Copywriter and Content Writer

Director – Fundraising & Partnerships

Location: Pune / Mumbai / Delhi NCR / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Remote (Hybrid Flexibility)

Experience: 10 – 15 years

Reports to: CEO

Type: Full-time

Working days: 5.5 Days

Timings: 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM

The Role

We are seeking a mission-driven, results-oriented leader to join as Director – Fundraising & Partnerships.

In this high-impact leadership role, you will:

• Report directly to the Co-Founders

• Scale fundraising capacity 3x in the next 2 years

• Secure long-term, outcome-linked funding from CSR, HNIs, philanthropic foundations, and global development partners

• Represent organisation in key donor forums and build a high-performing fundraising team

Key Responsibilities

1. Fundraising Strategy & Leadership

• Lead execution of our's 2–3 year fundraising strategy aligned with growth goals

• Own annual fundraising targets, set KPIs, and ensure transparent reporting

• Drive donor lifecycle: prospecting, proposals, grant reporting, and relationship management

• Act as external face in funder interactions with CSR leaders, philanthropies, and impact investors

• Build systems for agility, compliance, and long-term donor trust

2. Partnership Development & Network Building

• Develop pipeline of 50+ CSR leads, philanthropists, and ecosystem enablers

• Mobilize donor and champion networks to unlock opportunities

• Represent firm at sector forums and donor convenings

3. Communications & Collateral Oversight

• Oversee donor-facing communications: proposals, pitch decks, reports, and campaigns

• Ensure clarity and alignment with brand and impact narrative

• Use storytelling, data, and design for compelling funder engagement

4. Team Leadership & Systems Building

• Build and mentor a high-performing fundraising team

• Establish robust systems for donor CRM, compliance, reporting, and audits

• Work with internal teams to develop tailored grant materials

5. Relationship Management

• Shape trust-based donor journeys for long-term investment

• Design engagement pathways for new, existing, and repeat funders

6. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Programs, Finance, and Impact teams to align fundraising with program needs

• Work with M&E/Data teams to define outcomes and deliver performance-linked commitments

Who You Are

• Fundraising is more than a function for you; it’s a lever for systemic change.

• Strategic executor: equally comfortable with vision decks and complex donor conversations.

• 12–15 years’ experience in fundraising, partnerships, or business development in nonprofit, CSR, or impact investing.

• Proven success in multi-crore, multi-year partnerships (₹12Cr+).

• Strong storyteller and sharp writer.

• Deep knowledge of India’s social impact ecosystem and funder motivations.

• Thrives in high-autonomy, high-accountability environments.

• Bonus: experience in growth-stage nonprofits or multi-state fundraising.

Why Join Us?

Here you won’t inherit a stale pipeline — you’ll build the engine that helps lakhs of children unlock their future.

• Lead with vision: Own strategy, partnerships, and growth

• Scale with purpose: Fund one of India’s most scalable, tech-forward education models

• Learn with peers: Collaborate with co-founders, donors, and sector leaders

• Work from anywhere: Flexible hybrid work model

• Grow fast, grow real: Clear path to Chief Growth Officer

What You Can Expect

• Ownership & trust: Lead strategy and fundraising, not just execute

• Flexibility: Hybrid work from Pune, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, or remote

• Learning & visibility: Represent at national forums

• Supportive culture: Startup-fast, values-first, prioritizing well-being

• Competitive salary: Sector-leading pay with transparency on growth paths

Gather, analyze, and document business requirements from stakeholders, ensuring clarity and completeness.

Translate business needs into detailed technical requirements for the development team.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and designers, to ensure successful project execution.

Monitor and evaluate project progress, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.

Conduct in-depth data analysis to identify trends, derive actionable insights, and provide strategic recommendations.

Prepare comprehensive reports, presentations, and documentation for management and stakeholders.

Identify potential risks and propose mitigation strategies to ensure project success.

The candidate for this position will excel at creating and closing new opportunities. By using a consultative approach to selling, this person will use their expertise to identify and qualify leads, leading to sales opportunities with both new and existing customers.

Responsibilities

• Successfully create business from new and existing customer accounts
• Manage complex negotiations with senior-level executives
• Build rapport and establish long term relationships with customers
• Introduce new designing techniques

Qualifications

• Knowledge in designing software and tools
• Experience and working knowledge of CRM systems
• Demonstrable track record of over-achieving quota
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• 2+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relationl Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

• 4+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

About Us

Zupee is India’s fastest-growing innovator in real money gaming with a focus on predominant skill-focused games. Started by 2 IIT-Kanpur alumni in 2018, we are backed by marquee global investors such as WestCap Group, Tomales Bay Capital, Matrix Partners, Falcon Edge, Orios Ventures, and Smile Group.

Know more about our recent funding: https://bit.ly/3AHmSL3

Our focus has been on innovating in the board, strategy, and casual games sub-genres. We innovate to ensure our games provide an intersection between skill and entertainment, enabling our users to earn while they play.

Location: We are location agnostic & our teams work from anywhere. Physically we are based out of Gurugram

Core Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying ML models that can leverage multiple signal sources, to build a personalized user experience
• Work closely with the business stakeholders to identify the potential Data science applications
• Contribute by doing opportunity analysis, building project proposals, designing and implementation of ML projects, in the areas of Ranking, Embeddings, Recommendation engines, etc
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to design experiments, model implementations, and new feature creation
• Clearly communicate technical details, strategies, and outcomes to a business audience

What are we looking for

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in data science using techniques including but not limited to regression, classification, NLP etc.
• Previous experience in model deployment, model monitoring, optimization and model interpretability.
• Expertise with Random forests, Gradient boosting, KNN, Regression and unsupervised learning algorithms
• Experience in using Neural Networks like ANN, RNN, Reinforcement Learning or Deep Learning etc.
• Solid understanding of Python and common machine learning frameworks such as XGBoost, scikit-learn, PyTorch/Tensorflow
• Outstanding problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability to think creatively and strategically
• Technology-driven mindset, up-to-date with digital and technology literature, trends.
• Must have knowledge of Experimentation and Basic Statistics
• Must have experience in Predictive Analytics

Non-Desired Skills:

1. Experience in Descriptive Analytics – Don’t apply
2. Experience in NLP Text Analysis, Image, Speech Analysis – Don’t apply

• 2+ years of Hands-on experience in Python, Django, Flask, Bottle, Design Patterns, Web Services (SOAP/HTTP, REST APIs)
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Postgress, MongoDB.
• Experience with cache-store / message broker like Redis / RabbitMQ / Kafka
• Experience with AWS
• Experience in front-end development using react.js is a plus.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git / Mercurial /bitBucket.
• DevOps knowledge to deploy code in production and hands-on experience with docker / Kubernetes.
• Self-motivated and a good team player.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from a reputed Institute