Director of Growth and Operations

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Growth Planning: Develop and execute strategies to drive sustainable growth and expansion in alignment with company goals.
• Market Analysis: Conduct thorough market research and analysis to identify new opportunities, market trends, and competitive threats.
• Business Development: Lead initiatives to acquire new business partnerships and opportunities, including identifying potential clients and negotiating agreements.
• Operational Excellence: Streamline and optimize internal processes and workflows to enhance efficiency and productivity.
• Financial Management: Collaborate with finance teams to develop budgets, monitor financial performance, and ensure cost-effectiveness.
• Team Leadership: Provide strong leadership and mentorship to cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Performance Metrics: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track progress towards goals, regularly reporting to senior management.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure business continuity and resilience.

Qualifications:

• Education:  MBA or equivalent from a prestigious institute such as IIM preferred.
• Experience: 4-6 years of progressive experience in business development, operations management, or related fields. Prior experience in a leadership role preferred.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Strategic Vision: Proven ability to think strategically, anticipate future trends, and translate vision into actionable plans.
• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and effectively manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.

NOTE: Please apply only if - a) You've founding team or founder experience. b) You're from IIT/IIM/NIT/BITS. c) You've graduated in 2021/2022/2023 ONLY.

Location: Anywhere in India

Timing: US timing

About the Role

We are building our founding team and are looking for folks who are excited to get their hands dirty in a 0 to 1 journey. If you are expecting a working playbook that you can scale, the company is probably not the right fit for you at this point. However, if you are excited about creating the playbook from scratch, we would love to hear from you

You will directly work with the founders.

We are looking for an exceptional individual who can take up the challenge to build a global fintech from the ground up. As the hustler in team, you'll need to possess a strong drive, take ownership of your work, and have an insatiable desire to take action and make things happen

You will work closely with marketing, product, sales, and design teams and play a pivotal role in shaping our growth trajectory. You will be required to:

- Set up process for Outbound prospecting (reach out/follow up) via different channels.

- Inbound conversion - Set up and own inbound leads via automated follow up communication.

- Run custom campaigns e.g., writing to VCs for intros to their portfolio companies, writing to conference attendees, scraping forums and communities for relevant leads etc.

- Collaborate with industry leaders/influencers to organize webinars; conceptualize the topics of discussion based on pain points of TG and find creative ways to market the webinar.

- Work with long form content writer to create whitepapers, eBooks, templates and other resources that add value to our TG.

- Conceptualize, co-create and distribute newsletters.

- SEO - Make the company rank #1 for relevant short and long tail keywords.

- Partnerships - Forge strategic partnerships that drive revenue.

- Community - Build & nurture a close-knit community of potential/existing customers.

- Drive channels such as G2 and marketplace listings to get inbound flow.

- Get involved in other go-to-market efforts once the outbound playbook is optimized.

- Product Marketing: Product launches, Explainer videos, exploring engineering as marketing, etc.

- Organic Marketing: Blog posts, social media, Newsletters, SEO etc.

- Email Marketing: Manage lists, track opens, deliverability, domain blacklisting etc.

- Content Creation: Write content to educate internal and external stakeholders on product features and benefits.

Key Responsibilities

- 6 to 24 months of experience building a startup, doing consulting/venture capital, or working in a go-to-market/growth role.

- Solid hustle and entrepreneurial mindset; Thrive under the uncertainty that comes with an early-stage setup.

- Passion for learning new products and industries - excited to dive into the nitty-gritty technical details.

- Strong problem-solving ability and performance/metrics-driven thinking without missing creativity.

- Willingness to get your hands dirty and do the grunt work in the early days.

- Adaptable to work across time zones to cater to a global customer base.

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Experience in driving cross-functional initiatives, and also working independently.

- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and add value immediately in a fast-paced environment.

- Detail-oriented with extremely good follow-up skills, self-driven, and proactive.

- Basic knowledge of SEO, tools used to plan and measure SEO results.

- Self-driven individual with high ownership and strong work ethic.

- Previous entrepreneurial experience is a huge plus.

- Not taking yourself too seriously :)

Good to Have

- Experience catering to CFO persona is a plus.

- Familiarity with billing systems, CPQ and accounting systems is a plus.

- Experience building a small team of interns is a plus.

