About Us
Since 2019, Apna has connected over 60 million jobseekers with more than 250,000 enterprises and small businesses across India. Founded by Nirmit Parikh, a Stanford graduate and serial entrepreneur who recognizes the challenges in early-level hiring, Apna has rapidly grown to become India’s fastest unicorn in 2021 – achieving this milestone in just 21 months.Backed by marque global investors – Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Lightspeed India, Sequoia Capital, and GSV, we’re revolutionising livelihood creation across India.
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Location: Domlur, Bangalore (WFO Full time)
Function: CEO’s Office
Role Summary
We are hiring a Business Engagement Manager to serve as a force-multiplier to the Group CEO with strategic vision and relentless execution.
- You will take one conversation with the CEO and convert it into clarity, alignment, and flawless execution across Product, Engineering, GTM, and Operations
- You will be embedded in each of the business lines and own translation, execution, quality, and predictable visibility.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
- Core work will be to work with the CEO / Business Leader of each vertical to execute the vision of the Founder.
- You will be working closely with the Founder as well as the CEO of each vertical
- Translate the CEO’s intent into complete, crisp Action Cards
- Drive end-to-end execution until final delivery and release
- Act as quality checker: preserve CEO’s intent, align all teams, validate final output
- Provide predictable visibility: weekly On-Track/At-Risk updates & monthly reviews
- Ensure transferability: communicate CEO’s direction clearly across all layers
- Partner with business line leaders to strengthen clarity, speed, and decisions
- Preserve CEO’s time
What Success Looks Like
- Seamless, org-wide execution is on track
- Teams stay aligned and move faster
- Action Cards delivered on time, every time
- CEO never repeats an instruction
- Zero surprises on execution status
Who You Are
- Exceptionally clear thinker — can turn half-sentences into structured plans
- Strong product & UX instinct; understands engineering basics
- Founder-level ownership and high accountability
- High-velocity + high-precision operator
- Excellent written & verbal communicator
- High judgment: knows what to escalate vs. solve independently
- Emotionally mature, calm under pressure, comfortable working with a high-bar CEO
Preferred Background
- MBBK- Engagement Manager or Senior Associate
OR strong operator/PM with cross-functional execution
OR ex-founder with systems thinking - Experience in fast-paced tech startups environments is a strong plus
- 4-6 yrs of relevant experience in similar role or profile