Founders Office Senior Associate

Shooting Stars Foundation; India; On-site; INR 335,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Shooting Stars Foundation, Chennai, with monthly travel to Bangalore, seeks a Founder’s Office Senior Associate to work closely with the CEO on strategic initiatives, analytics, and program execution.

This flexible, high-impact role requires a strong generalist skill set, action bias, and proficiency with data tools. You will drive projects, build dashboards, and enable donor and CSR activities while supporting rapid growth of scholars and educational programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Management, Development Studies, or related field.
• Strong analytical ability with numbers, A/B logic, and basic SQL or spreadsheets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; concise brief-writing and presentation skills.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, dynamic environments with rapid learning.

Responsibilities

• Act as Executive Associate to Founder with various aspects of the Founder’s role.
• Lead multifaceted projects with KPIs and OKRs; manage cross-functional teams.
• Prepare 30/60/90 day plans and execute.
• Create and maintain reports and dashboards to drive organizational metrics.
• Anticipate needs, surface risks early, and close loops without prompting.

Skills

Generalist mindset

Bias for action

Written & verbal communication

Analytical ability

Project management

AI fluency

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business/Management/Development Studies

Tools

SQL basics

Spreadsheets

Job description

Organization Description

Shooting Stars Foundation (SSF) (www.shooting-stars-foundation.org) (US and India non profit) focuses on expanding access to higher education for learners who face financial and social barriers. .

• Role: Founders Office Senior Associate
• Location: Chennai (Bangalore may be ok with monthly travel to Chennai) Other locations - only if perfect fit
• Type: Full Time (40 hours a week)
• Remuneration - 30,000-40,000 per month (Full time)

“Founder’s Office Senior Associate”

This a flexible, high-impact early-stage role that acts as a force-multiplier for the CEO / Founder. It is much more than an Executive Assistant to the CEO , taking up various initiatives of the CEO and free founders to focus on vision and fundraising.

Core responsibilities

• Serve as a Executive Associate to Founder with various aspects of the Founders role
• Run Multifaceted projectswith typical KPIs and OKRs
• Prepare 30/60/90 day plans and execute
• Extremely passionate with Reports and Dashboards and run the entire org with metrics
• Anticipate needs, surface risks early, and close loops without being asked twice.
• Jump into whatever else the business requires - research, light analysis, vendor outreach, event production, travel planning, or operational cleanup.
• One top donor wants to implement a STEM Program in a local school - analyze and execute the project
• Establish a cleartraining plan and program for the 75 Nursing scholars we have - end to end
• Create a proposal and model for a Nursing Skilling Program we are thinking about
• We are starting a Process Re-engineering / Systems Implementation Project- be a core member of the team
• Follow up on a partner proposal to support sponsored scholars and push to close
• Ideate and push for a Placement Project for Final Year Scholars
• Run an online Donor event / STEM Program event with enough background
• Research in LinkedIn focused manner to get 5 Advisory Board Members to SSF India

What’s your skills / profile ?

• 3-5 years experience (consulting, finance, product, operations) or exceptional founders/entrepreneurs.
• Highly generalist with strong bias for action.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; concise brief-writing and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical ability: comfort with numbers, A/B logic, basic SQL or spreadsheets.
• Project management discipline: ownership of outcomes, can lead cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Comfort in ambiguity and rapid context-switching.
• Positive , Optimistic, Steady under pressure
• AI-fluent: you use tools daily to move faster on research, drafting, organization, and problem-solving.
• Discreet, reliable, and professional. You will see sensitive information and handle it accordingly.

What to expect day-to-day

• No two days the same: a mix of deep analytical work, cross functional projects, tactical execution and firefighting
• Frequent context switching between operations, hiring, partner/donor outreach, and CSR fundraising.

Why this position ?

• Ownership:Roles with clear, measurable projects and decision authority.
• Founder will provide candid feedback for growth
• Learning exposure: access to product, metrics, fundraising, hiring, and scholar / donor / board/ various stakeholder interactions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Business, Management, Development Studies, or related field.
• 2-3 plus years of experience in relevant fields
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, dynamic environments, Open to rapid change and able to learn new things quickly.
• Demonstrates effectiveness influencing individuals and teams without explicit authority.
• Recognizes complexity and assesses risks and alternatives in light of competing requirements and incomplete knowledge.
• Own a laptop or system at home with internet connection - Online work / Telephone work etc
• Work 7 PM to 10 PM every day online (included in the 40 hours per week with occasional weekend hours needed )
• Come in to Chennai Office twice a week
• Bangalore may be ok with monthly travel to Chennai, Other locations only if a perfect fit