Founder's Office - High Growth D2C Skincare - IIM/ISB/MDI/FMS

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategy & Problem Solving:

- Work directly with the CEO on 0- 1 and 1- 10 strategic initiatives across product, channel expansion, growth, and operations.

- Conduct structured problem solving, hypothesis building, and data-driven analysis to inform company decisions.

- Break down ambiguous problems into clear workstreams, priorities, and recommendations.

2. Business Execution & Program Management:

- Drive execution of cross-functional projects with discipline, speed, and clarity.

- Set up and manage operating cadences, dashboards, reviews, and KPIs.

- Ensure blockers are removed and decisions move quickly.

3. Insights, Research & Analytics:

- Build market, consumer, competitive, and financial insights to inform strategic choices.

- Create high-quality models, forecasts, and performance trackers to drive BU and organizational decisions.

4. Founder Leverage & Planning:

- Act as an extension of the CEO in key meetings, reviews, and communication loops.

- Prepare briefs, recommendations, and documents with exceptional structure, clarity, and analytical rigor.

- Maintain strong internal alignment and ensure critical priorities stay on track.

5. Future Leadership Development:

- Develop a deep understanding business and brand to eventually take ownership of a Business Unit.

- Build relationships across teams and begin transitioning into P&L and strategic responsibility over time.

What Success Looks Like (First 12-18 Months):

- Rapidly understands organisation's business model, customer behavior, and operational drivers.

- Consistently delivers crisp insights, structured recommendations, and reliable execution.

- Builds systems/processes that elevate decision-making and operating discipline.

- Shows clear potential to step into BU ownership or a senior functional leadership role.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

Education & Experience:

- MBA from a top-tier institution (preferred) with 2-5+ years of pre-MBA work experience.

- Startup, consulting, investing, strategy, or operational roles are a plus-but not mandatory.

- High learning velocity, structured thinking, and problem-solving depth matter most.

Capabilities & Attributes:

- Exceptionally high IQ, analytical rigor, and structured thinking.

- High ownership, high discipline, high hunger to build.

- Thrives in ambiguity and fast-paced environments.

- Strong business intuition and ability to learn new domains quickly.

- Excellent communication-written, verbal, and executive presence.

- Ability to handle breadth: switching rapidly between strategy, analysis, and operations.

- Strong ethical judgment and maturity.