About Jodo
Jodo (www.jodo.in) is a mission-oriented high-growth startup whose first product is an
innovative financing product to help parents manage their kid’s school fee expense.
Jodo is building a suite of payments and financing products to make education spends
more convenient, affordable and rewarding for parents.
Jodo aims to be a category creating company by adopting a first-principles approach to
crafting financial products for the education vertical.
Who are we?
Jodo is started by three co-founders (ex-Matrix Partners VC), who have a pedigreed
education background (IIT/IIM) and relevant professional experience in financial
services (ex- Nomura, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Edelweiss Capital).
More importantly, the founders have spent ten thousand hours in the space to deeply
understand the needs of the customers and the other stakeholders.
Jodo is backed by marquee VC investors (Elevation Capital, Matrix Partners - investors
in Paytm, Swiggy, Urban Company, Ola, Practo etc.) to realise this mission, and is just
getting started.
Role Description
We are an early stage company which means we are just getting started! This not just an
opportunity to be part of the startup journey but help shape the journey by building things
from scratch. We are looking to hire a General Manager, Founder’s Office who can own
verticals within the company / ideate and lead new product lines / build playbooks for new
sales initiatives. This is a high-impact, critical role to craft the future roadmap of the
organization.
Key Responsibilities
• Execute company-critical initiatives and projects. Examples include -
o Building a playbook for new sales initiatives – Jodo is expanding beyond
schools to colleges, coaching centres, ed tech companies
o Lead user-research for a new product line
o Designing and driving OKRs for different teams
• Core team member
o Work closely with founders on key pillars of the business - product, sales and
project management
o Lead the ideation, planning, and execution of these projects
What are we looking for?
• Self-starter with a high sense of ownership → Comfortable to work with minimal
supervision and drive projects / initiatives independently
• Excellent problem solving skills → First principles thinking and ability to give shape
to ambiguous problem statements
• Bias for action → Have the temperament to experiment and execute in uncertainty
• Hustler → Ability to generate resources to solve a problem
• Intellectual honesty → Always seeking and presenting truth irrespective of personal
POV or beliefs
• Mission-oriented → Deeply care about delivering value and making an impact on
customer’s lives
• Hungry to learn and grow → Passion to learn & be a better version of oneself;
motivated to succeed
Desired Qualifications
• Top tier colleges (IITs, IIMs, ISB, BITS etc.) + 3-5 years of experience in consulting,
operations, business development, growth, new initiatives at top startups
• Track record of outperformance / over-achieving targets in previous work places
• Experience in leading initiatives and delivering results in a time-bound manner
• Prior experience in early stage startups or as a founder is a huge plus
• Prior exposure to Fintech or understanding of financial services is a plus
Benefits
• Becoming a part of the early core team
• Competitive salary plus ESOPs
• Work with colleagues from strong backgrounds & hungry to succeed
• Opportunity to interact with and learn from high-pedigree investors & mentors -
o VCs: Elevation Capital (erstwhile SAIF Partners), Matrix Partners
o Select angel investors: Kunal Shah, Nithin Kamat, Amit Ranjan
Key Details
• Role: General Manager, Founder’s Office
• Location: Bengaluru
• Compensation: Negotiable based on candidate profile (structured as Fixed +
Variable + ESOPs)
• Date of Joining: ASAP
If you are interested and would like to learn more about us, please write to us at
raghav@jodopay.com (cc: careers@jodopay.com) with your latest CV or your updated
linkedin profile. We would be happy to chat!
