KollegeApply - Entrepreneur In Residence - Founder's Office - IIT/IIM/BITS/DU

Location: Sector 50, Gurugram

Team: Central Team - Founder's Office

Experience: 2 - 5 years

Work Mode: Full-time, In-office

Reports To: Founder & CEO

About the Role:

The EIR will work directly with the Founder & CEO as an execution-focused business operator. The role involves owning important business mandates, improving processes, analysing data, driving accountability, and building systems that can operate independently without constant founder intervention.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management Reporting: Validate and improve reports shared with the CEO and ensure data accuracy.
• Sales & Operations: Run daily reviews, track action items, and ensure timely closure.
• Lead Delivery: Maintain lead quality, accuracy, turnaround times, and delivery standards.
• Performance Metrics: Define KPIs, build dashboards, and track performance across teams/zones/accounts.
• Business Analytics: Reconcile CRM, LMS and finance data; work on CPL, CPA, admissions cost, collections and profitability.
• Founder Projects: Support investor/board presentations, partnerships, senior hiring and other strategic initiatives.
• Process Improvement: Identify bottlenecks, automate repetitive work and improve cross-functional workflows.

The candidate is expected to:

• Establish accurate and timely management reporting.
• Make Sales - Operations reviews self-sustaining.
• Implement stage-wise turnaround tracking.
• Launch the first quality/performance dashboard.
• Demonstrate measurable improvements rather than just activity.

Candidate Profile:

• 2 - 5 years of experience in startups, consulting, banking or analytics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills.
• Willingness to learn/use SQL within 3 months; Python is an advantage.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• High ownership and follow-through.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Bias toward action and comfort working in a fast-changing environment.
• IIT/IIM/BITS/leading DU college or equivalent preferred, though substantial entrepreneurial experience can compensate.

Who Should Not Apply:

This may not suit candidates looking for:

• A narrowly defined role
• Highly structured onboarding
• A team reporting to them from day one
• An advisory/consulting-only position

Compensation & Growth:

• Competitive fixed compensation + performance-linked variable
• Direct exposure to the Founder and senior leadership.
• Opportunity to work across multiple business functions.
• Strong growth path toward owning a function such as Growth, Operations or a Zone.