The posting
EIR / Founder’s Office
Company Overview
A Mauritius-based travel platform building a comprehensive ecosystem for local travel experiences. The platform connects travellers with hotels, resorts, restaurants, and other local travel partners through an integrated app and website.
The company operates with a small, agile team and is focused on building partnerships, expanding its merchant network, and identifying new growth opportunities across the travel ecosystem.
Job Summary
The EIR / Chief of Staff role in the Founder’s Office is designed to augment the founder’s bandwidth across strategic initiatives, partnerships, merchant onboarding, and business growth.
The candidate will work closely with the founder on high-priority initiatives, manage critical partnership threads, drive execution, and identify new Go-To-Market opportunities. This role requires someone who is highly self-directed, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to move quickly between strategy and execution.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the founder on strategic and business-critical initiatives.
- Lead merchant onboarding and identify opportunities to upsell existing partners.
- Manage and close integration and partnership discussions with external stakeholders.
- Identify and pursue GTM opportunities with large partners to expand platform reach.
- Support business development and partnership initiatives from initial outreach through execution.
- Drive cross-functional projects and ensure timely closure of key action items.
- Research markets, identify opportunities, and support the founder in evaluating new business initiatives.
- Act as an execution partner to the founder across high-priority projects.
- Manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced startup environment.
Qualifications
- Strong academic pedigree from a top engineering institute or MBA program. A good MBA is a plus but not mandatory.
- 2–7 years of relevant professional experience.
- Prior experience in management consulting, strategy consulting, startup, Founder’s Office, business strategy, partnerships, or business development roles.
- Candidates with experience working closely with founders or senior leadership will be preferred.
- Experience in a startup or high-growth environment where the individual has handled multiple responsibilities independently.
- Strong stakeholder management and partnership development skills.
- Ability to take ownership of a problem, structure it, and drive it through to execution.
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Consulting experience with strong problem-solving and structured thinking.
- Startup experience, particularly in roles involving strategy, business operations, partnerships, or growth.
- Experience managing external stakeholders and closing partnership discussions.
- Exposure to fintech, merchant ecosystems, travel, hospitality, or consumer businesses is a plus.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills.
- Comfortable working with limited structure and frequent context switching.
- Street-smart, proactive, adaptable, and highly execution-oriented.
- Multilingual capabilities, especially English and local languages, would be an advantage.
Experience
The ideal candidate would have 2–7 years of experience, with preference for candidates from:
- Management / Strategy Consulting
- Founder’s Office
- Business Strategy
- Business Operations
- Partnerships / Business Development
- High-growth startups
- Fintech or merchant-facing businesses
The role is particularly suited to someone who has worked across multiple functions and is comfortable moving between problem-solving, stakeholder management, and execution.
Location & Work Environment
- Location: Mauritius
- Relocation to Mauritius is required.
- The role involves working closely with the founder and a small, agile team.
- The environment requires high ownership, quick decision-making, and the ability to operate independently.
- The candidate should be comfortable taking on ambiguous problems and driving them to closure.
Compensation
- Estimated in-hand compensation of approximately ₹2.5 lakh per month.
- Compensation may be structured as a consulting arrangement of approximately ₹30L gross per annum, subject to the final structure.
- ESOPs may also be offered.
Growth Opportunity
- Direct exposure to the founder and senior-level business decisions.
- Opportunity to work across strategy, partnerships, GTM, and business operations.
- Significant ownership in shaping the company's growth and expansion.
- Potential to grow into a senior leadership role as the business scales.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and ESOPs.
- Relocation support to Mauritius.
- Direct exposure to the founder and strategic decision-making.
- Opportunity to work across travel, partnerships, and emerging business models.
- High ownership and visibility in a small, fast-growing team.
