Senior Lead, Fundraising

• Experienced, but still scaling: You bring 8–10 years of relevant experience, with a clear track record—but also strong ambition to take your portfolio and leadership to the next level.
• You’ve done it before: You’ve personally raised ?6 crore-?7 crores + and can explain how you built, closed, and managed your donor pipeline.
• You see what’s next: You have the capacity—and the plan—to grow your portfolio to ?13.5 crore and beyond. You think in terms of growth pathways.
• You’re a systems thinker: You bring structure, process, and consistency to your work. You follow through and make sure the work gets done—well.
• You are a trusted advisor: You build credibility with funders, understand their needs, and manage relationships with thoughtfulness and precision.
• You work with finesse: You are diplomatic, polished, and professional. You are a persuasive communicator who builds lasting partnerships without hard selling.
• You’re committed to impact: You are energized by the opportunity to align your fundraising skills with a powerful mission that changes lives.

• VisionSpring increases lifelong earning, learning, safety, and well-being through eyeglasses for people vulnerable to poverty. We believe in the wonder of clear vision for everybody. 
• We provide radically affordable optical products and services, working to transform the systemic dysfunction that has failed to deliver eyeglasses—a 700-year-old technology—to 1 billion people in need of vision correction, most of whom live on less than $4 a day. 
• We serve low-income program participants who expect high-quality eyeglasses and eyecare services for the immediate and tangible benefits of vision correction. 
• We catalyze collaborative action in an expansive, multisector partner network and use our evidence and experience to influence systems change and close the global clear vision gap. 
• As a social organisation, we are purpose first. We run our organisation on both metric and social impact measures and use a range of processes and practices to bring vision correction to ever more people. 
• We believe in scaling our impact, not our organisation. We are a lean team of doers. 
• Our big goal: Everyone who needs eyeglasses will have them by 2050. 

• Identify and cultivate new CSR, foundation, and HNI leads aligned to VisionSpring’s strategy and impact priorities.
• Develop and maintain a targeted portfolio of donor relationships, contributing to India’s annual fundraising goals.
• Prepare compelling pitch presentations, concept notes, and proposals with clearly defined outcomes.
• Support donor engagement through presentations, briefings, site visits, and impact reports.
• Maintain accurate records of fundraising activities in CRM and track progress against goals.

• Build strong, trust-based relationships with partners and prospects.
• Engage donors in VisionSpring’s mission and outcomes, connecting their support to social and economic change.
• Collaborate with program, impact, and communications teams to develop high-quality donor materials.
• Coordinate internal teams during proposal and reporting processes to ensure timely, high-impact deliverables.

Strategic Contribution

• Contribute insights and recommendations to the fundraising strategy and team processes.
• Stay informed about sector developments and funding trends related to livelihoods, vision, CSR, and social impact.
• Support the Deputy Director and Director in preparing strategic documents, reports, and leadership updates.

• 8 to 10 years of professional experience in business development, fundraising, partnerships, or client relations.
• Demonstrated success in raising ?13.5 crore+ and managing donor or client relationships end-toend.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including pitch development and storytelling.
• Experience working with private sector stakeholders; familiarity with CSR or social enterprise a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, economics, international development, or related field.
• High standards of ethics and professional integrity.
• Willingness to travel domestically up to 40% of the time.
• Must be legally authorised to work in India.

• Salary based on experience and education.
• Competitive benefits, including health insurance and generous vacation time.

• We want to know more than just what you have done. We want to know who you are. What are the passions and talents that draw you to this role?
• Please submit an application, including a thoughtful cover letter and your CV/resume, to:
• hr.india@visionspring.org . Please ensure there is a short description of each organisation on your CV/resume. Include your last name and “Senior Lead, Fundraising” in the subject line.
• Please note that only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.
• Evaluation of qualified candidates will include an assessment exercise, which will be followed by a competency-based interview.
• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.