Job Description

Job Title: Founder's Office Associate

Location: Dehradun (On-ground, high travel within city)

Company: Saffron Stories / Saffron Leaf Group

Type: Full-time

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About the Role

This role exists to extend the founder's presence across projects, properties, and partners. You will shadow the founders, learn directly from them, and represent them in meetings, site visits, operations, and brand executions. Your job is to ensure things move exactly as the founders want--even when they aren't physically present.

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Key Responsibilities

On-Ground Leadership

Represent founders at hotels, W567, new development sites, and vendor meetings. Ensure execution matches founder standards across hospitality, design, marketing, events, and construction.
Shadowing & Learning

Work closely with founders day-to-day. Observe, learn, and take over tasks with increasing independence.
Project & Execution Management

Track timelines, checklists, and deliverables for ongoing initiatives. Follow up with internal teams (operations, marketing, finance) and external vendors. Identify issues early and present practical solutions.
Cross-Functional Coordination

Assist in vendor negotiations, brand shoots, property walkthroughs, events, and partnership meetings. Act as the communication bridge between stakeholders to ensure smooth execution.
Research & Insights

Conduct market research and competitor benchmarking. Prepare quick reports, summaries, and recommendations for founders.
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Ideal Candidate

Personality & Traits

Young, driven, and passionate about learning. High ownership mindset--gets things done without supervision. Energetic, sharp, and observant. Comfortable with fast-paced, unstructured environments. Trustworthy--can represent founders confidently and professionally.
Skills

Strong communication and people skills. Good organisational skills with attention to detail. Ability to multitask and manage field-heavy work. Basic understanding of hospitality, branding, or operations is a bonus.
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What You'll Gain

Direct mentorship from founders. Exposure across hospitality, branding, marketing, operations, design, and new development. A steep learning curve and real responsibility early on. Fast-track growth into business leadership, strategy, or property management roles.
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Compensation

Competitive, based on experience + performance-based growth.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹18,000.00 - ₹22,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person