Yllaylee Das
Noida
Summary
Dynamic leader and problem-solver with hands-on experience in Corporate Social Responsibility and talent for navigating challenges. Brings strong program management skills and a proactive approach to strategic partnerships. Known for adaptability, creativity, and a results-oriented mindset. Committed to making meaningful contributions and advancing organizational goals. Adept at supporting and enhancing operations with a decisive leadership style and strategic approach to decision-making.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Director - SEE
IPE Global
01.2024 - Current
- .Company Overview: IPE Global Limited is a global advisory and services firm that has been delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for social equity for over 25 years
- Lead business development for Social and Economic Empowerment practices in India and East Africa.
- Anchor proactive and reactive business development – early business insight, proposal development, business pitch, and lead conversion.
- Establish strategic relationships with key industry partners, creating mutually beneficial opportunities for growth and collaboration.
- Mentor and manage teams for optimal business development
- Thought leadership on diversity, girls and women’s rights and social inclusion
Global Program Manager – Safer Cities for Girls
Plan International
04.2020 - 09.2023
- Company Overview: Plan International is a development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls
- Anchored the Safer Cities for Girls programme globally across 18 programme cities.
- Provided thought leadership to build a support constituency for gender-transformative programming.
- Optimized end-to-end programme delivery by project and process management, managing stakeholder expectations, communications, timelines and risks
- Amplified the programme in large-scale constituencies through evidence-building, influencing and strategic partnerships, enabling footprint expansion into new cities.
- Mentored cross-functional teams across time zones for knowledge initiatives, complex initiatives and successful task execution.
- Influenced decision-making among senior leaders by presenting compelling data-driven insights that demonstrated the value of the global program.
- Facilitated knowledge sharing among team members by organizing training sessions and encouraging open dialogue about best practices for managing global programs successfully.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
Principal Consultant
Think Through Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
09.2017 - 03.2020
- Company Overview: Thinkthrough Consulting (TTC) is a multidisciplinary professional services firm that specializes in providing advisory support for sustainable development initiatives
- Drove business development and delivery optimizations to corporate and institutional agencies for engagements on sustainable development initiatives, including anchoring social research studies, monitoring and evaluations, and developing scalable and sustainable CSR strategies
- Led engagements on various verticals, including impact evaluations of CSR programs, strategy development for CSR foundations, community perception studies, scalable and sustainable strategy development
- Anchored proactive and reactive business development through proposal development, business pitch, and lead conversion to generate revenue worth 2 crores.
- Built strong relationships with clients, fostering long-term partnerships and repeat business.
- Led strategy development with key CSR clients, fuelled by evaluation of CSR processes and created comprehensive implementation approaches, capacity building, and skilling plans to drive organizational growth and success.
- Leading widely dispersed and cross-functional teams for internal team management and knowledge initiatives.
Program Manager – Child Protection and Gender Equality
Plan International India
10.2015 - 08.2017
- Company Overview: Plan International is a development and humanitarian organization that works in over 70 countries worldwide to advance children’s rights and equality for girls
- Held multiple positions in Plan over nine years, leading and anchoring projects on gender equality, child rights, child protection, humanitarian nexus and technology for good programs.
- Established strong relationships with key stakeholders - implementation partners, technical resource agencies, government departments, UN, and other bilateral agencies, ensuring support for program initiatives.
- Spearheaded innovative programs for digital integration for social impact on girls' safety and access to education, including anchoring partnerships with Corporations like SAP, Ericsson, etc.
- Managed cross-functional teams in multiple states for successful project completion and capacity building within deadlines and budgets.
- Engagement delivery optimization – project and process management, managing stakeholder expectations, communications, timelines and risks
- Member of Plan India’s Emergency Response Team with multiple deployments; specialized in child-centred humanitarian response work with women and adolescents; trained in CPiE, EiE, RNA, child-friendly spaces
Project Coordinator
Action Aid International India
09.2007 - 04.2008
- Company Overview: ActionAid is an international non-governmental organization that fights poverty and injustice worldwide
- Managed the GOI—UNDP project on food and shelter rights in urban resettlement colonies in Delhi, including planning, implementation, coordination, tracking, reporting, risk and stakeholder management, community risk assessments and integration of preparedness in community action plan
Program Coordinator
SEWA BHARAT
01.2006 - 08.2007
- Company Overview: SEWA Bharat is a leading national NGO working for women’s rights and economic empowerment nationwide
- Drove their projects on social security in Bihar to ensure dignified working conditions for women SHG members across the group enterprise value chains, including end-to-end project management for SGSY and SIMAVI-funded social security projects, including planning, implementation, coordination, capacity building, tracking, reporting, risk and stakeholder management
Education
Master of Arts - Social Work
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India06.2005
Skills
- Strategic Program Management
- Partnerships for Social Impact
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Strategic leadership
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Business Development
- Social Accountability
- Humanitarian nexus programming
- Digital integration for social good
- MS Office
Certification
- PMP
- Agile Scrum
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- ITIL
Personal Information
Nationality: Indian
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Elementary (A2)
Spanish
Beginner (A1)
Timeline
Associate Director - SEE
IPE Global
01.2024 - Current
Global Program Manager – Safer Cities for Girls
Plan International
04.2020 - 09.2023
Principal Consultant
Think Through Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
09.2017 - 03.2020
Program Manager – Child Protection and Gender Equality
Plan International India
10.2015 - 08.2017
Project Coordinator
Action Aid International India
09.2007 - 04.2008
Program Coordinator
SEWA BHARAT
01.2006 - 08.2007
Master of Arts - Social Work
University of Delhi
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