Headline

Exploring Chief of Staff roles | Everything (Growth | Operations | Community | People ) at startups

About

I am a startup operator with experience in partnering closely with founders and leadership teams to drive execution, scale operations, and navigate growth inflection points. I work at the intersection of strategy, operations, and execution—building the systems and cadence that enable companies to scale effectively. My experience includes owning OKRs and quarterly planning, building operating and performance frameworks, strengthening leadership and cross-functional rituals, and acting as a thought partner to CEOs on prioritization and decision-making. I have supported early and growth-stage startups through Series A, growth team launches, rebranding, and market expansion initiatives, with direct impact on revenue pipelines, cost efficiency, partnerships, and org health. Skills: Go-To-Market Strategy, SaaS Growth, Revenue Operations, Strategic Planning, Customer Retention, Pricing Strategy, CXO Reporting, Community Building, Business Development Teams: CEO's Office, Chief of Staff, EiR (Entrepreneur in Residence), Founder's Office, Growth Strategy, RevOps, Strategy & Ops, Strategy & Transformation, RevOps, etc.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

gemini

notion

openai

replit

ChatGPT

Work experience

Founder's Office at Bolna (YC F25), Sep 2026 - Present · 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Chief of Staff at Manush Labs, Dec 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, Delhi, India, Manush Labs is an impact ecosystem for underserved entrepreneurs. Roles and Responsibilities (Assisting the Founder with everything that needs to be done) - 1st full-time employee of the company - Standardized investor-advisor communication frameworks. - Generated pipeline worth $900k through targeted business development. - Led people and admin ops: hiring, onboarding, contracts, documents. - Ran comms/marketing, driving 120+ global applications in 6 weeks. - Built strategic partnerships with tier-1 college incubators across India. More at: manushlabs.co

Community Manager at SquadStack, Jul 2021 - Nov 2021 · 5 mos, As a Community Manager of a community of more than 9000+ Sales Experts, my roles and responsibilities are at an intersection of Marketing, Support, Operations, Product, and Communications. My tasks include (as of Oct'21) but are not limited to: - Bridge the communication between the community and our internal team (Product, Ops, etc.) - Generated a TOF for the community - Build community marketing team (2 hires done) - Produce videos for our Youtube channel - Create incentive and engagement plans for the community for different work campaigns - Work with external vendors (Healthcare package, Design, Videos) - Hiring for the marketing team - Host fun and educational sessions for the community (5k+ attendees so far) - Communication (Email campaigns + WhatsApp + In-product communication)

Consultant at Manush Labs, Oct 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

Senior Marketing Associate at SquadStack, May 2020 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, • Corporate/Employee branding o Employee marketing by personally helping 20+ employees o Hosted virtual events for employees • Assisted in the hiring of 7 team members in the Marketing team. • Social Media for SquadStack (LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter) o Marketing of Fundraising and re-branding announcement o 45+ PR Mentions & 200% boost in hiring via LinkedIn. o Milestones: Unique Organic Views (19x), Followers (2x), Engagement Rate (2.5x)

Senior Marketing Associate at Auctm, Jan 2020 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, • Product Marketing (1 module for the WebApp product & Mobile App) o Wrote In-Product Copy, Onboarding + Training Scripts, Email cadences, and Prepared marketing collaterals (whenever required) o Launched and engaged with the customer community (50+ members) o Collaborated with Product, UX, Design, and Customer Success teams • Secondary Market research o SquadVoice (Previous product): Competitive analysis of 30+ products across 20+ parameters o Auctm (Current product- before public launch): Competitive analysis of 20+ products • Primary Research before launching a new module o Compiled insights by personally interviewing 20+ people (Target audience) • Planned and managed events for current and potential customers. o 5 virtual events, 1300+ Registrations, 280+ live viewers, 15 speakers o Attended 9 industry-relevant events • Handled Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)

Marketing Associate at SquadStack, Jan 2020 - Apr 2020 · 4 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, I worked at an intersection of data, product, and marketing. My responsibilities included, but were not limited to: - Market Research for the Product and Data Team - Content writing for marketing collaterals and blogs - Competitive Research

Head of India Communications at MIT India Initiative, Dec 2019 - Feb 2020 · 3 mos, Delhi, - Oversee the communication with all the applicants(1200+) and participants(300+) - On-boarding organization partners for the initiative (Community/Knowledge/Media) - Maintaining relationship and communication with all the organization partners - Maintain Social Media (Facebook/Instagram) with Initiative's updates and ensure cross-communication is always maintained with the audience - Oversee marketing collaterals' designing, editing, and production - Email Communication - Oversee on-sight event proceedings(On-stage activities, day-to-day events, speaker sessions, visiting mentor sessions)

Education

Integrated BTech with Mtech, Electronics and Communication Engineering, jaypee institute of information technology

St. Thomas School Indirapuram, Ghaziabad