Founder's Office
Job Summary
Company Introduction:
Varaha is a global leading climate tech venture focused on carbon removal solutions such as - regenerative agriculture afforestation biochar and enhanced rock weathering - that support smallholder land just the third year of operation we are removing and avoiding more than 1 million tons of CO2 and distributing the majority of the revenues to more than 100000 smallholder land stewards in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by leading global investors our founding and management team comes with a stellar track record of successfully scaling projects and products to millions of smallholder land stewards at leading Agriculture and tech businesses.
Job Title: Founders Office
Location: Gurugram India
Experience: 3-8 years (graduates from premier institutes; non-MBA preferred)
Industry: P&L-led consumer quick commerce marketplace or mobility businesses Strategy Venture Building
Function: Strategy Operations Partnerships and Growth
About the Role:
We are looking for a sharp high-ownership problem solver to join the Founders Office and work directly with the founders and leadership team. This is a cross-functional role that sits at the intersection of strategy operations partnerships and growth and is suited to someone who enjoys owning a business problem end to end from the first analysis to the last mile of execution. You will drive high-priority initiatives across the business: tightening on-ground operations building and managing strategic partnerships supporting commercial growth and putting in place the metrics playbooks and financial discipline that let us scale. This opportunity is ideal for candidates who have run or closely supported a P&L and bring both structured thinking and a strong bias for execution.
Key Responsibilities
Drive Strategic Initiatives: Work directly with the founders on the companys highest-priority problems; scope them build the analysis align stakeholders and own execution through to outcomes.
Operational Excellence: Diagnose bottlenecks and drive efficiency across our project operations. This includes designing SOPs and playbooks tailored to geography and project type and tracking their adoption.
Partnerships & Strategic Alliances: Support the identification structuring and management of partnerships with implementation partners corporates and institutions; coordinate day-to-day execution and keep partner commitments on track.
Growth & Business Development: Support business development across priority sectors and customer segments; build and manage a pipeline structure commercial proposals and partnership models and support negotiations through to closure.
Metrics Data & Reporting: Build and own dashboards and reviews for operational and commercial KPIs (e.g. farmer count cost per enrolment retention delivery risk pipeline health) and turn them into clear actions for leadership.
Financial Analysis & Unit Economics: Build financial models and business cases track project-level P&L and unit economics and drive cost optimization. Help compare projects on efficiency impact and risk.
Cross-functional Coordination: Work closely with technical product legal operations and finance teams to move initiatives forward ensuring transparent communication between internal and external stakeholders.
Leadership Communication: Prepare high-quality presentations briefs investor materials and documentation for the founders and leadership team.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Graduate from a premier institute such as the IITs BITS NITs NSUT DTU or equivalent. Non-MBA candidates are preferred for this role.
25 years of experience in a fast-paced P&L-led business. Preference will be given to candidates from operations-heavy startups. Candidates with strong execution exposure will also be considered.
A track record of owning business outcomes such as a city or category P&L supply or field operations or a growth or partnerships charter.
Strong problem-solving and structured thinking with the ability to break down ambiguous problems and drive them to closure.
Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel and financial modelling; comfort with SQL or dashboarding tools is a plus.
Commercial acumen and stakeholder management skills with excellent communication presentation and storytelling.
A high-ownership execution-first mindset; comfortable working with ambiguity and willing to travel to project geographies when needed.
Interest in climate action sustainability carbon markets agriculture or social impact is a plus.
If you are interested in becoming a part of this venture then I would love to know your story why you are interested and your skillset and experience. please contact at .
Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Varaha is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race sex age handicap religion national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above-listed items.
- Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Financial Modeling
- Stakeholder Management
- Market Research
- Problem Solving
- P&L
- Operations
- Process Improvement
- Cost Optimization
- Business Scaling
- Strategic Partnerships
- Business Development
- Deal structuring
- Go-to-Market
- Carbon Markets
- Agriculture
- Climate Tech
- Startup
Required Experience:
Founder