About Us :

We are building the platform to drive global careers for millennials from emerging economies We work at the exciting intersection of the 2 hottest trends around - EdTech & fintech! And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students!

Founder Profile :

Arnav Kumar is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. Leap is his second company and he has raised more than $77M in capital for his startups. In his last role, he was a VC investor with SAIF Partners (Now Elevation Capital), which is an early investor in paytm, meesho, urban company, unacademy and many other unicorns.

Vaibhav Singh is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. He spent his first 6 years at DeutscheBank, across Singapore & Sydney to manage a $3Bn flow book. He has built 2 fintech startups before, as a founding member of CapitalFloat and Incred, both pioneering businesses valued >$500Mn The Leap team has a fine balance of industry experience (edtech, fintech, study abroad) and technical skills (engineering, product, design)

About the Role :

We are searching for a senior leader for our Business team

The charter for this role will include :

- You will own Top-of-the-funnel metrics for the business - this includes leads, registrations, trials, purchases

- You will have to optimize each part of the purchase funnel (move metrics across the funnel)

- This means you will have to be a ninja at stakeholder management - work with the product, engineering, marketing, inside sales and HR teams

- You will have to manage a large, diverse team and drive performance - Build the org, set targets & drive performance (hire, train, mentor the team)

- You will have to straddle product thinking (what customer wants and how to deliver that value), process design, operational excellence and people management in equal measures

Ideal Persona :

- Someone who has managed growth at a fast scaling B2C ed-tech startup

- While EdTech is the best fit, anyone who has managed growth at a B2C startup will be a good fit

- 6-10 years of total experience, with at least 3 years experience in owning growth

- Has experienced both 0->1 (figuring) and 1-> n ( scaling) journey of a startup

- Excellent first principle problem solving skills

- Someone who can balance strategy with execution

- Someone who has built and improved complicated processes involving multiple stakeholders

- Has led a team of at least 100 people

- It is an added plus if the candidate has entrepreneurial experience

- Everyone at Leap is entrepreneurial, moves fast and operates with extreme ownership.

- There is minimal management and extreme autonomy.

- If the above defines you, you will fight in snugly

Why is this a great opportunity for the right candidate :

- Experienced founding team

- Right to win - The founding team knows the business & its secrets inside out. We are starting with a significant head start and a precise plan of action

- Barriers to entry - This is a specialized play with natural barriers to entry, allowing for significant value creation for all equity holders

- Backed by marquee global investors

- Exposure to all aspects of company building - exposure to investors, fund-raising, decision making, building the team & culture

- All of the above perks of joining a high potential company very early, along with a competitive market salary.

Let's Chat !

- We are now building our leadership team and would love to chat with you

- This is a great time to join the rocketship and participate in the upside

- You will have super interesting & challenging problems to solve

- In a super fast-paced environment that will challenge you

- With enough resources to play offense

- And mentorship from the founding team

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