KukuFM - Founder's Office Role

About The Role:

• We are seeking a dynamic, highly-driven, and experienced professional to join our Founders Office.
• This role is pivotal to ensuring that all departments across the company are aligned with the organization's strategic vision, operational excellence, and cultural values.
• Youll work closely with leadership and department heads to drive cross-functional initiatives, review performance, manage change, and foster high-performing teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Alignment:

• Act as a thought partner to founders for company-wide strategy development.
• Ensure all departmental goals and operations are aligned with the companys mission and long-term vision.
• Identify gaps and propose structural or process improvements to drive growth and scale.

Data Analysis & Reporting:

• Lead the collection, interpretation, and visualization of key business data.
• Build dashboards and reporting frameworks for tracking performance metrics across departments.
• Provide actionable insights to leadership based on data trends.

Coaching & Mentoring:

• Act as a mentor and coach to mid and senior-level leaders across departments.
• Foster leadership development and succession planning.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and performance feedback.

Budget Monitoring & Financial Oversight:

• Collaborate with Finance to track budgets, optimize expenditures, and ensure financial accountability.
• Evaluate ROI on strategic initiatives and departmental spends.

Change Management:

• Lead cross-functional initiatives during periods of transformation or high growth.
• Design change management strategies that ensure smooth transitions.
• Communicate and implement changes with minimal disruption to teams.

Performance Reviews:

• Standardize and support company-wide performance review processes.
• Analyze departmental KPIs and ensure accountability across functions.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks proactively.

Stakeholder & Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Strong communication, both verbal and written, to coordinate across teams and clearly articulate policies or updates.
• Stakeholder management, working with CXOs, HR, legal, finance, etc., and balancing multiple perspectives.
• Discretion & trustworthiness, handle sensitive people's data and conversations with maturity.

Employee Relations & Culture:

• Act as a neutral sounding board for interdepartmental challenges.
• Support HR in maintaining a positive and inclusive workplace.
• Participate in organizational health assessments and pulse surveys.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• MBA from a prestigious university
• 7-10 years of experience in operations, strategy, business consulting, or similar roles.
• Proven leadership in managing cross-functional teams and company-wide projects.
• Should be aware of HR fundamentals
• Excellent analytical skills and comfort with data tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, SQL).
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
• Track record in coaching, mentoring, and team building.
• High comfort with ambiguity and rapid change.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work in a fast-growing audio and content platform.
• Exposure to multi-language marketing and global user base strategies.
• A collaborative work environment with a data-driven and innovative approach.
• Competitive salary and growth opportunities in marketing and growth strategy.

About KUKU

• Founded in 2018, KUKU is Indias leading storytelling platform, offering a vast digital library of audio stories, short courses, and microdramas.
• KUKU aims to be Indias largest cultural exporter of stories, culture and history to the world with a firm belief in Create In India, Create For The World.
• We deliver immersive entertainment and education through our OTT platforms: Kuku FM, Guru, Kuku TV, and more.

With a mission to provide high-quality, personalized stories across genres from entertainment across multiple formats and languages, KUKU continues to push boundaries and redefine Indias entertainment industry.