About the Position/Roles and Responsibilities:
This role is like living the life of a founder: lead, follow, strategize, improvise, execute, decide, keep moving ahead for the win. You will work on multiple strategic, cross functional projects and drive execution to meet overall company objectives.
- Working closely with Founders to help define strategic direction and to drive execution of critical initiatives and deliver targets
- Owning and leading cross functional and strategic programs until they are large enough to stand on their own
- Collaborate with internal cross functional teams on a daily basis to run the select projects/initiatives
- Identify new growth opportunities by staying current on key internal and market trends and their implications on business.
- Work with founders to prioritise on these and drive execution
- Conducting objective research on current market trends, the competitors, product demands as needed for a project or initiative
- Analyzing, structuring, and solving select business, marketing, and technology problems within the various teams
- Acting as a key thought partner, brainstorming & identifying solutions to challenges
Requirements:
Key Skills:
- Resourceful and strategic thinker with extremely high analytical skills and data-driven, first principles led strong problem-solving capability
- Meticulous operational rigor, attention to detail and strong project management capabilities to drive OKR execution
- Entrepreneurial drive, with a high tolerance for ambiguity and complexity
Must be creative and enjoy working within a small, entrepreneurial environment that is mission-driven, results-driven and community-oriented
- Hands on approach is a must - the ideal candidate should be motivated and passionate enough to collaborate and drive various initiatives. And above all, a desire to produce outstanding output at all times.
- Fluent communication skills, both written and verbal; an ability to influence people across levels, both internal and external
- Forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions
- Strong team player - able to rally people around and work well in teams
Experience:
- Between 1 to 3 yrs of experience with excellent pedigree IIT / IIM / ISB / BITs / NIFT - Top Global under-grad / B-schools / Design schools
- Candidates from consulting, general management, cross functional roles, design or sales and marketing preferred
- Bonus: Prior experience in consumer, e-commerce, marketplaces, ed-tech or design
- Bonus: Prior entrepreneurial experience
What's on offer:
- Opportunity to make an impact in the passion economy and work with a purpose driven business
- Exponential career growth based on performance
- A flat org and informal structure where performance and superiority of thought drives all decisions
- Work closely with the leadership team at Zwende
- You will get a chance to make occasional visits to artisan clusters and first hand witness the artisan economy in India - it is truly humbling, to say the least
Location: Remote Work / Bangalore / Chennai
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