Executive Assistant-Founder's Office

Role Overview:

The Founder's Office Executive will work closely with the Founder and senior leadership team to lead mission-critical projects. You will bridge strategy and execution, operate with a founder’s mindset, and play a key role in building a world-class drone technology organization.

Key Responsibilities:

● Strategic Planning & Execution: Support the Founder in refining business strategy and ensuring execution across teams.

● Program Management: Lead and track cross-functional strategic projects: new market launches, partnerships, product development initiatives, fundraising efforts.

● Business Research & Analysis: Conduct competitive benchmarking, regulatory analysis (e.g., DGCA regulations), market assessments to inform decision-making.

● Internal Operations: Identify bottlenecks, recommend process improvements, and drive operational efficiency initiatives across product, operations, marketing, and R&D.

● Investor Relations & Fundraising: Assist in preparation of investor materials, manage data rooms, coordinate investor meetings and due diligence processes.

● External Stakeholder Management: Act as a liaison for key government agencies, partners, vendors, and regulatory bodies.

● Leadership Enablement: Prepare dashboards, reports, and briefings to keep leadership aligned and focused on key metrics and priorities.

● Special Projects: Own ad-hoc strategic projects such as government tenders, drone pilot programs, technology partnerships or M&A explorations.

● Company Structuring & Investment Support: Assist in activities related to company structuring, restructuring, creation of holding/subsidiary entities, investment transactions, compliance filings, and legal documentation in collaboration with external advisors (lawyers, consultants).

● On-Site Travel: Accompany the Founder for important on-site visits, client meetings, government engagements, partner discussions, investor pitches, or industry events; ensuring thorough preparation, note-taking, and follow-up actions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a reputed institution (MBA preferred but not mandatory).
• 2–5 years of experience in a high-performance environment (consulting, VC, startup, or similar).
• Exceptional analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• High degree of ownership, bias for action, and ability to work independently.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and capable of multitasking.
• Proficiency in tools like Excel, PowerPoint, Notion, Google Workspace, chatgpt etc.