Priyanka Rao Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Durham, Nc, Us

I specialize in forging and nurturing strategic partnerships with diverse business sectors, including Corporates, Foundations, Social Enterprises, and Innovative Financing institutions, to propel FHI 360's sustained growth and amplify our global impact in health, climate, education, and economic development. Collaborating closely with various business units, I also play a pivotal role in developing private sector engagement strategies that align seamlessly with the company's strategic growth areas.Also sit on the company's DEI council to influence DEI awareness and practices

Durham, Nc, Us

In this position, I oversaw internal innovation initiatives, which included creating a system to encourage, nurture, and grow internal inventions via developing the company's first innovation architecture. Furthermore, I worked with executive leadership and global staff to co-design the strategy creation process, and helped to build the corporate plan for the next three to five years.I also consumed the responsibility of establishing a plan for the business's private sector engagement, including one for the impact investing field, which was approved for execution in the form of FHI Ventures. Thereafter, I led the formation of FHI Ventures, a subsidiary focused on investing in for-profit social enterprises with global footprint in Asia, Africa and US.Finally, in a product manager capacity, I directed post launch audit and refinement of an internal social impact product and developed a roadmap for increased adoption.Notable Contributions:⇨ Boosted submissions to x% by managing data gathering and overseeing thepost-launch audit of the company's social impact reporting application.⇨ Established and scaled operations of the company through team leadership andstrategic planning and execution, including establishing and managing FHIVentures

Durham, Nc, Us

During this tenure, I Led the formation of new investment vehicles, partner engagement strategies, and simplified processes for 70 employees across 15 departments in a 5-year strategy planning process to achieve x% growth. Selected Contributions:• Led strategic planning process, managing cross-functional teams across 9 business units and regional offices and multiple departments• Developed landscape analyses, go-to-market plans, gender practice, crisis response portfolios, and strategic investments for business units and regional offices in West, East and South Africa and Asia • Delivered exceptional results in correspondence to company’s strategic vision through team collaboration.• Led the market and trend analysis to uncover prospect requirements

Durham, Nc, Us

Under my capacity as a product manager, I led a cross-functional team of data scientists, product manager, and designers through sprints to identify new features for internal products. Moreover, I steered efforts toward planning, delivery, and marketing throughout the product lifecycle.Key Contributions:• Designed and launched a competitor intelligence tool from scratch, speeding up the leadership team's decision-making by x% by driving the vision and roadmap, carrying out user research studies, defining product requirements, and wireframing the prototype.• Demonstrated exceptional performance throughout by collaborating cross-functionally.

In this role, I co-founded a venture accelerator investing in early-stage social entrepreneurs in the US and emerging markets, with a focus on the global health, global education, workforce development, and sustainability sectors. In this role, I have influenced and implemented gender smart investing initiatives to ensure that gender and minority inclusion lens is adopted in the recruitment, selection and due diligence processes of our investments. By doing this, I doubled the number of women-founded applicants and investees since the inception of FHI Ventures. I secured 8 strategic partnerships with significant international entrepreneurial and investor ecosystems and created a pipeline of more than 200 startups for possible investments. Additionally, I led the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) Navigating Impact initiative for Education to develop investing strategies and related metrics. I authored articles in publications and engaged in speaking opportunities on multiple panels at global conferences. (links to select publications below)I also integrated staff, data, processes, while setting HR policies and operations in compliance with FHI 360's policies.https://fhiventures.medium.com/venture-funds-help-social-enterprises-persevere-during-covid-19-5976512f836ehttps://www.genglobal.org/global-entrepreneurship-week/case-ingo-run-acceleratorshttps://www.fhiventures.com/fhi-ventures-launches-its-2018-2019-impact-report/

Remote, Oo

Selected as one of 23 product fellows (out of 500+ applicants) to join PMDojo, a product accelerator that matches fellows with companies and culminates a real product launch- Launched an MVP with a 40% D7 retention rate for PennyLeague, a startup focused on simplifying personal finance and investing via digestible learning content and actionable items- Validated underlying assumptions of new services by both surveying 100+ women and interviewing 10 to understand their painpoints related to investing- Defined the functional, emotional, and social dimensions of our target persona, and mapped the end to end customer journey- Conducted usability testing with lo-fi wireframes in Balsamiq to iterate on product design and optimize for convenience, simplicity, and accessibility

San Francisco, Ca, Us

GoingVC Partners is the investment arm of GoingVC. Silicon Valley-based GVC Partners primarily in pre-seed and seed stage opportunities. A few of its investments include Actuate, Oui the People, Onspecta, Volumetric Bio, and NetSpyGlass. As an Investment Scout in the program, source, and pitch startup dealflow to GoingVC Partners.Developed an investment thesis with my team for the US edtech sector

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Selected to participate in the StartingBloc Institute Washington DC (2016) for global entrepreneurs, activists, educators, and innovators working to create social impact.

