.

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📌 State Lead, Insight (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 The/Nudge Institute
📍 Tamil Nadu