04 Sep
|
Leading
|
Bengaluru
We are hiring one
person to run the Founder’s Office at a seed-stage deep-tech
startup building hardware infrastructure for the space
industry. This is not a management or strategy position.
It
is a high-agency, high-execution role where you work
directly with the CEO to keep the company moving fast across
every non-technical front. You are the operational backbone
that lets the founding team focus on building the
product.
If the CEO is in a
lab review, you are the person making sure the vendor
shipment is tracked, the investor update draft is ready, the
next hire’s interview is scheduled, and the board pre-read
is being assembled. You do not wait to be told. You see the
gap and you fill it.
WHAT YOU WILL
DO
• AI-augmented
execution: Use Claude and
other AI tools daily as a force multiplier for drafting,
research, data structuring, and analysis. This is not
optional -- it is core to how this role operates.
• Investor
relations execution: Own the monthly
update cadence. Chase inputs, pull financial data, draft
updates, send individually addressed emails, track
follow-ups.
• Procurement and
vendor coordination: Track POs,
shipping, customs, delivery timelines across international
suppliers. Escalate blockers before anyone asks.
• Meeting prep and
follow-through: Assemble pre-reads,
prepare talking points, capture action items, chase every
item to closure for board, partner, and media
meetings.
• Hiring pipeline: Screen resumes,
coordinate interviews, run reference checks, manage offer
logistics. You make the hiring process fast and
friction-free.
• Finance and
compliance ops: Coordinate with the
CA on GST, payroll, banking. Keep MIS current. Handle
filings and regulatory paperwork.
Requirements
WHO YOU
ARE
PROFILE
A: OPERATOR
1–3 years
in ops, consulting, or a high-growth
startup.
You have shipped
real work: managed vendor pipelines, run
investor comms, coordinated cross-functional
execution. Slow environments make you
restless.
PROFILE
B: BUILDER
A sharp, high-energy fresh graduate with genuine
enthusiasm for deep-tech.
You may lack years
of experience, but you have built
things -- side projects, college
orgs, freelance work -- and you move
fast with minimal hand-holding.
Regardless of
profile, you must be:
• High-agency. You
identify problems and solve them without waiting for
permission or a roadmap.
• Relentless on
follow-through. Nothing falls through the cracks on your
watch.
• A strong written
communicator. Investor emails, vendor follow-ups, board
pre-reads -- transparent and concise.
• Comfortable with
ambiguity. Processes do not exist yet. You build
them.
• Fluent with AI
tools (especially Claude). You use them daily to
draft, research, analyze, and move faster.
• Genuinely
interested in deep-tech, space, or hardware. No
physics degree needed, but you should care
WHAT THIS ROLE
IS NOT
• Not a strategy or
management consulting engagement. You execute, not
advise.
• Not a personal
assistant or calendar manager. You own outcomes, not
schedules.
• You are a force
multiplier for the founder.
📌 Founder's Office (Bengaluru)
🏢 Leading
📍 Bengaluru