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The Head of Sandbox is a senior leadership role (Deputy Vice President level) responsible for the strategic direction, execution, and continuous improvement of Foundation's entire grant-making strategy and operations for the Sandbox portfolio. This role requires a blend of strategic leadership, operational oversight, team management, and a focus on learning and compliance. A key, unique responsibility is leading a longitudinal investment study of the foundation's past 10 years of grants.
Job Responsibility:
Setting the strategic direction for the Sandbox portfolio
Overseeing the identification of new NGO partners and managing existing grantee relationships
Collaborating with the Edelweiss group CSR Team for Annual Action Plans, CSR committee presentations, and reporting
Reviewing and refining end-to-end grant-making workflows for speed, transparency, and compliance
Managing the planning, tracking, and coordination of grant disbursements
Partnering with IT and data teams to enhance grant management systems and dashboards
Partnering with the MEL function to embed data-driven decision-making
Overseeing portfolio-level performance tracking and grantee outcome measurement
Leading the design and implementation of a comprehensive study examining the foundation’s investments and outcomes over the past 10 years
Integrating study outcomes into future strategic planning and grant-making models
Leading and mentoring a team of 4 direct reports (grants managers)
Acting as a key liaison with grantees, philanthropic peers, government bodies, and the Executive Team/Board
Ensuring grants comply with all legal, regulatory, and fiduciary standards
Implementing systems for identifying and mitigating operational and reputational risks
Requirements:
Senior leadership role (Deputy Vice President level)
Strategic leadership
Operational oversight
Team management
Focus on learning and compliance
Leading a longitudinal investment study of the foundation's past 10 years of grants
Experience in setting strategic direction
Experience in overseeing identification of new NGO partners and managing existing grantee relationships
Experience in collaborating with CSR teams for Annual Action Plans, presentations, and reporting
Experience in reviewing and refining end-to-end grant-making workflows
Experience in managing planning, tracking, and coordination of grant disbursements
Experience in partnering with IT and data teams to enhance systems
Experience in partnering with Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) function
Experience in overseeing portfolio-level performance tracking
Experience in leading design and implementation of comprehensive studies
Experience in leading and mentoring a team of 4 direct reports
Experience in acting as a key liaison with grantees, philanthropic peers, government bodies, and Executive Team/Board
Experience in ensuring grants comply with all legal, regulatory, and fiduciary standards
Experience in implementing systems for identifying and mitigating operational and reputational risks