Job Description

Location: Bangalore preferred (remote-first with frequent travel).
Compensation: Early salary range: USD 3,000–4,000 per month.
Commitment: Full-time, high-focus startup role.
Reporting to: Founders.
Growth Path: Can evolve into a Chief of Staff or COO role if the fit is strong.

Mention Referral: Biopatrika

Joining date: As soon as possible. 

About ZuGrama

ZuGrama is building one of the world’s most ambitious frontier-tech villages that includes socio-physical structures to accelerate technological development, scientific research and cultural values that are more suited for the 21st century. We work with founders, researchers, investors, and global talent intent on shaping the next frontier of technology and society.

This role sits at the intersection of community, programs, communication, and culture for someone who wants to help build a high-signal environment where deep-tech work and new societal ideas can flourish. 

This role is a combination of multiple roles across departments and we expect the candidate to be comfortable with wearing multiple hats. 

Role Objectives

Your work will support four main outcomes:

1. Build a world-class community and talent pipeline for ZuGrama.
   
2. Grow a distinct culture grounded in scientific reasoning, clear thinking, and deep-tech ambition.
   
3. Run consistent, high-quality programs, residencies, and thematic tracks.
   
4. Help position ZuGrama as one of the leading frontier-tech villages globally.
   

What You Will Do

1. Community Building

• Build and maintain an intellectually rigorous and socially active deep-tech community.
  
• Run townhalls, discussions, check-ins, and community rituals.
  
• Engage founders, researchers, mentors, and residents with consistency and care.
  
• Keep the environment high-trust, thoughtful, and momentum-driven.
  

2. Program Management

• Execute grants , residencies, accelerators, and track-based programs across deep-tech and scientific domains.
  
• Manage logistics, timelines, ops, communication, and coordination at a high standard.
  
• Work closely with speakers, visiting researchers, mentors, and collaborators.
  
• Support the development of a global talent pipeline for ZuGrama.
  

3. Communication & Writing

• Produce newsletters, updates, program notes, and written material for the community.
  
• Translate complex concepts across identity/privacy, governance, AI, and scientific fundamentals (bio/physics/neuro) into clear, structured writing.
  
• Maintain the tone and clarity expected by deep-tech and research-driven audiences.
  
• Represent ZuGrama in written and spoken communication when required.
  

4. Social Presence & External Engagement

• Keep ZuGrama active and coherent on X/Twitter, LinkedIn, and relevant platforms.
  
• Interact regularly with founders, researchers, investors, community members, and partners.
  
• Build relationships across the global frontier-tech ecosystem.
  
• Support outreach for upcoming programs and events.
  

5. Partnerships & Ecosystem Development

• Assist in conversations with investors, philanthropists, labs, accelerators, and research groups.
  
• Help shape collaborations with aligned institutions in science, technology, and governance.
  
• Maintain long-term relationships with ecosystem partners and do fundraising in the form of grant writing.
  

6. Cultural Stewardship

• Maintain and reinforce a culture built on intellectual honesty, clarity of thought, seriousness about ideas, curiosity, and disciplined execution.
  
• Ensure that norms and expectations reflect a high-trust, high-signal, builder-focused environment.
  

What You Bring

Core Capabilities

• Strong writing skills with structured, clear reasoning.
  
• Strong operational discipline; able to run complex programs with precision.
  
• Ability to understand and communicate scientific fundamentals (biology, physics, neuroscience) and advanced technological concepts.
  
• Mature social presence; comfortable speaking with founders, researchers, investors, and community members.
  
• Intellectual honesty, curiosity, and ease in navigating ambiguity.
  
• Willingness to travel frequently for events and residencies.
  
• Capacity to focus full-time in a fast-paced, early-stage environment.
  

Intellectual Style

ZuGrama values people who think clearly and engage deeply. Many who fit naturally into this culture share patterns of thought found in, scientific reasoning, rationality community, cypherpunk community, effective altruism – even if they do not use those specific terms.

What matters is the underlying mindset:

clarity, rigor, calibrated judgment, long-term thinking, and genuine curiosity about ideas and systems.

Experience That Helps

• Community building, program management, accelerators, or fellowship operations.
  
• Exposure to deep-tech ecosystems, scientific communities, or research-driven environments.
  
• Experience supporting founders or working in early-stage teams.
  
• Strong interdisciplinary curiosity.
  

Who Thrives in This Role

Someone who:

• Enjoys switching between writing, operations, community, and strategy.
  
• Wants to work around deep-tech builders, scientific thinkers, and governance experiments.
  
• Likes building cultures and communities with intention.
  
• Can handle complexity and uncertainty without losing clarity.
  
• Wants to help create a new model for how people build and live together.

How to apply: 

Send an email to info@zugrama.org with the following details. Please answer all the questions, if you fail to do so your application will not be considered. 

Subject line: Application for Community and Programs Lead – [Your name]

1. What will be your strategy for ecosystem building for ZuGrama? 
2. Tell us the first 3 things you’ll do if you join. 
3. If you are given a budget of $100K to build the ecosystem, how will you spend the money? 
4. Do you think ZuGrama will be net-positive or negative for the world, explain how? 
5. What have you done that you are most proud of? Describe in as much detail. 
6. Tell us why you are interesting.

Mention Referral: Biopatrika

You can look up ZuGrama socials – X (Twitter formerly), Youtube, Website (ZuGrama.org/litepaper) to understand what ZuGrama is about. 

There are no right or wrong answers, we just want to understand how you think.