Management Trainee, NPD
Deconstruct
About the Role
Management Trainee – Founder's Office (Innovation & Product Strategy) at Deconstruct (Baypure Lifestyle Pvt. Ltd.) in Bangalore, India (on-site). This is a strategy and execution role where you will help determine what Deconstruct should build next and why.
Key Responsibilities
- Innovation & Product Strategy: Identify opportunities across categories, formats, price points, and channels, transforming them into product roadmaps.
- Consumer Research: Plan and conduct research (surveys, interviews, review mining, social listening) to generate actionable insights.
- Data Analysis & Insighting: Analyze sales, marketplace, search-trend, and competitor data.
- Market & Competitor Intelligence: Track the D2C beauty landscape, global trends, and competitor launches, assessing their impact on Deconstruct.
- Project Management: Lead founder-priority initiatives from inception to completion, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams and timely delivery.
- Founder-Ready Communication: Prepare concise presentations, memos, and review notes to facilitate founder decision-making.
- Special Projects: Undertake strategic projects as assigned by the Founder's Office.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- First-principles thinking
- Problem-solving
- Basic data analysis & insighting (comfortable with Excel/Google Sheets)
- Consumer research design and execution
- Project management
- SQL or BI tools (a plus)
Qualifications
- Education: Undergraduate or postgraduate degree from a Tier 1 or Tier 2 institute in business, commerce, or technology (e.g., MBA/PGDM, BBA, B.Com, B.Tech/BE).
- Experience: 0–2 years of experience (relevant internships count).
Soft Skills
- High ownership
- Bias for action
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Genuine interest in the category (skincare, beauty, D2C consumer brands)





