TM1 Lead Engineer

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.

About the Role 

We are looking for an extremely motivated individual with a proven track record to independently solve problems to work in our Founder’s Office and report directly to the CEO. As a strategist, consultant and implementer, successful candidate will drive multiple projects across growth, technology and product. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a business consulting role, with a special focus on executive.

Job Description

Serve as liaison between the CEO, executives, senior leaders for project updates, proposals, and planning. Independently lead multiple high stake projects that impact the PnL across Growth, Technology, Operations and Product Oversee daily operations through collaboration with senior management and department leaders, performing an array of administrative tasks from managing calendars, generating correspondence, maintaining hard copy and electronic files, planning, and coordinating annual corporate meetings, and scheduling facilities. 

Build and develop relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and effective responsiveness into existing operations, and help to define new operational strategies, working with CEO and executives on special projects. Willingness to develop and learn subject matter expertise in healthcare, handling inquiries and developing action plans to address them, and assisting with the preparation and dissemination of communications. 

Requirements 

Ex Consultants from McKinsey/ Bain/ BCG or other top tier consulting firms will be preferred 

Undergraduate/ Postgraduate from top tier engineering schools like IIT/ BITs/ IIM/ ISB within 1-4 years experience will be preferred 

Minimum 2 years prior experience in strategy consulting or strong experience in leading PnL at a high growth startups or equally analytical roles preferred. 

Strong analytical ability, with excellent track record as an independent problem solver. Ability to understand large amounts of data to problem find the issue and crisply communicating to CEO will be a given. Adept at MS Excel & PPT 

Extremely agile, and enjoys working in a highly dynamic environment where there is pressure to deliver on business outcomes. Wants to be legendary every day. 

Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives.

Role: Chief of Staff

Location: Delhi/Gurgaon

ABOUT QRATA

Qrata matches top talent with global career opportunities from the world’s leading digital companies including some of the world’s fastest growing startups using Qrata’s talent marketplaces.

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Established in 2006, our client is the leading manufacturer of components and system solutions provider for Alternative Gas Fuel Systems to the automotive industry in India.

Leading OEMs nationwide use our client's high-pressure components and fuel systems on their CNG Vehicles, with 6 out of 10 CNG passenger cars and 8 out of 10 CNG buses in India equipped with products supplied by Greenfuel. Our components and systems are validated through on-field usage, and are the only ones in the country to have satisfactorily proven themselves on more than 600,000 CNG vehicles which have cumulatively run more than 25 billion kms, thus establishing our leadership in the industry.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

Acts as a strategic advisor to the Founder and senior management team, helping them identify priorities, strategically align their time with these priorities, and revisit these regularly to assess progress.

Ensure focus on strategic initiatives of the organization so that they are not lost on urgent and daily transactions. Drive time management for the Founder around these areas of focus

Manage presentation of MIS data, creation of formats and preparing anomaly reports for Founder.

Do End to End program management for strategic projects.

Create GTM strategies for global and Indian markets.

Prepare PPT’s for Founder.

Create strategy roadmap with founder and work on presenting and understanding future market direction.

Key Result Areas are used to drive alignment, focus, agility, and business rhythm to achieve our strategic and business goals

Identify risks associated with goals for the Founder and bring them front and center to find mitigation plans and support the Founder in implementing them.

Act as an Accountability partner to the Founder to ensure all commitments are

met in time.

Act as a key thought partner, brainstorming & identifying solutions to challenges.

Manage a variety of long-term, cross-organizational projects

Represents Founder in meetings through various communication channels with internal and external stakeholders.

Acts as the liaison between Founder and other executives, clients, and stakeholders to ensure consistent communication and ensuring involvement or decision-making at the proper time.

Participates with the Founder and senior management team in strategic planning, policy development, and decision-making.

Ensures timely and effective completion of projects and initiatives of the Founder.

Determines & drives key performance indicators and how to measure team performance.

MUST HAVES:

Your attention to detail and ability to stay on top of multiple things must be exceptional

You must be able to multitask and drive programs or projects from ideation to execution

You must have great people skills, and be a highly collaborative team player

Be extremely sharp and logical, with a strong sense of curiosity to always learn more

High energy, strategic thinker with a data-driven, and analytical approach to solving problems

Excels at building relationships and networks; influences others to achieve outcomes.

