Manager Founder's Office

About WeRize

India's first social distribution AI fintech platform for the underserved aspirational middle-class- delivering Secured & Unsecured loans, Insurance, and Investment products across 5,000+ small cities of India (referred as India-2). Founded in 2019, WeRize is at an annualized-run-rate of $60 Mn (Gross revenues) and $32Mn (Net) and $7Mn+ of net profits before taxes (3x Y-o-Y growth) with ROE > 20%. We are projecting 2x growth in topline and 3x growth in profits over the next 12 months.

WeRize operates as a category creator three-sided marketplace connecting 17,000+ trained local freelancers with India-2 customers and partner financial institutions, all powered by a full-stack AI operating layer that creates a flywheel of trust with self-reinforcing network effects.

• Distributor trust: Freelancers are empowered through AI-led tools that help them act in the long-term best interests of their customers.
• Customer trust: End customers rely on WeRize's assisted distributor, data-driven recommendations across both asset and liability products
• Manufacturer trust: Financial Institutions rely on WeRize's data, risk management and distribution intelligence to reach small city customers that they can't serve on their own.

Key highlights: What do we do

1. Large, underpenetrated market opportunity:India's 300Mn+ aspirational middle-class captures 30% of GDP, yet remains financially underserved across credit, insurance, and investments. Pure-digital models lack the required trust, while physical branches are economically unviable.
2. Differentiated, asset-light social distribution: WeRize leverages 17,000+ financially literate freelancers across 5,000+ small cities. This branchless, zero-sales-team model delivers high-trust human touchpoints, superb unit economics, and strong freelancer retention through a broad product suite.
3. Proprietary AI driven tech stack: Trained on 20Bn+ data points across 4Mn+ households, WeRize's AI powers end-to-end operations. For distribution, it optimizes lead gen, selling, and engagement—turning freelancers into professional advisors. For manufacturing, it sharpens risk management, underwriting, and product structuring for high-margin expansion.

To know more about the company, please visit: https://www.werize.com/

Role Summary:

We are hiring a high-impact Associate for the Founder's Office to work closely with the Founder(s) on strategic initiatives, business priorities, and cross-functional execution. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, takes extreme ownership, and enjoys driving outcomes end-to-end. You will act as a force multiplier for leadership—owning critical initiatives, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring execution excellence across teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive strategic initiatives across growth, operations, partnerships, and new business opportunities
• Work directly with the Founder(s) to translate vision into actionable plans
• Lead cross-functional projects involving Product, Sales, Marketing, Ops, Finance, and Tech
• Prepare business cases, decks, and data-backed recommendations for leadership decision-making
• Track execution, identify risks, unblock dependencies, and ensure on-time delivery
• Manage internal and external stakeholders with clarity, confidence, and professionalism
• Step in to solve 0→1 and 1→10 problems as business priorities evolve

Attributes we are looking for:

• MBA from a Tier 1 / Tier 1.5 institute
• 2–3 years of experience in Strategic Initiatives, Founder's Office, Consulting, Strategy, or Chief of Staff–type roles
• Demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end in high-growth or high-pressure environments
• Exceptional communication skills—clear, structured, and confident with senior stakeholders
• Strong analytical thinking with the ability to simplify complex problems
• Extremely high energy, can-do attitude, and bias for action
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid context switching
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint / Google Slides and Excel / Google Sheets