10 Sep
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Asper.ai
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Bengaluru
10 Sep
Asper.ai
Bengaluru
Asper.ai is an AI-powered growth platform helping consumer businesses make faster, smarter and more profitable commercial decisions. We bring together deep CPG expertise, data science, Generative AI and Agentic AI to transform Revenue Growth Management.
Position Overview
We are looking for a high-impact Strategy Lead to join the Founder’s Office and work closely with the Founder/CEO and leadership team.
This role will shape strategic priorities, translate them into executable programmes and drive high-value initiatives across Product, Technology, Commercial, Customer Success and Operations.
The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution and can move seamlessly between market analysis, business planning, financial modelling, executive communication and programme governance.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Strategy and Planning
- Partner with the Founder/CEO and leadership team to define Asper’s medium- and long-term strategic priorities.
- Translate the company’s vision into annual operating plans, measurable OKRs and clear execution roadmaps.
- Conduct market, customer and competitive analysis across AI, enterprise SaaS, CPG and Revenue Growth Management.
- Identify new growth opportunities, strategic risks and potential investment areas.
- Develop structured business cases and recommendations to support leadership decisions.
Strategic Initiative Ownership
- Lead critical cross-functional programmes from problem definition through execution and measurable outcomes.
- Establish clear ownership, milestones, dependencies and success metrics for strategic initiatives.
- Track progress against company priorities, identify execution risks and drive timely course correction.
- Build an effective operating cadence for leadership reviews and strategic decision-making.
- Ensure that leadership decisions are converted into accountable actions across functions.
Growth and Commercial Strategy
- Support market-entry, customer-segment, pricing, packaging and partnership strategies.
- Evaluate opportunities to expand Asper’s presence across CPG categories, markets and enterprise use cases.
- Partner with Commercial and Customer Success teams to identify customer expansion, retention and revenue opportunities.
- Analyse pipeline, conversion,
customer economics and market intelligence to inform growth priorities.
- Support strategic partnerships with technology providers, consulting firms and ecosystem players.
Product and Platform Strategy
- Partner with Product, Data Science and Technology leaders to align the product portfolio with market opportunities and customer needs.
- Support prioritisation across Asper’s products, platform capabilities and Agentic AI roadmap.
- Assess emerging AI developments and determine their relevance to Asper’s business and product strategy.
- Help leadership balance immediate customer requirements with long-term platform development.
Business and Financial Analysis
- Develop financial models, scenario analyses and investment cases for strategic decisions.
- Analyse revenue, profitability, unit economics and resource allocation across key initiatives.
- Define leading and lagging indicators that provide early visibility into business performance.
- Partner with Finance and functional leaders to ensure strategic investments deliver measurable value.
Executive and Board Communication
- Prepare high-quality strategic briefs, leadership presentations, board materials and decision documents.
- Convert complex information into explicit, concise and insight-led recommendations.
- Support the Founder/CEO in communicating company priorities and strategic progress to the board, investors and key stakeholders.
- Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgement when handling sensitive business information.
Required Experience
- 6–10 years of experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, business transformation, a Founder’s Office or strategic programme leadership.
- Experience working within enterprise SaaS, AI, analytics, technology or CPG-focused businesses.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Strong understanding of business models, market assessment, financial analysis and growth strategy.
- Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing decisions without direct authority.
- Exposure to CPG, Revenue Growth Management, AI or data-led enterprise products would be a strong advantage.
- Experience working in a founder-led, fast-paced or high-growth environment is preferred.
Skills and Competencies
- Structured problem-solving and strategic thinking.
- Strong analytical and financial-modelling capabilities.
- Ability to move seamlessly between strategy and execution.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Strong programme management and governance discipline.
- Executive maturity, discretion and sound judgement.
- Intellectual curiosity about AI, CPG and emerging business models.
- Comfort operating with ambiguity, speed and evolving priorities.
- Ability to challenge constructively and build alignment across stakeholders.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance or a related discipline.
- MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification from a strong institution is preferred, but not mandatory for candidates with relevant experience and demonstrated impact.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 12 months, the Strategy Lead will have:
- Established a clear execution rhythm for Asper’s strategic priorities.
- Improved visibility and accountability across company-level OKRs.
- Successfully driven multiple high-impact cross-functional initiatives.
- Produced actionable market and competitive insights that influenced company decisions.
- Strengthened the quality and speed of decision-making within the Founder’s Office.
- Helped translate Asper’s growth ambitions into measurable commercial and operational outcomes.
Why Join Asper.ai?
- Work directly with the Founder/CEO and senior leadership team.
- Influence the strategy of an AI-first business operating at the intersection of technology and CPG.
- Own strategic initiatives with visible and measurable business impact.
- Work in an environment that values speed, ownership, collaboration and continuous innovation.
- Help shape and build the next phase of Asper.ai’s growth journey.
📌 Strategy Lead – Founder’s Office (Bengaluru)
🏢 Asper.ai
📍 Bengaluru