Founder’s Office — Generalist
Gurgaon — In-office | High-ownership | Reports directly to the Founders
Role Overview
We are looking for a high-ownership generalist to join the Founder’s Office at TartanHQ. This is a role for someone who thrives on ambiguity, moves fast, and can drop into any part of the business to get things done. You will work directly with the founders on strategic projects — ranging from new business initiatives and operational improvements to special analyses and cross-functional execution. One week you might be building a go-to-market plan, the next unblocking a stalled project across teams, the next running the numbers on a strategic decision. The right person is a force multiplier for the founders: trusted, resourceful, and able to turn intent into outcomes.
Key KPIs
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On-time delivery of founder-assigned projects and initiatives
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Measurable business impact from owned projects
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Cross-functional initiatives moved from idea to execution
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Quality and speed of analysis and decision support
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Founders’ leverage — problems fully owned and closed without follow-up
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
No two weeks look the same. You might be: scoping and driving a strategic project end-to-end, gathering data and building a recommendation for a founder decision, coordinating across product, engineering, sales, and operations to unblock progress, setting up or improving an internal process, preparing board or investor material, or stepping into a gap until a permanent owner is hired. You will operate with autonomy and a strong bias to action.
Core Responsibilities
Strategic Projects (40% time allocation)
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Own and execute high-priority strategic initiatives for the founders
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Define problem statements, structure the work, and drive to outcomes
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Run market, competitor, and opportunity analyses to inform decisions
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Build business cases, models, and recommendations
Cross-functional Execution (30% time allocation)
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Move projects forward across product, engineering, sales, and operations
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Identify bottlenecks and proactively unblock teams
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Coordinate stakeholders and hold initiatives accountable to timelines
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Step into operational gaps and stabilize them
Decision Support & Analysis (20% time allocation)
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Turn ambiguous questions into structured analysis and clear options
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Prepare leadership, board, and investor-facing material
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Track key metrics and surface insights to the founders
Operations & Process (10% time allocation)
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Design and improve internal processes and operating cadences
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Document decisions and ensure follow-through across the org
Required Skills & Qualifications
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4–8 years of experience in consulting, startups, founder’s office, strategy, operations, or a similar high-ownership generalist role
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Strong structured problem-solving and first-principles thinking
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Excellent analytical skills — comfortable with data, models, and spreadsheets
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Exceptional communication and stakeholder management
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Proven ability to lead projects without formal authority
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High comfort with ambiguity, speed, and shifting priorities
Preferred Skills
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Experience at a high-growth startup or scaling environment
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Exposure to fintech, SaaS, or API/infrastructure businesses
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MBA or equivalent, or a strong track record that substitutes for it
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Familiarity with product, GTM, and operations across the business
What We Look For
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Extreme ownership: you close loops and need no follow-up
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Bias to action: you move fast and figure things out
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Versatility: you operate across strategy and execution equally well
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Trust and judgment: founders can hand you anything
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Comfort with ambiguity: you bring structure to messy problems
Reporting To
Founders
