Manager - Strategy & Operations (Founder's Office)

About NxtWave

NxtWave is transforming tech education and employability for young Indians through its CCBP 4.0 programs. With local-language content and industry-focused learning, NxtWave has built a community of 200,000+ students across 3,000+ colleges, with graduates hired by 1,500+ companies, including Amazon, Accenture, IBM, TCS, and Deloitte. Know more about NxtWave: https://www.ccbp.in

Role Overview

We are looking for a high-impact Manager - Strategy & Operations to work closely with the Founder's Office and leadership team. This role will drive strategic initiatives, solve critical business problems, and ensure execution across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced B2C startup environment.

Responsibilities

1. Founder's Office & Strategic Initiatives:

- Partner with senior leadership to drive high-priority initiatives, translate ambiguous business problems into structured strategies, and own end-to-end execution of projects impacting growth, revenue, and efficiency.

2. Data-Driven Decision Making:

- Leverage business data to generate actionable insights, build dashboards, track KPIs, identify performance gaps, and independently solve critical analytical problem statements.

3. Business Operations & Execution:

- Drive operational excellence across Sales, Product, Marketing, Tech, and Ops by identifying bottlenecks, implementing scalable solutions, and ensuring timely, measurable outcomes.

4. Cross-Functional Leadership:

- Lead cross-functional initiatives, align stakeholders, drive accountability without direct authority, and work with leadership to prioritise initiatives and deliver business outcomes.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Education:

- B.Tech from IIT / BITS and/or MBA from IIM (Mandatory)

Experience:

- 4+ years of total experience

- 3+ years in Strategy / Operations / Founder's Office roles in Series A+ B2C startups (Edutech Preferred)

- 3+ years of strong hands-on experience working with data as an IC

- Proven experience delivering business outcomes. Strong exposure to cross-functional project leadership

- High ownership, structured thinking, and problem-solving ability. Ability to thrive in ambiguity and high-growth environments.

- Experience managing a team is a plus.

Work Location - Hyderabad

Working Days - 6 Days