Founder’s Office – Senior Associate/Associate Manager Full Time NEW

Varaha is a global, leading, climate tech venture focused on carbon removal solutions such as – regenerative agriculture, afforestation, biochar, and enhanced rock weathering – that support smallholder land stewards at scale. In just the third year of operation, we are removing and avoiding more than 1 million tons of CO2 and distributing the majority of the revenues to more than 100,000 smallholder land stewards in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by leading global investors, our founding and management team comes with a stellar track record of successfully scaling projects and products to millions of smallholder land stewards at leading Agriculture and tech businesses.

Job Title: Senior Strategy Associate/ Associate Manager

Location: Gurugram, India

Experience: 2+ years (Tier 1 College graduate)/Fresh MBA graduates

Industry: Management Consulting, Strategy, Venture Building, or Corporate Leadership

Function: Strategy and Program Management

About the Role : We are looking for a motivated and intellectually sharp professional to work with the Senior Managers in the COO’s Office in a cross-functional role. This position is suitable for candidates who want exposure to strategic initiatives and operational work while supporting teams that drive projects and improve processes.

The role involves contributing to key business initiatives across strategy, growth, operations, and transformation. Responsibilities include supporting strategic initiatives, assisting with operational excellence, performing data analysis and reporting, coordinating projects, maintaining documentation, and conducting basic financial analysis.

This opportunity is ideal for candidates with strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Strategic Initiatives: Support the team in executing strategic projects and operational transformation initiatives.
• Assist with operational Excellence: Contribute to projects focused on improving efficiency and implementing best practices across our operations. This may include drafting SOPs, playbooks tailored to geography and project types.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Create and maintain reports to monitor operational KPIs (e.g., farmer count, cost per enrolment, retention, delivery risk).
• Project Coordination: Facilitate the day-to-day coordination of cross-functional projects, ensuring transparent communication between various internal and external teams
• Documentation and System Support: Maintain organized documentation for all processes and systems, ensuring accuracy and version control. Help build and maintain internal tools and dashboards.
• Financial Analysis: Support in project economics, helping create basic financial models, track project performance, and cost optimization. Assist in building simple tools and reports to compare projects on efficiency, impact, and risks.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Tier 1 institutes: 2+ years of work experience in a dynamic environment, such as a startup, consulting firm, or a fast-paced corporate role or fresh MBA graduates from premier universities
• Strong analytical skills with a good understanding of Excel and a knack for organizing and interpreting data
• Ability to manage project documentation, draft reports, and prepare briefs to support execution.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with different teams.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
• A proactive and curious mindset, eager to learn and take on new challenges.
• Interest in climate action, sustainability, or social impact is a plus.

If you are interested in becoming a part of this venture then I would love to know your story, why you are interested and your skillset and experience. please contact at Career Page.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Varaha is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above-listed items.