EIR

About the Role

Lenskart is looking for an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) - someone who has built something from scratch felt the weight of ownership and knows what it takes to go from zero to one. This isnt a traditional corporate hire. We want ex-founders who bring first-principles thinking bias for action and comfort with ambiguity into a high-growth execution-heavy environment. The EIR will work directly with leadership on 0-to-1 initiatives new business lines or high-priority strategic projects -with the mandate and autonomy of a founder backed by Lenskarts scale data and distribution.

What Youll Do

Own a defined charter (new initiative business line or strategic project) end-to-end from problem definition to execution to scale-up

Operate with founder-like ownership: make decisions fast build lean iterate based on real feedback rather than process

Work cross-functionally with category ops tech and leadership teams to unblock execution

Build and pitch business cases structure ambiguous problems into workable plans and drive them to measurable outcomes

Act as a thinking partner to leadership on emerging opportunities market shifts and internal innovation bets

Potentially build and lead a small team as the initiative matures

What Makes This Role Different

Direct access to leadership and real business mandates - not a rotational or shadow program

Autonomy to define how a problem gets solved not just execute someone elses plan

A path to owning a P&L or a full business unit based on performance

Exposure to Lenskarts scale (retail tech supply chain and consumer data) - distribution most standalone D2C founders never get to work with.

Who Were Looking For

Minimum 2 years as a founder or co-founder of a venture - startup experience is a plus but not mandatory

515 years total experience combining founder time with either operating consulting or high-growth company experience

D2C background strongly preferred - prior founder or operating experience in a direct-to-consumer business (retail fashion F&B beauty consumer tech or similar) where you owned customer acquisition unit economics or category growth firsthand

A track record of building something from the ground up - raising capital acquiring customers hiring a team or navigating a shutdown/pivot all count as relevant proof points

Strong first-principles problem solving; comfortable operating without a playbook

High ownership mindset - treats company problems like personal problems

Excellent stakeholder management - can navigate a large organization while retaining founder-speed instincts

Willingness to be based out of Delhi NCR or Bangalore