Chief of Office - Founders Office

Role & responsibilities

• To act as the force-multiplier for the Founders office — running the operating system that lets the Founder review, decide and drive his domain (marketing, brand, channel & channel sales, sales, experience centres, design) without being consumed by status-chasing.
• The Chief of Staff owns the Founder’s operating cadence, drives accountability and follow-through across his leadership team, prepares him for every significant decision, and leads strategic initiatives from intent to execution.
• Design and run the Founder’s review cadence (daily / weekly / monthly) across his functions — set agendas, circulate pre-reads, capture decisions, and relentlessly drive action-item closure across VPs, National Heads and HoDs.
• Follow up with leaders on their commitments, surface slippage early, and keep workstreams moving — coordinating and escalating
• Translate the Founder’s priorities into tracked workstreams with clear owners, milestones and status; maintain the office’s dashboards so the Founder has real-time visibility across his domain
• Produce crisp briefing notes, decision memos and data packs ahead of internal reviews, leadership meetings, channel-partner engagements and external commitments
• Project-manage cross-functional programmes end-to-end — go-to-market and brand campaigns, channel expansion drives, experience-centre rollouts, design-to-sales initiatives — holding owners to timelines.
• Pressure-test plans, flag risks upfront, and bring the Founder structured, lettered options for decisions rather than open-ended questions.
• Manage sensitive commercial information and stakeholder relationships with complete discretion.

Preferred candidate profile

Ideal Candidate

• 8–12 years of total experience, with a clear track record of working closely with founders, promoters or CXOs.
• Background in top-tier management consulting (strategy), OR a prior Chief of Staff / strategy / business-head / general-management role. Exposure to consumer / retail, building materials, interiors, durables or B2B2C distribution businesses is highly relevant given the domain.
• MBA from a premier institute (IIM / ISB / XLRI / FMS / SPJIMR or equivalent) preferred; an exceptional track record.
• Demonstrated experience running operating cadences, programme management, and senior-stakeholder coordination.
• Should be willing to work out of Coimbatore location.
• Should be willing to undertake travel as per business needs.
• Should have excellent communication skills with a flair for diplomacy.
• Should have very good team management skills.