Associate - Founder's Office

Overview

Work alongside Karya's founders as a Founder's Associate, supporting cross-functional work spanning fundraising, storytelling, customer success, the CEO's office and operations. You will report to the Chief of Staff.

What you'll do

• Support the fundraising team with strategic donor research and mapping, and lead donor reporting by coordinating with project teams to prepare donor-ready documents.
• Support other internal fundraising initiatives as needed.
• Draft professional collateral, follow up on open threads, and work with the Design and Storytelling team wherever required.
• Make basic edits in Figma, Canva or Claude Design, export assets, and publish content independently.
• Prepare pre-reads for client meetings, draft outreach emails and updates, and support the CEO in mapping potential clients to help Karya reach its 2030 vision.
• Lead a cross-team effort to build documentation, SOPs and clear internal systems, enabling transparency, efficient handholding, and clear roles and responsibilities.
• Own the CEO's calendar and stakeholder scheduling, protecting his time for what matters most.
• Build pre-reads and briefing notes ahead of key meetings, especially through the major outreach months of the year.
• Build and polish the presentations and documents the founders need.
• Partner with the Chief of Staff on the operations and logistics for Karya's events, stakeholder visits and leadership moments, and produce the decks, collateral and presentations the founders need.
• Help the Founder's Office team plan the logistics for the CEO's travel, manage administrative work, and support the CEO's EA in their responsibilities.

What you'll need

• Highly organised, managing multiple threads at once and prioritising well in a fast-moving environment.
• Excellent communicator who writes clear, polished emails, briefs and decks, with strong attention to detail.
• Strong judgment: proactive and resourceful, knowing when to take ownership and when to ask for guidance.
• Relevant experience in ambiguous, high-agency roles and/or in a founder's office, strategy, communications, or another generalist role.
• Mission-driven, caring about dignified work and language equity for low-income communities.
• Writing as the core skill: quickly grasp the discussion or project at hand and write the emails that move it forward.
• Institutional memory: maintain structured documentation of strategic rationale and relationship history.
• Willingness to wear multiple hats in ambiguous environments and lead work that might otherwise fall through the cracks.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial streak, navigating challenges with limited direction and seeing things through without needing to be chased.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of the AI ecosystem and how it is changing.
• Comfort with technology and quick pick-up of new tools.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to diagnose complex organizational challenges and propose strategic solutions.
• Cross-functional experience in a high-agency role with an ambiguous brief, owning work that cut across several teams.
• Operational excellence: strong documentation habits and systems thinking.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru.