EA to CEO

Founder’s Shadow / Executive Assistant Founder’s Office | MicroMitti Location Indore HQ Reporting To Founder & CEO Role Type Full-time, high-trust Founder’s Office role Experience 2–6 years preferred CTC Excellent / best-in-class for the right candidate Travel Required, as needed Role Mandate This is not a conventional administrative EA role. The person will work closely with the Founder & CEO to bring structure to priorities, meetings, information flow, follow-ups, travel and execution. The role is designed for a high-potential professional who can combine sharp business understanding with strong on-ground execution and grow into a broader Founder’s Office responsibility over time.
# Key Responsibilities

1. Calendar, Access & Priority Management

- Manage and structure the Founder’s calendar across internal, external and strategic priorities.
- Coordinate meetings, participants, logistics and supporting information before the Founder’s time is committed.
- Reduce unnecessary scheduling conflicts and avoidable ad-hoc interruptions.
- Gradually develop the judgment to distinguish matters that genuinely require Founder involvement from those that should remain with functional leaders.
- Protect focused time for strategic work, health, travel, investor meetings and other high-priority commitments.

2. Follow-up & Closure Tracking

- Maintain a disciplined tracker of key decisions, owners, deadlines and dependencies.
- Follow up with functional leaders and teams on agreed actions and ensure issues move toward closure.
- Identify delays early, surface blockers clearly and escalate only where required.
- Reduce the Founder’s need to personally chase routine commitments.

3. Meeting Preparation & Decision Support

- Prepare concise pre-reads for important meetings, covering context, numbers, options, risks and decisions required.
- Collect relevant data and updates from teams before discussions.
- Capture action points and ensure post-meeting accountability.
- Help convert scattered information into structured, decision-ready inputs.

4. Daily / Weekly Founder Briefing

- Prepare a concise daily brief covering priority meetings, urgent decisions, major follow-ups and key escalations.
- Support preparation of the weekly leadership review and ensure pre-reads are received on time.
- Highlight only what matters most rather than forwarding every update to the Founder.

5. Leadership & Cross-Functional Coordination

- Coordinate closely with Sales, HR, Finance, Marketing, PR, Operations, Projects/Construction and other functions.
- Track cross-functional dependencies and ensure the right owner is driving the issue.
- Work confidently with senior leaders while remaining respectful, factual and outcome-oriented.
- The role coordinates and drives closure; it does not replace functional leadership accountability.

6. Travel & External Coordination

- Coordinate business travel, external meetings and related logistics.
- Support the Founder during investor, media, industry, partner and strategic engagements when required.
- Ensure the Founder is properly briefed and prepared before important external interactions.

7. Confidentiality & Trust

- Handle sensitive information related to strategy, senior hiring, fundraising, financial matters, investor discussions and leadership issues.
- Maintain absolute discretion, maturity and professional judgment at all times.

# Candidate Profile
Strong education is a must. We are looking for candidates with a strong academic foundation from a respected institution. Academic quality alone is not enough; the candidate must also have meaningful on-ground execution experience and the maturity to operate close to a Founder in a fast-growing organization.
## Non-Negotiables

- Strong educational background from a credible institution.
- Proven on-ground work experience with real ownership, execution and accountability.
- Exceptional verbal communication skills.
- Excellent written communication and business writing skills.
- Strong presentation skills and executive presence.
- High attention to detail with reliable follow-through.
- Ability to prioritize under pressure and handle multiple moving parts.
- High confidentiality, maturity and discretion.
- Sharp problem-solving ability and strong business judgment.
- Comfort working directly with senior leadership and external stakeholders.
- Willingness to travel and adapt to a dynamic Founder-led environment.

Preferred Backgrounds

- Founder’s Office / CEO Office
- Executive Assistant to Founder / CEO with broader business exposure
- Business Operations / Strategy
- Startup Operations
- Consulting
- Investment Banking / Corporate Finance
- Management Trainee / Leadership Development Program
- Project Management or other execution-heavy business roles

What Success Looks Like

- The Founder spends less time on routine follow-up and coordination.
- Important meetings are better prepared and faster to conclude.
- Actions after meetings are tracked to closure.
- Unnecessary interruptions reduce materially.
- Information reaches the Founder in a structured, decision-ready format.
- The person develops enough context and credibility over time to independently handle selected Founder’s Office responsibilities.

## Growth Path
First 3 months:
- Understand the Founder’s working style, priorities and decision patterns.
- Take ownership of calendar coordination, meeting preparation and action tracking.
- Build working relationships with senior leaders and understand MicroMitti’s operating rhythm.
6–12 months:
- Handle stronger Founder access filtering and decision preparation.
- Drive cross-functional follow-up with greater independence.
- Coordinate leadership review preparation and selected strategic projects.
- Grow into a broader Founder’s Office / strategic operating role based on performance.

# Compensation
CTC will be excellent and benchmarked to attract the right candidate. MicroMitti is willing to pay materially above a routine EA role for a high-calibre candidate who combines education, communication, presentation, execution and long-term potential. Compensation should not become the reason we compromise on candidate quality.
# Selection Approach

- Resume and education screening.
- HR interview focused on communication, presentation, maturity and motivation.
- Practical business / prioritization assignment based on a realistic Founder’s Office day.
- Leadership interaction to test ownership, execution and executive presence.
- Final Founder interaction only for the strongest shortlisted candidates.