Karya

Associate - Impact Program at Karya (Bengaluru Karnataka India Delhi, India)

Karya· Bengaluru Karnataka India Delhi, India·

Job description

Role -  Associate - Impact Program

Location: Delhi, Chennai & Bangalore (Hybrid)

About Karya: Why was Karya on the cover of the Time Magazine , highlighted by Satya Nadella , and invited to present its work to Sundar Pichai one on one? In part, because Karya is on a mission to provide AI enabled earning and learning opportunities to communities with high talent, but low access to opportunities. Karya achieves this while also delivering high quality, timely, and price competitive data to its clients.

Karya builds high quality datasets for large companies like Google and Microsoft, while providing ethical work opportunities and fair wages to its workforce. Karya’s workers make nearly 20 times the Indian minimum wage and through our one-of-a-kind digital work platform, we have delivered over 40 million digital tasks and have positively impacted over 100 thousand workers. In the coming years, our goal is to rapidly scale our impact by bringing economic opportunities to millions of underserved users in India. With a rapidly growing global presence, we are also looking to expand our client base in the Indian market by partnering with leading Indian enterprises.

Role Overview

We are looking for an Impact Associate who will work closely with the Associate Head – Impact and cross-functional teams to support the design, execution, and tracking of Karya’s impact programs.

This is a hands-on role situated at the intersection of program execution, data analysis, and stakeholder coordination. You will help ensure projects run smoothly, insights are captured effectively, and outputs are translated into clear communication for both internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Program Execution & Coordination Support day-to-day coordination of ongoing impact projects across internal teams (operations, tech, impact, partnerships) and external stakeholders Track project progress, timelines, and deliverables across multiple workstreams Assist in organising regular check-ins, documenting outcomes, and driving follow-ups Support preparation of materials for internal and external meetings, including stakeholder updates
  2. Data, Analysis & Reporting Work with program data to track key metrics, outputs, and impact indicators Build and maintain dashboards to monitor project performance Support analysis of program data to generate insights for decision-making Assist in evaluation-related work (surveys, data cleaning, synthesis of findings) Tools/Software: Excel, SQL, and Python/R/Stata (at least one preferred)
  3. Communication & Documentation Maintain consistent and structured documentation across all impact projects Support creation of updates for leadership, donors, and partners Document learnings, processes, and key insights for internal use

Who We’re Looking For Minimum 1-2 years of relevant work experience in consulting, research, program management, data analytics/visualisation, or impact/development Degree in Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Development Studies, or related fields Strong analytical thinking and comfort working with data, along with the ability to learn new tools quickly Proficiency in dashboarding, structured analysis, storytelling using traditional as well as AI tools. Good written and verbal communication skills Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously Ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

Good to Have Working knowledge of Python or R for data analysis Exposure to impact programs, development sector, or research/evaluation work Comfort working with AI tools and emerging workflows (e.g., AI agents) is a plus People matter at Karya and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team: Flexible vacation and leave policy Flexible work options Insurance as per industry standards Access to industry stalwarts and networking opportunities

Karya is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability.  Karya invites all qualified interested applicants to apply for career opportunities. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search to apply for a career opportunity, reach out at hr@karya.in.

Why work at Karya

  • Mission-Driven Culture: Join a team committed to using AI for social impact – creating dignified work and inclusive AI systems.
  • Growth Trajectory: Rapidly scaling (45% headcount growth YoY) with opportunities to shape operations, technology, and impact in India and Africa.
  • Work Policy: Mix of office (Bangalore) and remote roles (e.g., Visual & Motion Designer Remote, Health Program Lead Remote) as seen on the careers page. greenhouse.io
  • Engineering & Research Focus: Strong technical team (29% in technical roles) with backgrounds from Microsoft, Wadhwani AI, and top Indian institutes. Work on cutting-edge NLP, speech, and multimodal AI.
  • Notable Perks: The chance to work directly with global AI labs (Google DeepMind, Microsoft) and present to top tech leaders. Limited employer reviews (2.0/5.0 from 1 review on LinkedIn) – candidate should research culture further.

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