About the Role

We are looking for a Strategic Partnerships Manager to lead NxtWaves engagement with government and strategic ecosystem stakeholders. The role will represent NxtWave in key external engagements, build relationships with senior stakeholders, identify strategic opportunities, and drive partnerships from initial engagement through execution.

The role requires strong understanding of the government ecosystem, excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to independently own high-priority engagements.

Key Responsibilities

1. Government Affairs & Engagement

- Represent NxtWave in meetings, consultations, conferences, roundtables, and other engagements with senior government stakeholders.
- Build and manage relationships with senior officials across Central and State Governments.
- Engage with Central Government ministries and departments including MoE, MeitY, MSDE, Ministry of Labour and Employment, and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, along with other relevant ministries.
- Engage with State Government departments including Higher Education, Skill Development & Vocational Education, IT, Industries, Labour & Employment, and Youth Affairs.
- Understand government priorities, programmes, and initiatives and identify areas where NxtWave can create meaningful value.
- Prepare stakeholder briefs, meeting notes, talking points, and follow-up actions for significant engagements.

2. Strategic Partnerships

- Identify and develop partnership opportunities with government bodies, public institutions, universities, industry bodies, employers, technology companies, and other ecosystem organisations.
- Build partnership propositions aligned with stakeholder priorities and NxtWave’s capabilities across education, skilling, technology, AI, and employment.
- Develop concept notes, proposals, presentations, and engagement plans.
- Lead external discussions and negotiations and drive opportunities towards formalisation and execution.




- Identify opportunities to deepen and expand existing partnerships.

3. Industry & Ecosystem Engagement

- Build relationships with industry bodies such as NASSCOM, CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, sector-specific associations, employers, foundations, think tanks, and other relevant organisations.
- Represent NxtWave at relevant industry and ecosystem forums.
- Identify opportunities for industry participation, employer engagement, technology adoption, and workforce development.
- Strengthen NxtWave’s presence and relationships across the government, education, technology, and skilling ecosystem.

4. Policy & Strategic Research

- Track developments across education, skilling, AI, technology, employment, and workforce development.
- Monitor government policies, schemes, budgets, programmes, and institutional priorities relevant to NxtWave.
- Develop stakeholder intelligence, briefing notes, and strategic inputs for leadership.
- Translate policy and ecosystem developments into actionable partnership opportunities.

5. Partnership Execution & Ownership

- Own key partnership workstreams from opportunity identification through execution and closure.
- Coordinate with internal teams across Programme, Academic, Operations, Technology, Finance, Marketing, and Leadership to deliver partnership commitments.
- Drive alignment on timelines, deliverables, and external commitments.
- Maintain strong follow-through on stakeholder engagements and ensure timely closure of key actions.
- Provide regular updates to leadership on strategic engagements, opportunities, and partnership progress.

Key Stakeholder Ecosystem The role will engage with:





- Central Government: Ministries, departments, missions, autonomous bodies, and Central Government institutions.
- State Governments: State departments, missions, corporations, universities, and other public institutions.
- Industry & Employers: NASSCOM, CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, sectoral associations, employers, and technology companies.
- Academic Ecosystem: Universities, colleges, higher education institutions, and academic leadership.
- Broader Ecosystem: Foundations, think tanks, startups, development organisations, and other organisations working across education, skilling, technology, AI, and employment.

What We’re Looking For

- 4–5 years of experience in public policy, government affairs, government relations, strategic partnerships, consulting, or a related field.
- Experience engaging with senior government officials, institutional leaders, industry bodies, or other external stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of the Central and State Government ecosystem.
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships, represent an organisation externally, and develop strategic partnerships.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to understand stakeholder priorities and translate them into partnership opportunities.
- Strong ownership, negotiation, project management, and execution skills.
- Ability to independently manage multiple high-priority engagements and workstreams.
- Prior experience in education, skilling, technology, AI, employment, or workforce development is an advantage.
- Willingness to travel for government, institutional, and industry engagements.

Key Competencies

- Government & senior stakeholder management
- Strategic relationship building & partnerships
- External representation & influencing
- Policy research & ecosystem understanding
- Negotiation & communication
- Strong ownership & execution
- Strategic thinking & problem-solving

📌 Strategic Partnership Manager (Delhi)
🏢 Nxtwave Disruptive Technologies
📍 Delhi