Early enough to shape it.
Real ownership
Small team, big surface area. You'll own whole problems, not tickets.
Visible impact
Ship things thousands of students in Karachi will use - and feel - every week.
Move fast
Short meetings, quick decisions, real momentum. We ship, learn, repeat.
Made in Karachi
Build for your own city, with people who get it. Home-grown, ambitious.
Our open vacancies.
These vacancies are open now. We launch in Karachi in September 2026 and expand to Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad and Multan from there, so we're recruiting across all of them. Apply today and we'll be in touch.
Sign the brands students actually want.
What you'll do
- Build and own the pipeline - cafés, restaurants, fashion, salons, gyms and more
- Pitch the founding-partner offer to owners and decision-makers, face to face
- Agree the student deal and commercial terms, and close
- Hit monthly signing targets and keep the CRM honest
- Feed what brands want back to us so we shape the offer around it
What we're looking for
- 2+ years in field sales, BD or merchant acquisition (FMCG, restaurants, retail, fintech/payments, or an aggregator)
- Comfortable walking in cold and asking for the manager
- A real track record of closing, not just meetings
- Fluent Urdu and English; your own transport helps
Nice to have
- An existing network of food or retail owners in your city
- Sold a two-sided marketplace or a brand-new category before
You might have done: field sales or BD in FMCG, restaurants or retail; merchant acquisition for a fintech or payments company; onboarding for an aggregator. Comfortable walking in and asking for the manager.
Apply for this roleKeep signed brands live and performing.
What you'll do
- Onboard new partners and get them live fast
- Train counter staff on the validator (app or browser)
- Keep listings, offers and terms accurate
- Spot lapsed or underperforming offers and fix them
- Be the person a partner messages when something's wrong
What we're looking for
- 1-3 years in account management, customer success, or retail/restaurant operations
- Organised enough to keep many small relationships healthy at once
- Calm, responsive, and strong on follow-through
- Fluent Urdu and English
Nice to have
- Ops experience in food or retail
- Comfortable with simple dashboards and tools
You might have done: account management or customer success; retail or restaurant operations; anything where you kept a lot of small relationships healthy at once.
Apply for this roleOwn the campus ambassador engine end to end.
What you'll do
- Recruit, select and train ambassadors across universities
- Set targets and run the weekly rhythm
- Track what's working and double down on it
- Keep momentum and morale high across a distributed team
- Grow the programme to new campuses and cities
What we're looking for
- Ran societies or student bodies, campus/community marketing, or managed part-timers
- A natural motivator who can hold a distributed team accountable
- Organised, data-aware, and close to student culture
- Fluent Urdu and English - recent graduates very welcome
Nice to have
- An existing network across Karachi campuses
- Content or social experience
You might have done: run societies or student bodies; campus or community marketing; managed a distributed team of part-timers. Recent graduates very welcome.
Apply for this roleBe the front line for students.
What you'll do
- Answer students fast and in plain language, across chat and email
- Resolve verification, redemption and account issues - and actually fix them
- Spot recurring problems and tell us what keeps breaking
- Hold the line when volume spikes at launch
What we're looking for
- Genuinely good with people and calm when it's loud
- Clear, friendly writing in Urdu and English
- Fast, accurate and proactive
- Support or community experience helps, but isn't required
Nice to have
- A real interest in the product and the student community
- Used a support tool before
You might have done: customer support or community management - or nothing formal yet, but you're genuinely good with people and calm when it's loud.
Apply for this roleRun one of our expansion cities - Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad or Multan - like a mini general manager.
What you'll do
- Sign the first brands in your city
- Recruit the first ambassadors
- Build local awareness and own the launch
- Own the scoreboard for your market
What we're looking for
- Launched a city or territory before, or senior BD ready to own a market end to end
- Entrepreneurial, autonomous and accountable
- Deep local knowledge of your city
- Fluent Urdu and English
Nice to have
- Ran a local business and know how your city really works
- An existing network in your city
You might have done: launched a city or territory before; senior BD ready to own a market end to end; ran a local business and know how your city really works.
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Students welcome
Several of these roles suit a final-year student or recent graduate. Say so - it's not a disadvantage here.