EIR

Lenskart; Bengaluru; Presencial; INR 5.000.000 - 7.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lenskart is seeking an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) with a founder's mindset to work directly with leadership on 0-to-1 initiatives, new business lines, or strategic projects. You will own end-to-end initiatives with autonomy and high ownership in a high-growth environment.

The role favors ex-founders who can bring first-principles thinking, bias for action, and comfort with ambiguity to a scalable, data-driven company.

Formación

• Minimum 2 years as a founder or co-founder of a venture; startup experience is a plus but not mandatory.
• Total experience 5–15 years, combining founder time with operating, consulting, or high-growth company experience.
• D2C background strongly preferred, with ownership of customer acquisition, unit economics, or category growth.
• Track record of building something from the ground up—raising capital, hiring, or navigating pivots.
• Strong first-principles problem solving; comfortable with ambiguity and lack of a playbook.
• High ownership mindset; treats company problems as personal.
• Willingness to be based out of Delhi NCR or Bangalore.

Responsabilidades

• Own a defined charter end-to-end — from problem definition to execution to scale-up.
• Operate with founder-like ownership: move fast, build lean, iterate on feedback.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with category, ops, tech, and leadership teams to unblock execution.
• Build and pitch business cases; structure ambiguity into workable plans; drive measurable outcomes.
• Act as a thinking partner to leadership on opportunities, market shifts, and internal bets.
• Potentially build and lead a small team as the initiative matures.

Conocimientos

Founder

Ownership

First-principles

Strategic thinking

Descripción del empleo

About the Role

Lenskart is looking for an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) - someone who has built something from scratch, felt the weight of ownership, and knows what it takes to go from zero to one. This isn't a traditional corporate hire. We want ex-founders who bring first-principles thinking, bias for action, and comfort with ambiguity into a high-growth, execution-heavy environment. The EIR will work directly with leadership on 0-to-1 initiatives, new business lines, or high-priority strategic projects -with the mandate and autonomy of a founder, backed by Lenskart's scale, data, and distribution.

What You'll Do

• Own a defined charter (new initiative, business line, or strategic project) end-to-end — from problem definition to execution to scale-up
• Operate with founder-like ownership: make decisions fast, build lean, iterate based on real feedback rather than process
• Work cross-functionally with category, ops, tech, and leadership teams to unblock execution
• Build and pitch business cases, structure ambiguous problems into workable plans, and drive them to measurable outcomes
• Act as a thinking partner to leadership on emerging opportunities, market shifts, and internal innovation bets
• Potentially build and lead a small team as the initiative matures

What Makes This Role Different

• Direct access to leadership and real business mandates - not a rotational or shadow program
• Autonomy to define how a problem gets solved, not just execute someone else's plan
• A path to owning a P&L or a full business unit based on performance
• Exposure to Lenskart's scale (retail, tech, supply chain, and consumer data) - distribution most standalone D2C founders never get to work with.

Who We're Looking For

• Minimum 2 years as a founder or co-founder of a venture - startup experience is a plus but not mandatory
• 5–15 years total experience, combining founder time with either operating, consulting, or high-growth company experience
• D2C background strongly preferred - prior founder or operating experience in a direct-to-consumer business (retail, fashion, F&B, beauty, consumer tech, or similar) where you owned customer acquisition, unit economics, or category growth firsthand
• A track record of building something from the ground up - raising capital, acquiring customers, hiring a team, or navigating a shutdown/pivot all count as relevant proof points
• Strong first-principles problem solving; comfortable operating without a playbook
• High ownership mindset - treats company problems like personal problems
• Excellent stakeholder management - can navigate a large organization while retaining founder-speed instincts
• Willingness to be based out of Delhi NCR or Bangalore