Strategy Execution Manager - CEO Office

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