Why this role matters
You will help turn Sentalica from a promising product into an institutionally connected platform by building relationships with funders, development partners, governments, research institutions and strategic commercial partners.
What you will own
- Institutional partnership strategy
- Grant/funding pipeline
- Strategic donor relationships
- Development-sector partnerships
- Pilot programs
- Proposal development
- Partnership structures
- Institutional demonstrations
- Resource mobilization
- Strategic ecosystem relationships
What you will do
Build the funding pipeline
Identify, qualify and manage suitable grant, innovation, development and catalytic funding opportunities.
Build institutional partnerships
Develop relationships with governments, development institutions, research organizations, banks and strategic partners.
Structure pilots
Turn Sentalica capabilities into fundable and measurable institutional pilot programs.
Develop proposals
Work with founder, intelligence and technical teams to produce proposals, budgets, workplans and evaluation frameworks.
What success looks like
First 90 days
- Build the institutional target map.
- Establish the funding pipeline.
- Identify priority funding programs.
- Develop the partnership deck.
- Produce 3–5 pilot concepts.
- Begin conversations with priority institutions.
First 6–12 months
- Establish strategic institutional partnerships.
- Secure pilot opportunities.
- Submit strong funding proposals.
- Build repeatable institutional-development processes.
- Contribute materially to non-dilutive funding and strategic partnerships.
Who you will work with
- Founder
- Procurement Intelligence Lead
- Technical Lead
- Product
What we are looking for
Must have
- Experience in institutional partnerships, development finance, grants, resource mobilization or strategic program development.
- Strong proposal writing.
- Relationship-building ability.
- Ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong written and spoken communication.
- Ability to operate independently.
Strongly preferred
- Experience with development institutions.
- Uganda/East Africa ecosystem knowledge.
- Experience with digital transformation or governance initiatives.
- Experience structuring pilots.
Nice to have
- Procurement/public-sector experience.
- Data/AI understanding.
- Startup experience.
We care about what you've built and the problems you've solved more than arbitrary years of experience.
Location / employment
Uganda / East Africa with flexible remote collaboration · Full-time or strategic consulting path · Founding team
Compensation / benefits
Compensation will be discussed based on experience, scope and location.
- Flexible engagement options.
- Strategic role with direct founder collaboration.
- Professional development tied to role scope.
Application process
- Application received.
- Initial review.
- Founder conversation.
- Partnership strategy discussion.
- Decision.