• Maintain, drive, monitor, and put in place dependable technological standards, systems, and procedures.
• With a high degree of skill and understanding, influence technology plans and choices.
• Provide guidance and help to ensure that necessary legislation specifications and standards are followed.
• Lead a team of product developers and handle training requirements as needed.
• Coordinate product testing on a regular basis to identify flaws and offer feedback in order to improve them.
• Assist clients with technical concerns as a key contact.
• Ascertain if the firm has adequate resources, including staff, materials, and equipment.
• Development, execution, and progress are all reported to management.
• Working with development teams and departments, as well as taking user feedback into account.
• Managing support teams and monitoring performance indicators are two of my responsibilities.
• Assuring timely and cost-effective delivery of products and services.
• Managing software and hardware updates and installs.
• Keeping the computer network infrastructure up to date and secure.

• Should have a good experience selling IT sales services in the USA/Europe region
• Should have knowledge of IT services like Web services, Cloud Services, Mobile Technology.
• Experience working in B2B Sales
• Create and implement sales strategies in line with the company's growth objectives
• Managing prospective client relationships through all phases of the sales cycle
• Developing and maintaining strong professional relationships with global accounts, to maximize sales
• The ability to write reports and proposals
• Comfortable working in different time zones to connect with our target audience
• Experience working with end-to-end sales from lead generation to lead conversion.
• Proven track record for closing new deals with both large and mid-size companies
• Knowledge of Demand generation
• Lead generation skills for IT services projects
• Develop and execute strategies to expand inbound lead/demand generation
• Must have good working experience in Upwork, Freelance.com, PeoplePerHour
• Good communication skills verbal as well as written is must

• Develop, execute & deliver the annual and long-term strategic business plans to ensure delivery of the full potential of the brand at the pan India level
• Guide team in translation of strategy into business plans, brand positioning and go – to market strategies
• Identify and research potential markets to launch the new retail stores and advise management of new business development opportunities. 
• Prepare and execute the marketing strategy for Company’s online & offline business model.
• Responsible for the launch and development of the fashion brand as per the agreed terms and conditions.
• Ensure the financial performance and revenue targets of the brand (online and offline) are achieved through analysis of its Profit & Loss and KPIs.
• Manage relations with key business stakeholders to develop trusting business partnerships.
• Support the day-to-day management of the brand.
• Advice and support stores with all areas of their business including store standards, stock management, customer relationship, staffing and recruitment, finances and payments, cost control, expansion.
• Develop sales and marketing tools, work out on sales promotional activities to support the sales plans.
• Develop the store audit plan and conduct the audits.
• Contributing to and upholding the standards for store compliance as outlined in the operating standards manuals
• Periodically reviewing layout and design of stores manuals and other communications tools for user-friendliness and completeness

• MBA/Post Graduate in Operations from a reputed institution
• Must have experience in translating vision/broad strategies into specific targets and tasks.
• Ability to deliver solution and provide expertise with speed and imagination
• Should possess a high degree of business acumen and must have a good understanding of P&L
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Flexible and able to multi-task; can work within a fast-moving environment
• Must have good connections and networking in the retail & eCommerce ecosystem

• CA or MBA qualification
• Minimum 8 years post-qualification Experience in Finance (preferably in NBFC for few years)
• Ability to understand the intricacies of Finance, Ind-AS, Tax and Regulations
• Able to work with CEO and Senior management
• Manage the finance & accounts team, to deliver high-performance

Key Skills:

• Communication: Clarity, Articulation and English
• Conceptual & Critical thinking
• Positive Attitude and Positive Energy
• Self-starter, self-motivated and aspirational
• Attention to Detail
• Outcome orientation & Execution skills handling multiple priorities
• Financial analysis & financial concepts
• Good understanding of Finance operation process and Month end close reporting

Other Good To Have Skill:

• Domain skills on Banking, NBFC, etc
• Understanding of Risk Management              

What Will You Be Doing?

• Closely work with CEO and provide finance support to achieve business goals
• Responsible for the Finance Team of NFS (as a Head of Finance) – set aspiring goals, continuously connect & provide feedback to bring out the best from the team
• Insightful BU reporting (Internal) to highlight the deviation from plan & scope for improvement
• Timely and reliable submission of Statutory reporting and drive 100% compliance
• Create value through cost savings champion and tax optimization
• Present financial performance and other matters, to CEO and Board
• Timely audit of accounts (as per companies act), RBI and Taxation
• Responsible for managing Internal Audit and continuously monitor controls & efficiency
• Responsible to manage banking relationship for the operational banking
• Drive systems & process improvements and ensure robust internal controls