Founder's Office - Strategy & New Initiatives

Arthan; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Part time

Job summary

Arthan seeks a seasoned energy strategy professional to help shape India's energy transition. You will analyze markets, identify opportunities, and build investment cases for strategic interventions with senior leadership.

Role targets candidates with 6–7 years across energy, climate, consulting, investing, or infrastructure, and a strong grasp of India's renewable energy, grids, and policy landscape. On-site in Gurugram for a 1-year contract.

Qualifications

• 6–7 years of relevant experience in energy, climate, consulting, investing, strategy, or infrastructure.
• Open to startup founders/operators or generalists from adjacent sectors.
• Strong understanding of India's renewable energy and power sector.
• Exposure to grids, energy storage, distributed energy, and emerging clean-energy business models.
• Experience in market assessment, financial analysis, or investment structuring.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and loosely defined problems, with the ability to develop a clear point of view.
• Ability to translate ideas into practical, executable initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication, particularly with senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial, curious, and mission-driven, with genuine interest in India's energy transition.

Responsibilities

• Track emerging technologies, business models, policies, and investment trends across India's energy and power sector.
• Build and maintain a live pipeline of potential ideas, partners, and strategic interventions.
• Identify new opportunities for organizational entry, investment, or scale.
• Assess opportunities based on impact potential, market need, feasibility, and strategic fit.
• Develop business cases, financial models, and program concepts for shortlisted opportunities.
• Define clear scale-up pathways and implementation strategies for promising initiatives.
• Support the design of investment and blended-finance structures to mobilize capital.
• Develop decision notes, strategic presentations, and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Collaborate with government agencies, utilities, investors, innovators, and technical partners.
• Drive new initiatives from concept development through partnership-building and launch.

Skills

Energy sector experience

Financial analysis

Market assessment

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant field

Job description

Location: Gurugram | Consulting/1 year contract

Key Responsibilities:

• Track emerging technologies, business models, policies, and investment trends across India's energy and power sector.
• Build and maintain a live pipeline of potential ideas, partners, and strategic interventions.
• Identify new opportunities for organizational entry, investment, or scale.
• Assess opportunities based on impact potential, market need, feasibility, and strategic fit.
• Develop business cases, financial models, and program concepts for shortlisted opportunities.
• Define clear scale-up pathways and implementation strategies for promising initiatives.
• Support the design of investment and blended-finance structures to mobilize capital.
• Develop decision notes, strategic presentations, and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Collaborate with government agencies, utilities, investors, innovators, and technical partners.
• Drive new initiatives from concept development through partnership-building and launch.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree with 6 - 7 years of relevant experience across energy, climate, consulting, investing, strategy, or infrastructure.
• Open to startup founders/operators who have built or scaled ventures, as well as strong generalists from adjacent sectors.
• Strong understanding of India's renewable energy and power sector.
• Exposure to grids, energy storage, distributed energy, and emerging clean-energy business models.
• Prior experience in market assessment, business modelling, financial analysis, or investment structuring.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and loosely defined problems, with the ability to develop a clear point of view.
• Ability to translate ideas into practical, executable initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication, particularly with senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial, curious, and mission-driven, with genuine interest in India's energy transition.