Business Operations & Sales Coordinator

Kolkata | Remote / Hybrid | Occasional Client & Founder Meetings

Company: AlienHouse Networks

AlienHouse Networks is a growing business working across Marketing, IT, Workforce Solutions and recent ventures/products. We are looking for a highly proactive Business Operations & Sales Coordinator who can help convert plans into execution, maintain accountability across teams and support the Founder in business development, research and new venture opportunities.

This is a hands-on startup role. We are looking for someone who does not wait for instructions for every task and is comfortable following up, organising people, tracking numbers and getting things completed.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Business Operations & Execution

* Track daily and weekly commitments across Sales, Marketing, IT, Recruitment and other projects.
- Follow up with team members on pending tasks, deadlines and deliverables.
- Maintain central trackers for activities, targets and progress.
- Identify delays, inactivity and blockers and escalate them to the Founder.
- Prepare concise daily/weekly execution reports.
- Ensure agreed formats, data and reporting structures are being followed.
- Help establish a disciplined remote-work and accountability system.

1. Sales Coordination

* Monitor daily sales activity including calls, prospects, follow-ups, meetings and proposals.
- Maintain and consolidate prospect databases.
- Track active leads and follow-up status.
- Coordinate with the Sales team to ensure sufficient outreach activity.
- Research potential companies, decision-makers and business opportunities.
- Assist in preparing prospect lists and outreach campaigns.
- Follow up internally to ensure sales opportunities are not left unattended.
- Support the Founder and Sales team in converting opportunities into meetings and proposals.

1. Funding, Investment & Startup Research





A key part of this role will be researching funding opportunities for AlienHouse and its new ventures, particularly SPYCE.

Responsibilities include

- Research startup grants, seed funding, incubators, accelerators and investor programmes.
- Identify angel investors, venture capital funds and strategic investors relevant to SPYCE.
- Research government funding schemes and startup-support programmes.
- Identify eligibility requirements, deadlines, documents and application processes.
- Maintain a continuously updated Funding & Investor Database.
- Research which investors invest in dating/social/discovery/consumer-tech/mobile-app businesses.
- Research relevant investors in India and internationally.
- Track investor thesis, ticket size, geography, stage and sector.
- Prepare shortlists of relevant investors and funding programmes.
- Research pitch competitions, demo days, incubator programmes and startup events.
- Assist the Founder in preparing application information, pitch-deck requirements and investor research.
- Track every application/contact/follow-up from initial research through response.

1. New Venture Support

Support research and execution for projects including:
- SPYCE
- SØW / Sound Over War
- AlienHouse service expansion
- New business opportunities identified by the Founder

This may include market research, competitor research, business-model research, partnership research and opportunity mapping.
1. Founder’s Office Support

* Convert discussions and decisions into actionable tasks.




- Maintain a Founder-level action tracker.
- Follow up with relevant team members.
- Prepare concise summaries rather than lengthy reports.
- Highlight only important decisions, blockers and opportunities to the Founder.
- Assist in coordinating meetings and follow-ups when required.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are more interested in ownership and execution ability than a fancy degree.

The ideal candidate is

- Highly organised
- Proactive and persistent
- Comfortable following up with people
- Comfortable asking difficult questions
- Strong in Google Sheets / Excel
- Good written and verbal communication
- Comfortable with online research
- Able to understand basic business and financial concepts
- Interested in startups, investment and entrepreneurship
- Able to work independently
- Comfortable working remotely
- Willing to occasionally meet the Founder, team members or clients in person
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment

IMPORTANT PERSONALITY TRAITS

We are specifically looking for someone who:

Does not wait to be chased.

Does not consider a task complete until the outcome is achieved.

Can follow up with people professionally but firmly.

Can find information independently.

Can say, “This is blocked and here is what I recommend,” rather than simply saying, “This is blocked.”

EXPERIENCE

Preferred: 1–3 years

Candidates with experience in any of the following are welcome:

- Business Operations
- Sales Coordination
- Inside Sales
- Startup Operations
- MIS / Reporting
- Business Development
- Founder’s Office
- Project Coordination
- Research / Analyst roles
- Management trainee roles

Startup experience is a plus.

LOCATION

Kolkata preferred.

The role is primarily remote, with occasional in-person meetings with the Founder, team members, clients, partners or other stakeholders.

📌 Business Operations & Sales Coordinator (Kolkata Metropolitan Area)
🏢 AlienHouse Networks
📍 Kolkata Metropolitan Area