Founder's Office Intern

Founder’s Office Intern – Growth & Strategy (9to5)

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About 9to5

SaaS-powered Employee Onboarding & Corporate Gifting platform

This is where tech meets operations, storytelling meets execution, and ideas meet action.

If you love ownership, speed, and chaos → you’ll love us.

Role Overview

Founder’s Office Intern

right hand to the founder

You’ll get a front-row seat to how a startup is scaled and you’ll actually help drive the scale.

Think of this role as:

0 to 1 builder + 1 to 100 executor + founder’s brain extension.

What You Will Do

1. Growth & Strategy

• Work directly with the Founder on high-impact strategic initiatives.
• Identify new business opportunities, enterprise segments, and outreach channels.
• Build GTM strategies for SaaS onboarding products & corporate gifting solutions.
• Assist in fundraising decks, pitch material, and strategic documentation.
  

2. Operations & Execution

• Coordinate with warehouse, client servicing, and design teams to ensure smooth delivery.
• Solve real-time bottlenecks across procurement, logistics, and onboarding workflows.
• Structure processes that improve speed, quality, and accountability.
  

3. Business Development

• Assist in identifying & reaching out to enterprise prospects (HR, Admin, Procurement).
• Sit in on sales calls, prepare proposals, and track follow-ups.
  

4. Content, Branding & Communication

• Work with the founder to create powerful LinkedIn content, storytelling, and brand IP.
• Help ideate campaigns for 9to5’s SaaS and gifting verticals.
• Coordinate with influencers, agencies, and internal creative teams.
  

5. Research & Insights

• Competitor research across gifting, HRMS, onboarding automation & SaaS ecosystems.
• Build insights on pricing, models, product opportunities, and brand benchmarks.
  

Who You Are (The Ideal Fit)

• You think like a founder:

  resourceful, fast, brutally honest, and execution-first.

• You can wear multiple hats: strategy → operations → research → content → BD.
• You understand startup speed and don’t get overwhelmed by it.
• You love building things from scratch.
• You are strong in communication (written and verbal).
• You’re hungry to learn, grow, and take ownership.
• You believe in solving problems, not finding excuses.

Freshers, final-year students, or early-career talent are welcome as long as you have the spark.

What You’ll Gain

• Direct mentorship from the Founder & core leadership.
• High-ownership projects and real decision-making exposure.
• Hands-on experience in SaaS, operations, enterprise sales & brand building.
• Opportunity to convert into a full-time

  Founder’s Office Associate

  after internship.
• The adrenaline rush of building a fast-scaling startup from ground level.