Position: Associate Consultant
Employment type: Contract for 1 year, with a path to full time role basis performance
Location: Bengaluru

The Opportunity

As an Associate Consultant in the Innovations team, you will be an integral part of a team that designs and builds solutions that best address our clients needs and create measurable impact. As an Associate Consultant, you will get an opportunity to work alongside individuals/teams on research, problem solving, stakeholder engagement, program strategy and/or implementation. This is an early stage role in an emerging practice, where you will be one of the founding team members of a practice that is being built from scratch.

Key Responsibilities

- Business Development Funder Management: Assist the team in managing a portfolio of active funder conversations across domestic foundations, international philanthropies, and CSR from proposal and close.
- Assist in preparation of client proposals and advisory decks.
- Support in anchoring the roundtable series, the flagship events and other marketing channels.
- Manage follow-through on funders contact ensuring no relationship falls through the cracks.
- Client Delivery: Assist in delivery of innovation engagements conducting TRL assessments, synthesizing funder-ready impact briefs, and presenting findings to client stakeholders.
- Client Delivery: Manage Impact Measurement Frameworks by updating custom metrics, milestone tracking systems, and annual review structures.
- Client Delivery: Support Capital Raise Advisory - structuring term sheets, facilitating funder-innovator conversations, and managing deal timelines.
- Thought Leadership Knowledge Research: Research for thought leadership and knowledge research.
- Thought Leadership Knowledge Research: Contribute to building the practices proprietary methodologies.
- Thought Leadership Knowledge Research: Research on Indian and global innovation philanthropy landscape.




- Data Analysis: Understand the objectives of analytics, the project context, and identify relevant data for achieving objectives.
- Data Analysis: Conduct relevant quantitative/qualitative analysis on the data to cull out meaningful insights relevant to client problem.
- Data Analysis: Present data insights in a concise and meaningful manner using relevant visualizations.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Practise active listening in internal as well as external discussions.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Ensure proactive and regular communication with relevant stakeholders.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build credibility with relevant stakeholders through effective and on time delivery.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Assist in preparing for and coordinating meetings, workshops, and convenings with key partners.

Key qualifications and experiences

- 2-4 years of experience in strategic consulting for science and technology-led initiatives, innovation management at research institutes, accelerators, or venture studios
- Project management, and stakeholder engagement experience
- Solid analytical and financial acumen with hands-on experience in data analysis.
- Understanding of innovation and science-based research landscape in India and globally or willingness to learn the innovation aspects
- Client-facing experience in stakeholder management.
- Problem-solver with strong communication and presentation skills, capable of navigating ambiguity and driving outcomes.
- Preferred qualifications: Graduation in a sciences stream ; MBA/M.Tech/MS or equivalent.
- Demonstrates humility, curiosity, and a growth mindset, with a self-starter attitude and willingness to learn.
- Flexibility to travel.

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📌 Associate Consultant - Innovation Practice (Bengaluru)
🏢 Sattva Consulting
📍 Bengaluru