Project Manager, Founders Office

Delhi, Fluency in English and Hindi

Optimise the operations of the executive team and provide a range of administrative and strategic support for the day-to-day needs of the Leadership Team.

Role Expectations

*All the below-mentioned tasks would be key to your role. The following requirements are not mentioned in order of priority:

• Liaison & Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact between the founders and internal/external stakeholders, ensuring clear, timely, and effective communication.

• Meeting & Call Management: Attend all calls and meetings with the founders, both internal and external, ensuring active participation and documentation of key takeaways.

• Documentation & Action Items: Capture comprehensive meeting minutes and action points, then distribute to relevant stakeholders for follow-up.

• Scheduling & Time Management: Organize, prioritize, and manage the founders dynamic schedules, ensuring smooth coordination of meetings and engagements.

• Written & Verbal Communication: Draft sensitive and confidential written communications for various stakeholders as directed by the founders, maintaining professionalism and discretion.

• Cross-Department Coordination: Collaborate with department heads to ensure timely execution of tasks and collection of work reports as requested by the founders.

• Issue Resolution & Escalation: Monitor ongoing projects and escalate relevant issues or concerns promptly, ensuring minimal disruptions.

• Event & Meeting Coordination: Manage agendas, minutes, and follow-ups for all meetings, events, and strategic conversations involving the founders.

• Research & Presentation Support: Conduct research, synthesize findings, and prepare insightful documentation and presentations to support the founders in high-stakes meetings, conferences, and public appearances.

• Project Management: Initiate & execute overall end to end projects while keeping track of the progress of new initiatives and ongoing projects, ensuring timely updates and adjustments.

• Travel & Logistics Management: Coordinate travel arrangements for the founders, including flights, accommodations, itineraries, and event logistics, ensuring a seamless and hassle-free travel experience.

Educational Qualification

Bachelors or Masters degree in any field.

Experience

Previous experience of working closely with the executive team in a fast-paced environment.

Characteristics

• Proficient in Shorthand: Skilled in using shorthand for fast and accurate note-taking.

• Typing speed of ~130 words per minute.

• Comfortable with calls at US timings.

• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.

• Proactive problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• High level of adaptability and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Excellent in Data Management.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) & Google Tools (Sheets, Docs, Slides).

• A self-starter who acts with urgency and can find effective solutions to complex challenges.

• Detail-oriented, curious, and excited by working with large datasets to derive meaningful insights.

• Comfortable with frequent travel and being on-ground to support Labhyas programs and research.

• Open to experimentation, learning, and collaboration in a fast-moving, purpose-driven environment.

• Deeply committed to integrity, transparency, and trust in both process and relationships.

If you're someone whos driven by purpose, excited to build, and energised by ambiguity in service of childrens well-being, wed love to hear from you. We care more about your drive, alignment, and willingness to build in the grey than ticking every box.