Overview about Ripik.AI:

Ripik.ai is an Accel-backed Applied AI company building computer vision and process optimization agents for the world's largest industrial enterprises across steel, cement, aluminum, chemicals, pharma, and power. Our Vision AI platform acts as an automated pair of eyes on the shop floor monitoring materials, equipment, and processes 24/7 with 95%+ accuracy, eliminating human error, and delivering measurable gains in throughput, yield, energy efficiency, and safety.

We work with marquee customers including Tata Steel, JSW, ArcelorMittal, Vedanta, Godrej & Boyce, Grasim, Holcim, and Jindal Steel, and are scaling globally across India, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. As we move into our next phase of growth, we are building the operating backbone that will take Ripik from a high-velocity scale-up to a category-defining global industrial AI company.

Key Responsibilities:

- Leadership: Be part of Ripik's n-1 leadership team, working directly with and next to the CEO on the priorities that matter most to the company.

- IPO Readiness: Be part of Ripik's entire journey to IPO from where we are today to the day we ring the bell carrying the operational and reporting rigor that journey demands.

- Functional Ownership: Lead one major function end-to-end: Customer Success, Product Delivery, or Growth/Marketing or take on a functional Chief of Staff mandate spanning all three, running point on the CEO's highest-priority initiatives across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success.

- Representation: Represent the CEO in internal and, where relevant, external forums ensuring consistent messaging and follow-through on commitments made.

Required Skills & Experience:

- Experience: 6+ years of overall experience, ideally including a significant stretch in top-tier consulting (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, or equivalent) or a Chief of Staff / strategy role at a high-growth startup.

- Education: Graduate from a Tier 1 college and MBA from IIM A/B/C preferred.

- Mindset: Demonstrated ownership mindset has run a workstream, project, or function end-to-end, not just contributed to one.

- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills able to bring clarity to ambiguous, cross-functional problems quickly.

- Communication: Sharp written and verbal communication comfortable operating in front of a CEO, a board, or a customer's C-suite with equal ease.

- Client Handling: Client handling experience, ideally from a top consulting engagement.

- Startup Experience: Prior experience in a 0-to-1 or early-stage startup environment.

What can you expect?:

- Ability to shape the future of manufacturing by leveraging best-in-class AI and software; we are a unique organization with niche skill set that you would also develop while working with us.

- World class work culture, coaching and development.

- Mentoring from highly experienced leadership from world class companies (refer to Ripik.AI website for details).

- International exposure.

For more information visit below links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuz3XxPfcE

https://www.ripik.ai

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ripik-ai/

Location: Noida, Sector - 16 (Work from Office)