As we build fngrd., India's participation-first social network, we're looking for one more person to join the founding team.

Our ambition isn't to build another social media app.

We're building a social network where participation is at the centre of the experience. A platform that helps people discover communities, express opinions and participate in conversations, while creating new possibilities for consumer intelligence, discovery and commerce.

We believe there's an prospect to build something much bigger than another consumer internet product. A social network that can become an integral part of how people connect, participate and discover things online.

And we're building it from India, for the world.

The product is live. We've begun bringing users onto the platform. Now comes one of the hardest parts of building a consumer social network: turning initial adoption into meaningful participation, habitual usage and organic network effects.

That's where you come in. Fret not; together we do, you lead.

The title may begin as Head of Growth, but the responsibility is that of a co-founder. As the company scales, so should the role, ultimately culminating in Chief Growth Officer.

The job

There is no established growth playbook waiting for you.

You'll be responsible for building fngrd.'s growth engine from the ground up.

That means figuring out how we acquire users, get them to participate, give them reasons to return and eventually create a network that grows because people want to be part of it.

Some days we'll be cracking distribution. Other days we'll be working on onboarding, activation, retention, referral loops, community building, content, partnerships or product-led growth.

You'll work closely with the product and founding team, experiment relentlessly, understand user behaviour, challenge assumptions and turn insights into growth.





This isn't a role where success is measured by how many campaigns you launch or how much advertising budget you manage.

It's about building a consumer growth engine that actually works.

Who we're looking for?

- Someone with 8–12+ years of meaningful experience across growth, consumer internet, social platforms, D2C or other high-growth consumer businesses.

- Someone who understands that growth is not just acquisition.
- Someone who has worked across the growth funnel: acquisition, activation, engagement, retention and referrals.
- Someone who understands distribution, consumer behaviour, community-led growth and the mechanics of building network effects.
- High agency. Low ego.
- Comfortable experimenting, failing, learning and starting again.
- Someone who can think strategically but isn't afraid to get their hands dirty with execution.
- Someone who can build without waiting for a team, a budget or a playbook.
- Most importantly, someone who wants to build a company, not just head a function.

Commitment & Remuneration

Until we close our first institutional round, this will be a part-time commitment, allowing both of us to build conviction before going all in.

Once the round is closed, the role transitions to a full-time founding position, with a market-competitive salary and 10% co-founder equity.

We're looking for someone who sees this as building a company over the next decade, not simply taking up another role.

Skin in the game

We're looking for someone willing to invest ₹10 lakh alongside joining as a co-founder.

This investment is independent of co-founder equity and will convert separately through a SAFE during our first institutional financing.

The intent is less about funding the business, and more about alignment.

When founders carry the same downside, they usually build with a very different mindset.

If this sounds like your kind of madness, let's build India's next _____ (fill yourself!)

📌 Co-founder (Head of Growth → CMO) | [with Investment + social consumer bg preferred] (India)
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