Manager: Founders Office

Be the extension of the founder that the company runs on.Green Aero Propulsion is building India's first fully integrated transonic drone platform, with an indigenous engine, avionics, and airframe all developed in house. We just closed our Series A and things are moving fast. Prithwish is pulled in every direction at once: engineering design reviews, DRDO stakeholders, investors, and a team that's growing faster than any calendar can keep up with. We need someone who can stand in that gap. Not a scheduler. Someone who thinks the way he thinks, moves the way he moves, and makes sure the things he cares about never fall through the cracks.This isn't a support role, it's a proximity role. You'll be in the room for the important calls, you'll see the hard decisions get made, and you'll actually carry pieces of the founder's workload as your own, not just track them on a spreadsheet somewhere.Location: Bengaluru, HiTech Defence & Aerospace Park, on siteWork days: Officially 5 days a week. Realistically, we're building jet engines and drones from scratch, so expect the 6th day more often than not, and expect to want to be there for it. Experience: 4 to 8 years, ideally with real time spent inside early stage or high growth startups Reports to: Founder & CEOWhat the job actually looks likeYou'll need to think like the founder does, closely enough that you can make the call he'd make when he's not around to make it himself. That means owning pieces of his to do list outright instead of just reminding him about them, and it means helping him actually get through the list rather than just keeping it organized. Chase down blockers, cut out the distractions that don't matter, and protect his time so he can focus on the decisions only he can make.A big part of this is people. You'll build real relationships across DRDO, investors, vendors, and our own leadership, the kind of trust that gets doors to open before he's even walked in. Sometimes you'll represent him in rooms he can't be in, whether that's a technical review, a partner check in, or an internal sync, and you need to be someone people trust to speak for him. That means reading a room well: knowing when to push, when to just listen, and when to get out of the way entirely.We're looking for someone who has actually done this before, inside a startup, under real pressure, dealing with real ambiguity. You know the difference between something that's urgent and something that's founder urgent. No task should feel beneath you and no problem should feel too messy to touch. If you can see something about to break before it does, fix it quietly and move on.Honestly, this job will test you. Long days, priorities that shift under you, high stakes, and not much patience for excuses. What we need from you is to stay calm when things get chaotic, not add to the chaos. In return, you get a front row seat to building something real, and we'll make sure that's worth it to you, through growth, through trust, and through how we reward the people who show up for it.What you bring4 to 8 years of experience, with genuine time spent in a startup environment. You know what hustle actually costs because you've paid it beforeA track record of people trusting you with real responsibility, not just tasksGood judgment about when to act like the founder and when to recognize it's not your call to makeA natural ability to build trust with people quickly, both inside the company and outside itA high tolerance for pressure and ambiguity, and a schedule that won't always look like 9 to 5Strong written and verbal communication, comfortable across technical, investor, and government facing conversationsIf you're looking for a job where you clock in, clock out, and go home unchanged, this probably isn't it. But if you want to work shoulder to shoulder with people building one of India's most ambitious defense tech companies, and grow as fast as the company does, we'd love to talk to you.Green Aero Propulsion is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or any other status protected by law. We're committed to a workplace where everyone is valued and respected. All hiring decisions are made on merit, qualifications, and business need.