About Velocity: -
Velocity is India’s leading cash flow-based financing platform for new age businesses. We are working on democratizing access to working capital for underserved sectors that traditionally lack collateral like property, plant or machinery. Velocity leverages these businesses' abundant data and robust online cash flows to offer innovative financial solutions.
Founded in 2020 by Abhiroop Medhekar, Atul Khichariya, and Saurav Swaroop, Velocity's financing suite includes a range of financing products. We are based in Bengaluru and work with 4,000+ brands and have disbursed ₹750 Cr+. We have partnerships with 26 ecosystem players, including four of the largest marketplaces. Velocity has raised $30 million in equity funding so far led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. Its portfolio includes many of India’s fastest-growing D2C brands such as French Crown, Soulflower, Chumbak, Off Duty, Itsy Bitsy, Bear House, and Zlade to name a few.
Job Overview
A highly impactful and high visibility role for a potential leader with strong business acumen, cross-functional aptitude, and sharp execution DNA; working directly with the co-founders and functional heads to drive key initiatives that directly impact the top-line.
The Growth Strategy Manager will drive strategic initiatives focused on revenue growth. You will be responsible for identifying, driving and tracking new initiatives that accelerate growth, across partnerships, funnel optimization etc.. This individual should have at least 1 years of experience in operations, growth, strategy, lending, or analytics, preferably at a startup and at least 2 years of experience at a consulting firm.
About the role:
Identification of Growth levers (B2B)across top of the funnel, funnel optimization and partnerships
Driving initiatives end to end from conceptualization to execution to tracking, and constantly building feedback loop from implementation to solutioning
Develop and execute Go-To-Market strategies for Velocity in various geographies
Carry out competitive analysis and be on top of market dynamics
Coordinate with different functions within the organization - growth, product, engineering among, credit and others in the deployment of the business initiatives identified
While this role works on strategically central problem statements, it is not a gyaan role where the output is a powerpoint. It requires quick understanding of the problem context, developing an approach for resolution, and hands on execution either independently or with relevant stakeholders
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Here’s what you require:
Bachelors/ masters degree from Tier 1 college – IIT/ IIM (MBA not mandatory) or qualified CAs (either this or a very strong proof of work in scaling a startup)
2-4 years of experience in either top tier consulting firms (MBB) or Strategy/ CEO’s Office in high growth tech startups
Experience of having worked across strategy and execution pieces
Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal and written communication with interpersonal skills
Go getter attitude with creative thinking abilities
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
High-level proficiency in Excel
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