This role serves as a key anchor for program delivery and strategic execution across WRI India’s Energy Program. The Senior Program Associate will support project lifecycle planning, enable robust financial oversight, and build systems for transparency, accountability, and high-quality execution. This role requires both a detail-oriented mindset and a systems-level understanding of how programs scale effectively. Exceptional planning and organizational skills, attention to detail, financial acumen, and the ability to coordinate and manage multiple workstreams are essential pre-requisites for this role. This role will work closely with program leads, the operations team, and the Executive Director to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and in alignment with WRI’s strategic and financial goals.
Responsibilities:
Streamline and coordinate project planning, execution, and delivery across the Energy program team. This would include supporting end-to-end project lifecycle management including work plan development, implementation tracking, project level tracking, and timeline management across the work undertaken by the Energy program.
Enable project teams to track progress using tools like Asana and support capacity building where needed.
Design and maintain dashboards and performance trackers that improve visibility of timelines, deliverables, budgets, and interdependencies.
Coordinate internal reviews, quarterly check-ins, and synthesis for strategy sessions and reporting cycles.
Co-develop and maintain project budgets in alignment with donor commitments and institutional guidelines.
Monitor financial burn rates, flag deviations, and support corrective planning with project leads and the finance team.
Contribute to risk registers or mitigation tracking where financial slippage or scope drift may occur.
Support documentation systems to ensure institutional memory, audit readiness, and reporting accuracy.
Support integration across platforms like Asana, Workday, shared drives, and dashboards to consolidate updates, and share dashboards with leadership.
Support in identifying and piloting innovations in project delivery processes, templates, and internal communication tools.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in business, economics, public policy, development, or related field.
5–7 years of relevant experience in project management, financial tracking, and program operations, preferably in a non-profit or research-oriented organization.
Proven ability to translate complex project requirements into actionable workstreams and budgets.
Experience in energy, climate, or sustainability sectors.
