About the Role
Lenskart is looking for an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) - someone who has built something from scratch, felt the weight of ownership, and knows what it takes to go from zero to one. This isn't a traditional corporate hire. We want ex-founders who bring first-principles thinking, bias for action, and comfort with ambiguity into a high-growth, execution-heavy environment. The EIR will work directly with leadership on 0-to-1 initiatives, new business lines, or high-priority strategic projects -with the mandate and autonomy of a founder, backed by Lenskart's scale, data, and distribution.
What You'll Do
• Own a defined charter (new initiative, business line, or strategic project) end-to-end — from problem definition to execution to scale-up
• Operate with founder-like ownership: make decisions fast, build lean, iterate based on real feedback rather than process
• Work cross-functionally with category, ops, tech, and leadership teams to unblock execution
• Build and pitch business cases, structure ambiguous problems into workable plans, and drive them to measurable outcomes
• Act as a thinking partner to leadership on emerging opportunities, market shifts, and internal innovation bets
• Potentially build and lead a small team as the initiative matures
What Makes This Role Different
• Direct access to leadership and real business mandates - not a rotational or shadow program
• Autonomy to define how a problem gets solved, not just execute someone else's plan
• A path to owning a P&L or a full business unit based on performance
• Exposure to Lenskart's scale (retail, tech, supply chain, and consumer data) - distribution most standalone D2C founders never get to work with.
Who We're Looking For
• Minimum 2 years as a founder or co-founder of a venture - startup experience is a plus but not mandatory
• 5–15 years total experience, combining founder time with either operating, consulting, or high-growth company experience
• D2C background strongly preferred - prior founder or operating experience in a direct-to-consumer business (retail, fashion, F&B, beauty, consumer tech, or similar) where you owned customer acquisition, unit economics, or category growth firsthand
• A track record of building something from the ground up - raising capital, acquiring customers, hiring a team, or navigating a shutdown/pivot all count as relevant proof points
• Strong first-principles problem solving; comfortable operating without a playbook
• High ownership mindset - treats company problems like personal problems
• Excellent stakeholder management - can navigate a large organization while retaining founder-speed instincts
• Willingness to be based out of Delhi NCR or Bangalore
Skills Required
- At least 2 years as a founder or co-founder of a venture
- 5–15 years of total experience, combining founder experience with operating, consulting, or high-growth company experience
- Track record of building something from the ground up, such as raising capital, acquiring customers, hiring a team, or navigating a shutdown or pivot
- Strong first-principles problem-solving skills and comfort operating without a playbook
- High ownership mindset
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Prior D2C founder or operating experience in retail, fashion, food and beverage, beauty, consumer technology, or a similar business
- Willingness to be based in Delhi NCR or Bangalore
What We Do
Lenskart is Asia’s largest eyewear company serving 40 Million people - helping them see better and lead better quality lives. We have more than 1500 omnichannel stores across 175 cities in India, Singapore and Dubai. Our aim is to serve One Billion eyes by 2025 globally. And in this journey, we want to go beyond vision correction to transform the way people see and experience the world. That’s our new purpose - and we can only get there through cutting-edge technology and exceptional people.