Systems and process-thinker; loves creating order out of chaos.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Campaign Management:

• Develop strategies and oversee the implementation of growth marketing campaigns, including focus  content marketing, SEO, SEM, social media marketing, and paid advertising 
• Understand user journey from first interaction to final conversion and create campaign targeting groups and strategies based on that. 
• Conduct secondary research on  latest and emerging trends and use cases in adtech (business model changes, applications, tools, platforms)
• Create, track and optimize campaigns across various digital marketing platforms
• Create Hypothesis and rapidly experiment against those hypothesis to consolidate the learnings and apply back to campaigns 
• Drive performance across the User Acquisition funnel by optimizing for metrics such as ROAS, CAC, LTV 
• Conduct periodic cohort analysis to measure users acquisitions and retention
• Report on campaign performance and improvements
• Develop partnerships with platforms, publishers, intermediaries, affiliate to unlock growth

Client Servicing:

• Be the SPOC for the client requirements. Proactively lead client discussions 
• Understand client’s marketing objectives and translate to campaigns on different Digital Advertising platforms 
• Updating clients and internal teams on a regular basis about the performance of the campaigns.

• MBA from Tier 1 Business School 
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in the same industry 
• Experience in running app install campaigns, including tracking In-App purchases across multiple channels 
• Experience working with mobile attribution/integration platforms such as AppsFlyer, Singular, Branch, Facebook Analytics, Firebase Analytics and Messaging
• Solid expertise in campaign and channel analysis and reporting, including Google Analytics experience. 
• Experience of Digital ad platforms like Google, Facebook, Programmatic 
• Experience driving growth in user acquisition, user retention campaigns

What you need to have:

What you need to have:

Smart Rain Technology is a rapidly growing technology company located in Hyderabad, India. Our mission is to save water, save money and save time through our proprietary irrigation and water management system. We are looking for an experienced Executive Director to organize, grow, and oversee the daily operations in Hyderabad, India.

Candidate will assist in technical vision and leadership for developing and implementing Smart Rain's technology initiatives, with an emphasis on integration of cutting-edge technology-based practices and services into our current offerings.

The area of responsibility for this role is very wide and thus requires thorough knowledge of various company processes, business practices including government and compliance requirements in India. The overall goal is to safeguard and augment the efficiency of the company’s operations in Hyderabad, India and to facilitate accelerating development and long-term success.

Executive Director Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the planning, organizing, and directing of the organization’s operations and programs.
• Thorough knowledge of government and compliance requirements in India. 
• Prepares accurate and timely analyses that capture and communicate business results, variances, and performance trends.
• Communicates and report company results to the parent company and shareholders.
• Provides leadership to and manages the efforts of site staff to ensure appropriate support of all departments.
• Coordinates and leads annual budget reviews, monthly and quarterly reviews, and periodic forecast updates with operational and senior management.
• Retains a diverse, highly qualified staff and provides career coaching, growth, and personal development for direct/indirect report employees.

• Provides leadership and technical direction for maintenance and support services for Web, Mobile applications, back-end services, enterprise software, peripherals, and assist in professional development of team.
• Ensures that the design, development, and implementation of enterprise applications and infrastructure systems support the needs of our customers, and management.
• Co-Develop and enforce policies and procedures to ensure the protection of local Smart Rain technology assets and the integrity, security, and privacy of data entrusted to or maintained by fellow team members.
• Develops and implements an accountability system for measuring the success of the goals defined with in the Smart Rain team.
• Serves as a company representative and assumes responsibility at local, regional, state, and national meetings and events pertaining to areas of responsibility.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy while exemplifying integrity, candor, and high ethical conduct.
• Provides vision, leadership, and direction to all employees within the department.
• Directs and/or coordinates the development of specifications for the procurement of hardware, software, telecommunications, and support services required to support Smart Rain India.
• Prepares materials and presentations for US Smart Rain management team

Executive Director Qualifications/Skills:

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills
• Ability to multitask
• Takes initiative
• Works independently
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Enthusiastic
• Dynamic
• Flexible
• Organized
• Collaborative

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, finance or accounting
• CMA or MBA preferred
• 15 or more years of financial management experience in an operational environment
• 10 or more years management or supervisory experience
• Relevant experience in technology industry environment
• Experience working with US based company preferred

Benefits