New York, Ny, Us

Supported pharmaceutical clients in solving global healthcare business issues, including landscape assessment, business development, public-private partnerships, market research, white paper development and complex data analysis

New York, New York, Us

Conducted strategy development and analysis for US federal government and Non-Profit clients, including co-designing/conducting nationwide study to assess success factors that drive economicdevelopment and entrepreneurship in underserved US communities and making recommendations for Centers of Excellence and InnovationInterviewed over 100 executives within private and public sector including Fortune 500, government, small businesses, incubators, non-profits, universities and public policy regarding critical factors in investment decisions, economic development and innovationIdentified 50+ targets for public-private partnerships to drive economic development Developed strategies to improve client's market research, procurement, and innovation capabilities in its small business market segmentCoordinated relevant briefings to senior management and clients for weekly updates and final reports

Elmhurst, New York, Us

Managed program planning, curriculum design and overall coordination for the Youth Leadership Program at Richmond Hill High School to ensure organizational and funder benchmarks were metSupervised 50 youth to develop team-building, communication and management skills; increased retention by 38%Co-led program monitoring and evaluation for quality and improvement in spring 2011; as a result increased communication, conflict resolution and community engagement components

Miami , Us

Analyzed the anti-psychotic, pain killers and anti-diabetic market segments to formulate business entry strategy for Dexur, a pharmaceutical and biotech industry focused patient, market and competitive intelligence platformBuilt initial marketing and sales strategies for the platform in its early stage

New York, Ny, Us

Represented WRC at the Commission of the Status of Women 2010Developed fact-sheets on definitions, preventions and protocol for staff on sexual exploitation for international and local non-profit organizations and their beneficiaries that have been widely disseminated to relevant stakeholdersCreated surveys on the feasibility and comprehensiveness of the “2010 Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings: An Inter-agency Field Manual (IAFM)”Conducted literature reviews and developed relevant manuscripts for publication and reports to donors and other stakeholders

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Contributed to assessment tools, programming guides, strategy development, literature reviews and technical briefs (e.g. EH/USAID ACQUIRE) of integration and community engagement services of Engender Health’s Global Technical TeamAssisted in qualitative design of facility audit tools for assessment of HIV/AIDS integrated services in Uganda

Co-authored strategic reports/policy briefs for the NGO Committee for Financing for Development, a United Nations body, to strengthen the Committee's understanding of 1) “Trade in Food as an Engine for Development” and 2) “Innovative Sources of Financing for Development”

Cambridge, Ma, Us

I managed the One Laptop Per Child program in Kenya to provide access to technology for the first time in that community. As a result, 60+ students (ages 7-45 yrs) gained new tech skills including typing, presentation design, and programming that transformed their education and job opportunities. I used human centered design to ensure stakeholders understood, accepted and maintained involvement with the project and I raised $10,000 in 2 months to help sustain the project.Some highlights:Led partnerships, strategy development and implementation of the OLPC program at Vutakaka Primary School (part of East African Center for the Empowerment of Women and Children (EAC)) to integrate use of Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D)Developed curriculum and lesson plans; provided technical support; trained 10 trainers and 60+ youth in effective use of the technologyWorked with Community Health Workers (CHWs) to integrate use of laptop features into their outreach and advocacy efforts/programmingContributed to program related blogs, articles, grants and fundraising events that increased EACvisibility, including helping garner over $10,000 for the sustainability of the OLPC projectConducted baseline assessment and outcome evaluation for quality and standard of education prior to and after XO implementation; provided recommendations for future assessment processes for improved data collection

Chicago, Il, Us

Completed market research assignments for Boston Consulting Group and other industry clientsSelect assignments: Research of purchasing and usage of photovoltaic solar panels; Teacher salary trends and implications for several districts in metropolitan areas of the United States

New York, Ny, Us

Recognized as the most successful Team Manager in the US; trained and managed 6–10person teams to effectively fundraise for several $200 million+ revenue-generating international non-profitsAssisted with recruitment and retention efforts of key program staff through capacity building, mentoring and identification of growth opportunities; travelled nationally for management supportDeveloped pitches and objection response techniques for individual non-profits andtrained fundraisers in verbal communication skills, current global issues and charitable programsIndividually raised more than $300,000 and was recognized as the #1 fund raiser in the Chicago region

New York, Ny, Us

Developed comprehensive databases, reports and fact-sheets on HIV/AIDS in the Asia/Pacific region for a variety of internal and external audiencesCollaborated with members from UNICEF, UNIFEM and UNESCO to determine important HIV/AIDS related issues that were used in presentations to worldwide delegates at 1) The Coalition of Global Women and AIDS and 2) XV International AIDS conferences

Ma, International Affairs

Public Policy And Non-Profit Management

Bs, International Studies/Pre-Med Tracking

Semester Abroad: Coursework In International Relations

Venture Capital Program

Product Management Program