Chief of Staff

Company: The 1970 Shop

Experience: 5+ years

Location: Lawrence Road Industrial Area, Delhi

Work Mode: Work From Office

Brand’s Website: https://www.the1970shop.com

About the Company

1970 Shop is a fast-growing Indian retail sweet and snacks brand focused on nostalgic, homemade-style products with a strong emphasis on clean labelling, healthier alternatives, and authentic storytelling. Our long-term vision is ambitious, to build a brand that achieves what traditional legacy brands accomplished over decades, but at a much faster pace.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly trustworthy, proactive, and organized Chief of Staff to work closely with the Founder and ensure smooth coordination across business functions. The role will act as a central point of coordination, helping drive execution, track progress, and ensure key decisions and action items are followed through—even when the Founder is unavailable.

Key Responsibilities

- Business Operations: Oversee and review progress across departments, identify gaps, and ensure teams are aligned with business priorities.
- Execution & Follow-ups: Track meetings, decisions, action items, and deadlines to ensure timely completion and accountability.
- Founder’s Office: Act as a trusted point of contact and support business continuity in the Founder’s absence.
- Program Management: Coordinate cross-functional projects, monitor progress, resolve bottlenecks, and ensure smooth execution.
- Leadership Meetings: Organize key meetings, prepare agendas, document discussions, and maintain clear action trackers.
- Board Meetings: Coordinate board meeting preparation, maintain meeting notes, and track decisions and follow-up actions.
- Fundraising Support: Assist with investment-raising activities,



investor coordination, and preparation of relevant business information.
- Finance & Compliance Coordination: Work closely with the CA and CS teams on financial, compliance, and corporate matters.
- Process Improvement: Review existing workflows and help establish effective systems, reporting structures, and operating processes.

Requirements

- 5+ years of experience in business operations, program management, strategy, Founder’s Office, or a similar role.
- High integrity, discretion, and trustworthiness when handling confidential business information.
- Strong ownership, organizational, and execution skills.
- Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder-management abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience coordinating with leadership teams, finance, and compliance stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to turn discussions into actionable plans.

Ideal Candidate Someone who can take ownership, connect the dots across departments, bring structure to business operations, and ensure that important decisions translate into action—with minimal supervision.

Pay: ₹1,000,000.00 - ₹1,400,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Provident Fund

Application Question(s):
- How many years of experience do you have in Chief of Staff, Founder’s Office, Business Operations, Strategy, or Program Management?
- Have you directly worked with a Founder/CEO/Leadership team?
- Have you independently tracked and driven cross-functional action items, deadlines, and projects?
- What is your Current CTC?
- What is your Expected CTC?
- Notice Period (in Days)
- Are you comfortable working from Lawrence road, Delhi location?

Work Location: In person

📌 Chief of Staff (Delhi)
🏢 The 1970 Shop
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