Operations Associate

About POBO

POBO — Power of Being One — is a real-estate startup building a tech-enabled platform around buyer collectives.

About the Role

We are looking for a Business Operations & Growth Associate to work closely with POBO’s founders across business operations, growth, marketing, research, data, technology, AI and execution. This role involves taking ambiguous tasks from idea to research, plan, and execution.

What You’ll Work On

• Business Operations
• Track business priorities, projects, and deliverables.
• Coordinate across teams, vendors, and external partners.
• Build and maintain trackers, processes, and documentation.
• Follow up on deliverables and help turn plans into execution.
• Growth & Marketing
• Support digital, performance, community, and offline marketing initiatives.
• Coordinate content, campaigns, social media, and marketing experiments.
• Track leads, campaigns, and customer acquisition initiatives.
• Help test new channels and growth ideas.
• Research & Business Development
• Research real-estate projects, developers, markets, customers, competitors, and pricing.
• Identify potential partnerships and business opportunities.
• Maintain structured databases and convert research into actionable insights.
• Data & Insights
• Work with Excel/Google Sheets, lead data, funnels, trackers, and dashboards.
• Analyze business information and present clear insights to the founders.
• Help identify gaps, trends, and opportunities from business data.
• Product, Technology & AI
• Test POBO’s app, CRM, and digital workflows.
• Identify bugs and coordinate with developers.
• Evaluate tools for calling, WhatsApp, SMS, hosting, CRM, and other business requirements.
• Use AI tools to improve research, productivity, marketing, and internal processes.
• Founder Projects
• Work directly on high-priority projects with the founders.
• Take cross-functional assignments from research to implementation.
• Support vendor coordination, documentation, and operational problem-solving.
• Market Exposure
• Interact with customers, partners, vendors, and local networks when required.
• Understand the real-estate market through actual execution.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline. Candidates from Business, Marketing, Economics, Engineering, Technology, Architecture, or related backgrounds are welcome.
• Experience: 0–3 years of experience in operations, founder’s office, growth, consulting, business development, project coordination, or a startup environment. Strong fresh graduates with relevant internships, projects, or demonstrated ownership are encouraged to apply.
• Skills
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Good research and problem-solving ability.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable working with Excel/Google Sheets and presentations.
• Comfortable using AI tools.
• Familiarity with CRM, analytics, no-code tools, performance marketing, or technology is a bonus.

Who We’re Looking For

You are someone who:

• Takes ownership instead of waiting for instructions.
• Can figure things out even when there is no existing playbook.
• Follows through and doesn’t need to be constantly chased.
• Flags problems early.
• Is comfortable handling multiple priorities.
• Asks good questions and communicates clearly.
• Enjoys learning new tools and solving unfamiliar problems.
• Is genuinely curious about startups, technology, consumer behaviour, business, and/or real estate.

Compensation

• Fixed CTC: 3.6–4.8 LPA (approximately ₹30,000–₹40,000 per month, depending on experience, capability, and role fit).
• Plus performance-linked bonuses based on clearly defined individual and business outcomes.
• As POBO grows, strong performers will have the opportunity to take ownership of larger workstreams and manage projects independently.

Why Join POBO?

• Work directly with the founders and see how an early-stage company is built.
• Exposure across operations, growth, marketing, product, technology, AI, research, and real estate.
• Work on real business problems.
• Take ownership of projects you can directly point to.
• Opportunity for significantly greater responsibility as the company grows.

Selection Process

• Application
• Founder Conversation
• Short Practical Assignment
• Final Discussion

When applying, please share your CV along with a brief note about one task, project, or initiative that you independently took from start to completion.