Role Description & Expectation
This Fellowship starts The full time fellowship program is for a year and aimed to give the fellows a taste of what happens to Raise, Run & Support a VC fund, located in Hyderabad.
For deserving candidates, the program provides full time offer from SucSEED or its associated firms.
In this Fellowship, you will be supporting Funds Partners, overseeing various operational aspects to support the companys goals and objectives, as needed time-to-time. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A FELLOWSHIP TO GET YOU DIRECT INVESTMENT EXPOSURE.
- Work with the leadership to manage cross-functional, high-impact initiatives and programs that enables the fund and extended #SucSEEDfamily to achieve short and long-term financial goals
- Lead successful implementations of strategic initiatives aimed at increasing growth, profitability, accelerating company performance and transition setup of new business
- In partnership with leadership team, track and drive prioritization, visibility, and execution of core business initiatives
- Create and drive project/program plans and schedules to achieve the business outcome, not just check the box
- Maintain project schedules, identifying dependencies, and driving awareness and crisp execution against major milestones
- Define, track, and refine metrics and KPIs that measure the business health and successful execution of strategic projects and initiatives
- Implement and continue to improve best practices across the fund and across specific functions
- Investor Relationships & onboarding
- Outreach & Investor Lead Generation & Sales coordination
- Manage Existing relationships & Identify Newer Channels to expand
- Leverage the organization s relationship with existing institutional accounts through proactive customer relationship management and Coordination of Quarterly Investor meet-ups.
- Technical & Pre-Sales Support
- Marketing (Digital, Social and Branding)
- Investor Communication, External Communication and Content
- Help in Value Creation & Scale-up of PortCos
- Collaboration with Institutional Partners, Build Community around Thematic Structures
- Management team support
Benefits from Fellowships:
- Build a career in VC ecosystem, with Rich, hands-on learning experience
- Short-term work across functional dimensions, with long-term benefits
- Access to our network of world-class founders, curators & operators
- An opportunity to act alongside entrepreneurs within a leading venture Capital ecosystem. Get stipend paid, doing what you love.
- Dynamic, multidisciplinary, young & professional environment and a great opportunity in a high growth sector
- Co-invest in the foundational round of a promising company, if you d ever like to.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
The Fellowship is a stipend-led program designed with multidisciplinary learning at its core. The program operates on a 12-month model where a fellow would get an opportunity to work on above dimensions of the VC ecosystem. At the end of the program, SucSEED will look forward to absorb some key talent and/or provide extensive support to help you pursue your career or aspirations through strong references and recommendations.
We expect the Fellow to complete 12-month to get the most out of our program, and would accept a lock-in period of 12 months to ensure only committed candidates deserve to enter the program. The program combines unstructured mentorship with hands-on experience and offers tremendous opportunity to learn about VC & amplifies insights and understanding of the Indias startup ecosystem. Fellows get to experience various functions and work on projects while focusing on one or more of the areas depending on their skills and interests.
The applications will be accepted in two cycles
- Cycle 1 f or those candidates who can start from April/ May 25
- Cycle 2 for those who can start by 15th August 25)
We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The interviews will happen on a rolling basis and finish whenever we find suitable candidate.
SucSEED Fellowship program had commenced in 2023 and our last two Annual intakes from Cohort1 & Cohort 2 have run successfully with a rolling 1-yr program, with very encouraging outcomes.
Program is IDEAL for a person:
At SucSEED, we believe that diversity of experiences & backgrounds drives the quality of decision-making. We expect our Fellows to come from all walks of life. Beyond hard skills, we place emphasis on core attributes that define the way of working at SucSEED.
- People who feel MBA programs in the next 12-24 months shall give a boost to their professional journey & INSTEAD, are open to explore alternative approaches to learn & grow, WITHOUT going through the MBA route.
- Who needs a new challenge & wants to get a taste of the VC industry, before they switch careers.
- Passion for Technology - Keen understanding of the latest tech trends, and their impact on markets, economy, and the future
- Multifaceted - Open to contributing value that cuts across roles and disciplines. Open to contributing value that cuts across roles and disciplines
- Curious - Relentless curiosity and hunger to learn, contribute, and excel
- Entrepreneurial - An ambitious thinker and self-starter, who loves taking initiatives rather than working to achieve Work-life balance very early in life.
- Performance-Oriented - Endeavour to deliver the highest quality of work in anything they take-up
- Team Player - A strong team player able to collaborate effectively in group settings
What we look for: A Suitable Fellow could have:
We require performance-oriented accountability and constant learning. We believe in building Venture Partners in next few years, from within by encouraging our team to challenge themselves and explore their deep potential.
- Candidates from Tier2 MBA colleges are welcome to apply.
- Someone who has graduated in Business Administration, Sales & Management, Finance, Economics, or any other related business field. Please don t apply if you are still to complete your graduation, as this is not a part-time role.
- 0.5 - 3 years of experience in business / strategy / Sales & Marketing/ Project management/ Finance / Venture Building.
- Work experience in Client Relationship, Account Management or Customer-facing role would be advantageous
- Passion for Tech and Hands-on experience with latest SAAS tools, Customer Relationship Management Tools (e.g. Zoho CRM) and has the ability to try them for the benefit of SucSEED.
- Ability to meet deadlines with effective time management
- Decent financial and analytical skills
- Effective organizational skills, Attention to detail and ability to multitask
- For Fresher candidates, a solid program and project management skills, having managed and successfully delivered multiple, complex projects on-time and on-budget, at College/ University/ Volunteering level would be helpful.
- Likes Business, Finances & Accounting - Understands key concepts, financial statements & analysis, with strong working knowledge on EXCEL, Powerpoint and emerging Agentic AI / AI tools.
- Extensive experience with project management including organization, prioritization & ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously & work well under pressure to drive tasks/ initiatives to completion.
- Experience in Administrative coordination & Operations Management
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent Communicator- ability to work with technical & non-technical stakeholders, with attention to detail & delivery method & swift negotiations (in English, Telugu & Hindi Speaking)
- Multifaceted- Open to contributing value that cuts across roles & disciplines.
- Curious- Relentless curiosity and hunger to learn, contribute & excel
- Entrepreneurial- An ambitious thinker and self-starter, who loves taking initiatives rather than working to achieve Work-life balance very early in life.
- Performance Oriented- Endeavour to deliver the highest quality of work in anything they take-up
- Team Player- who is able to collaborate effectively in group settings
- is based out of Hyderabad or is able to relocate and keen to live on stipend to learn and build a career.
- is open to WFO atleast 5 days out of 6-day week.
- Previous experience in start-up environment is a plus, so that the candidate is prepared to work with less structure, less resources and less time on hand for every delivery.
- Suggestive track record of generating high-quality results
- Ability to execute at a strategic level and roll up the sleeves and do the work; easily able to shift from one to the other
- Disciplined in setting and managing priorities and results and holding people to account
- Ability to drive change and lead through influence in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Someone who thinks different from the rest of herd mindset
