Deputy Manager Business Development

About the role

Sona Welfare Foundation (SWF), the CSR entity of Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited, is hiring a Deputy Manager Business Development for its Head Office in Rawalpindi/Islamabad. Reporting to the Program Development Manager, the role supports the day-to-day execution of the business development strategy, expands the institutional grant portfolio and coordinates collaborative funding partnerships. It covers proposal drafting, partner coordination, compliance tracking and operational tasks.

Key responsibilities

• Support the management in executing business development plans and tracking institutional grant opportunities across the foundation's thematic pillars.
• Help map, reach out to and maintain engagement with multilateral/bilateral donors, corporate partners, diplomatic missions and NGOs, and draft background briefs, meeting memos, pitch decks and partnership documentation.
• Coordinate proposal workflows and draft narrative proposals, logical frameworks, concept notes and technical responses; assist with budgets, matched funding and timelines.
• Carry out market research, desk reviews and baseline evaluations for new social enterprise and shared-investment CSR ventures, and coordinate cost-sharing arrangements for multi-partner programs.
• Ensure donor agreements and partner correspondence comply with corporate governance, SECP regulations for Section 42 companies and audit standards, and track contractual deliverables and reporting schedules.
• Assist in administrative oversight of the BD and program unit, represent the department in meetings and donor follow-ups, and undertake field travel and site visits.

Required profile

• Equivalent to a Master's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Development Studies, Social Sciences or a related field from an HEC-recognized university.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in business development, proposal writing, grant management or donor relations within the CSR sector, non-profits or development foundations.
• Proven contribution to institutional proposal development and multi-stakeholder resource mobilization.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English and Urdu.

Required skills

• Proposal and technical writing, including logical frameworks.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Canva.
• Project management platforms.

Applications are submitted through BrightSpyre by the deadline of October 31, 2026. The position is full-time with a competitive salary and standard organizational benefits.