Associate Director, Founders Office

Key Highlights

• Position: Associate Director, Founders Office
• Location: Gurgaon, in-office

About Airblack & Zudo:

Airblack is Indias largest alternate skilling platform. Our mission is to help the next 100 million people in the workforce get access to meaningful opportunities.

We currently operate in sectors such as content creation, SME skills, beauty, fashion, nutrition, digital & home businesses, impacting over 1M learners every month. Our apps consistently rank in top 10 education apps in India with 1M+ users and 40M+ minutes of learning content being consumed every month. One of our new products, Zudo, is now Indias fastest growing apps in the skilling / content space.

With a lean team of under 30 people working at the intersection of AI and learning, we are on track to cross 100cr in revenue run-rate in FY27.

Airblack has raised Rs. 100cr+ from marquee investors such as Elevation Capital, Info Edge Ventures, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Blume Founders Fund and Better Capital, and leading angels such as Vidit (Meesho), Kunal (CRED), Deepinder (Zomato), Harshit & Shashank (Razorpay) and so on.

Who are we looking for

We are assembling some of the smartest and highly ambitious individuals under one roof, to build a consumer-tech company that we can be proud of. This will not be a 9-5 well defined role, so if youre looking for one, you shouldnt consider applying.

If you are a driven management consultant / ex-VC or PE professional / Product Manager / Entrepreneur seeking a chance to make an exponential impact, this is the role for you. Working closely with the founder, youll have access to all the projects and initiatives at Airblack. From 0-to-1 marketing initiatives to building high-impact skilling products, you will experience all aspects of building and scaling a business.

What makes you a suitable candidate

• 2-7 years of experience as a consultant with a top-tier firm, preferably with marketing / product / growth skillset [2-4 years for Manager, 4-7 years for Associate Director]
• You think in systems and are AI native. You can breakdown a problem into workflows with AI / Agents at center.
• Tier-1 college is a strong preference but not a filtering criterion
• Exceptional analytical and structured problem-solving skills; passionate about startups and the tech ecosystem
• Ok with high rigor. This role will average 60 hours workweeks with high skin in the game / ESOP / best in class pay. If you are not comfortable going all in, this may not be the right role for you.

Role & Perks

Role

• Own 0-to-1 Initiatives: Be a leader and build new 0-to-1 initiatives and experiments across growth, marketing, product and operations.
• AI Native Problem Solving: We are select few companies in the country whose entire operations and strategy runs behind AI agents and workflows. You will deploy agents & AI workflows and use the latest in AI to accelerate business growth
• Build and empower teams: From recruiting teams to coaching them on playbooks & culture, to ensuring the right goals are set and the right KPIs are being measured - you will act as a partner to making teams successful.
• Program Management: Work closely with the founders and key leadership to manage cross-team projects, monitor progress and KPIs and drive business and P&L growth.
• Scaling Execution Playbooks: Be the strategic contributor to our most critical scaling initiatives and develop processes, metrics, and products to drive scale 10X.
• Strategic Analysis & Fundraising: Work with the founder on core company strategy & fundraising initiatives.

Perks

• Fast-growth: This role fast-tracks to VP -> CXO in 2-3 years
• High skin in the game: Aggressive ESOP allocations at the onset. We recently concluded our first ESOP buyback, and if the company continues doing well in next 3 years, this promises to be a life-altering opportunity in terms on ESOP liquidity
• Build in one of the highest talent density in consumer-tech: Learn from and work with some of the best peers you can find in a consumer-tech company in NCR.
• Infinite budget for knowledge, upskilling, tech tools & AI tools
• Mentor connect available to the whose and whose of startup ecosystem (check our angel investor list)
• Usuals: Health Insurance cover, flexible leave policy, a free environment to build what you love