Chief of Staff

Bangalore (Onsite) | - 5+ Years Experience

Emergent is reimagining how software gets built. Our vision is to democratize development, enabling anyone with an idea to become a creator, and making software accessible to 1 billion people worldwide.

Our autonomous coding agents transform plain-language ideas into fully functional applications that are tested, version-controlled, and deployable in minutes. What once took weeks, now happens with a single click.

Backed by a team of ex-founders, ex-CTOs, and top talent from IITs and IIMs, we're one of India's fastest-growing AI startups, shipping daily and setting new standards for AI-driven software development.

What You'll Do

Strategic CEO Support

- Trusted thought partner to the CEO-frames problems, structures decisions, drives clarity.

- Aligns leadership on strategy, priorities, and resource allocation.

- Prepares strategic documents, board materials, investor updates, and business plans.

Business Planning & Org Alignment

- Drives annual planning, quarterly OKRs, and monthly business reviews.

- Builds systems to track goals and flag risks proactively.

- Facilitates leadership offsites, weekly exec check-ins, and strategy sessions.

Program & Project Management

- Owns critical cross-functional programs for company growth/transformation.

- Ensures high-impact initiative delivery by coordinating across teams.

- Monitors KPIs, removes bottlenecks for faster execution.

Operational Excellence

- Identifies operational gaps, implements scalable systems/workflows.

- Partners with HR, finance, operations on org design, process changes, key hires.

- Institutionalizes knowledge management, internal communication, execution rituals.

Executive Communication & Stakeholder Management

- Crafts high-quality executive briefings, pitch decks, founder-level external communication.

- Acts as contact for key internal/external stakeholders (investors, partners, senior hires).

- Maintains confidentiality and professionalism with sensitive information.

What We're Looking For

- 5+ years total experience, including 2-4 years at a top-tier consulting firm (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, etc.) followed by experience in a high-growth startup, founder's office, or business strategy/ops role.

- Proven track record in leading cross-functional programs or solving complex business problems.

- Strong business acumen with exposure to multiple functions (strategy, product, ops, GTM).

- Excellent executive communication: clear synthesis, writing, and presentation.

- Highly analytical, data-driven, and comfortable with ambiguity.

- Outstanding interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence.

- Thrives in fast-paced, unstructured, dynamic environments.

Good to Have

- Exposure to global teams or operating in multi-country environments.

- Tier-1 MBA or advanced degree.

- Fundraising, M&A, investor relations, or board management experience.

- Familiarity with startup tooling (Notion, Airtable, Tableau, Looker, Slack).

- Exposure to global or multi-country teams.

Why Join Us?

- Work with a passionate, fast-moving, and ambitious team solving real-world problems.

- Direct work with founder on company-defining initiatives.

- Exposure to strategic decision-making, fundraising, scaling, and leadership hiring.

- High-impact, high-visibility role with accelerated learning and career growth.

- Competitive compensation and performance-based ESOPs.

Let's build the future of software together.