Job Description

Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across all regimes, enabling end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception(data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction(analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects(RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

The Manager – Incubation & Partnerships will drive Digantara’s growth beyond its core business by building and managing the company’s incubation ecosystem while developing strategic partnerships that expand capability, market access, and long-term value creation.

Ideal Candidate

• 2–4 years of experience across venture building, incubation programs, venture capital, corporate development, partnerships, or early-stage operating roles.
• Demonstrated ability to take ideas from zero-to-one through structured execution and stakeholder alignment.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience evaluating opportunities, structuring partnerships, and managing strategic initiatives.

Roles & Responsibilities

Incubation

• Build and operate Digantara’s in-house incubator, including program structure, selection criteria, and operating framework.
• Source, evaluate, and onboard founders, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs), and venture opportunities.
• Structure incubation engagements, including funding, ownership models, milestones, and support mechanisms.
• Establish and manage the ecosystem of resources available to incubated ventures, including infrastructure, expertise, and market access.
• Define performance metrics, monitor progress, and guide ventures from concept through scale, integration, or spin-out.
• Manage portfolio reporting and communicate venture performance to leadership.

Partnerships

• Identify and develop strategic partnerships across commercial organizations, government agencies, defense entities, and research institutions.
• Lead partnership initiatives from opportunity assessment through negotiation, structuring, and ongoing management.
• Build and strengthen an ecosystem of partners that enhances Digantara’s strategic position.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, commercial, and policy teams to align partnerships with business objectives and growth priorities.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in venture building, incubation, partnerships, corporate development, venture capital, or startup operations.
• Strong analytical, commercial, and deal-structuring capabilities.
• Experience working with founders, senior executives, and external stakeholders.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with a high degree of ownership.

Preferred Qualities

• Experience founding a company or working within an incubator, accelerator, or venture studio.
• Exposure to investment structuring, strategic alliances, licensing agreements, or joint ventures.
• Experience managing cross-border partnerships and collaborations.
• Background in aerospace, defense, deep-tech, or dual-use technology sectors.
• MBA, CA, or equivalent qualification.

General Requirements

• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Comfortable operating across multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• High ownership mindset and entrepreneurial approach to problem solving.

Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru