Founder's Office Associate

Without® is building one of India's first commercial-scale recycled materials plants, turning post-consumer plastic waste into materials that replace virgin plastic.

We need a Founder's Office Associate to make the founder and the founder's office run smoother, faster and with fewer dropped balls. You'll work across accounts, finance, legal, HR and people, reporting to the Chief of Staff. Often you'll be the first face of Without that a partner, a new hire or a vendor meets, so how you show up matters as much as what you get done. If you're early in your career and want to see how a company actually gets built, this is the seat.

Requirements

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• A Bachelor's degree in any discipline (commerce, law, business or management is a bonus, not a filter).
  
• 0–3 years of experience. Freshers are welcome.
  
• Excellent communication, written and spoken, in English and Hindi, Marathi is a plus.
  
• A people person. You build trust quickly with colleagues, candidates, partners and vendors, and you handle sensitive information with discretion.
  
• AI-savvy: you already use AI tools to draft, research, summarise and automate, and you're curious about what else they can do. "I've tried ChatGPT once" doesn't count.
  
• Detail-oriented to the point of being slightly annoying about it. Numbers tie out, names are spelt right, nothing slips.
  
• Comfortable with systems and data: spreadsheets, trackers, dashboards and tools like Zoho, Notion etc
  
• Organised and on top of things. You know what's due, what's late and who's waiting on whom, without being asked.
  
• Smart, quick to learn and unafraid of work that's new to you, whether that's a GST notice, an offer letter or a board deck.
  

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Founder's Office Support — Work within the founder's office team and make everyone's job easier. Follow up on open items, chase decisions and deadlines across teams, and take routine work off the team's plate. Make sure nothing the team commits to falls through.
  
• Chief of Staff Projects — Work directly with the Chief of Staff on company priorities, weekly reviews and special projects. Turn loose ideas into plans with owners and dates.
  
• Accounts & Finance — Track invoices, payments, expenses and reimbursements. Coordinate with our accountants and CA on monthly closing, GST and TDS filings. Keep cash, receivables and payables reports up to date.
  
• Legal & Compliance — Maintain the contracts and agreements register, track renewals and statutory deadlines, and coordinate with lawyers on NDAs, MoUs and vendor agreements. Keep company documents filed, current and findable.
  
• HR & People — Support hiring end to end: job posts, screening, interview scheduling and offer letters. Run onboarding and off boarding, keep employee records and policies current, and help with payroll inputs, leave and attendance.
  
• Culture & Team — Help plan team rituals, town halls and off sites.
  
• Systems & Data — Own the founder's office trackers and dashboards. Keep data clean, current and decision-ready. Find repetitive work and automate it with AI and simple tools.
  
• Investor & Stakeholder Support — Help prepare investor updates, board packs, grant applications and data rooms. Keep the numbers and documents consistent everywhere.
  
• Representing Without — Communicate professionally and reflect Without's values in every interaction.
  
• Documentation — Write SOPs, meeting notes and process docs, so the next person can pick up any task without asking.
  

Benefits

YOUR COMPENSATION

• An annual Cost-to-Company (CTC) between INR 4–6 lakhs.
  
• Stock Options (ESOPs) in the legal entity that vest over an agreed-to tenure.
  
• A 3-month mutual incubation period. Both you and we will have the option to end the agreement after three months if it isn't working out.
  
• We provide benefits such as health insurance, flexible work hours (including unmonitored vacation) and Provident Fund contributions.