This role is challenging and rewarding in equal parts. It's the ideal role for you if you seek accelerated professional growth, ownership, and cross-functional exposure to all aspects of building an impact enterprise i.e., if you see yourself starting up sometime in the future. That means it's going to be very unpredictable, with multiple curveballs thrown at you. You will not be micro-managed and will be expected to take a high degree of ownership. So, this role is not for you if you're optimizing for comfort or structure. But if you're up for it, we promise it will transform you.
You will report directly to the founders, while also working with other CXOs for select initiatives.
Responsibilities
In this key cross-functional role, you will be Varaha's Swiss Knife you will collaborate directly with the CEO, Co-Founders functional leads on developing executing Varaha's strategy. While your responsibilities will keep evolving, specific tasks include:
- Enhance the CEO's efficiency and effectiveness by serving as his sounding board, trusted advisor, and force-multiplier, both at a granular day-to-day level and a big picture level
- Crafting delivering pitches to sell carbon credits to domestic and global clients
- Creating external-facing concept notes, slide decks, financial models, and other collaterals that align with and amplify the company's vision
- Developing internal organizational processes to streamline the company's operations
- Monitoring global industry trends and regulatory changes (e.g., international negotiations, domestic carbon policy) to inform decision-making and strategic planning
- Raising VC investment, incl. leading due diligence processes with investors and auditors; managing relations with existing investors incl. preparing for Board Meetings and quarterly update calls
- Structuring Varaha's quarterly annual operational plans to achieve the company's objectives and align departments
- Structuring compelling applications to win grants, prizes and respond to RfP's
- Representing Varaha at domestic and international events conferences; Organizing events to elevate Varaha's market positioning (e.g., field visits, receptions, panel discussions, etc.)
- Leading writing thought leadership (e.g., blog posts, news articles, podcasts, etc
- Sourcing, interviewing securing key hires, in collaboration with HR team.
Qualifications
- At least 3 years of proven experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm or at an early-stage startup, ideally in the agri-tech or climate-tech space
- Strong organizational and leadership abilities
- Strong at time management; ability to juggle different responsibilities while meeting tight deadlines
- Self-starter get things done attitude; adaptable growth-oriented mindset
- Ability to create structure in ambiguous situations
- Strong PowerPoint skills
- Strong Excel skills (ideally including financial modeling)
- Strong English writing, persuasion and communication skills (incl. public speaking you'll be representing Varaha globally)
- Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with diverse teams.
- Creative mindset with the ability to think outside the box.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze market trends and translate insights into actionable strategies.
- High ownership, able to own relationships with external parties.
- Ability to manage and lead teams
Additional Information
What We Offer -
Join a fast-growing, ambitious, and international team and enjoy the following benefits
- Key role in shaping a fast-growing climate-tech startup
- Support for learning & professional development
- A culture of undogmatic, unbureaucratic creativity and collaboration
- Competitive Salary, Bonus and ESOP benefits.
