Country Manager – ONDC (Restaurant Sector | Fundraising & Scale-Up Leader)

🌟 Country Manager – ONDC (Restaurant Sector | Fundraising & Scale-Up Leader)

📍 India | Remote / Hybrid |

🧭 Reports to: CEO | 🏢 ONDC Restaurant Enablement Division

🔗 #RestaurantLeadership #ONDCIndia #FoodTech #Fundraising #Simplia #DigitalCommerce

🚀 About Simplia

restaurant businesses—cloud kitchens, QSRs, and traditional eateries

As per our initial screening process, please fill out this form:

https://forms.gle/8dnVpfB3qvxow9Be6

💼 Your Mission

restaurant business leader

Please Note: Only candidates with proven experience of fund raising in the restaurant industry (operations, growth, or food-tech) should apply. Candidates from top-tier Indian business schools are preferred.

🔑 What You'll Lead

💰 Fundraising & Capital Strategy

• Lead fundraising across equity, grants, and blended models
• Engage with

  VCs, DFIs, family offices

  , and government-aligned funding platforms
• Create pitches that connect ROI with real-world restaurant transformation

🏪 Restaurant Ecosystem Strategy

• Leverage deep knowledge of

  restaurant operations, cloud kitchens, QSRs, POS tech, logistics, and FSSAI compliance

• Build partnerships with restaurant chains, food-tech aggregators, and regional players
• Guide product and onboarding teams to align with operational nuances

🌐 ONDC & Government Engagement

• Represent Simplia at

  ONDC, DPIIT, SIDBI

  , and MSME ecosystem platforms
• Forge relationships across public-private channels that support restaurant digitization

🧑‍💼 Cross-Functional Leadership

• Build and lead a nimble team across partnerships, growth, and operations
• Drive GTM strategies for restaurant onboarding from Tier 1 to Tier 4 cities

✅ Ideal Candidate Profile

• 10–15 years

  of proven leadership in the

  restaurant industry

  , food services, or food-tech sector
• Hands-on experience with

  P&L ownership

  , multi-unit operations, or scaling F&B businesses
• Strong capital-raising or partnership-building experience
• Deep understanding of

  restaurant tech stack

  , delivery systems, and compliance
• Exposure to

  ONDC, DPIIT, MSME, or digital public infrastructure

  is a plus
• MBA or PGDM from a

  top-tier Indian B-school

🎯 Why Join Simplia?

• Drive the

  national digitization of India’s restaurant economy

• Lead a high-impact vertical in a fast-scaling AI-first company
• Work at the intersection of

  tech, policy, and real F&B operations

• Competitive compensation + performance-based leadership incentives
• Join a

  mission-first culture with global investor interest

📩 How to Apply

CV + a brief note on your restaurant sector and fundraising experience

Subject Line

💬 Sample LinkedIn Caption

Simplia is hiring a Restaurant Leader turned Fundraiser!

led operations or P&L in restaurants

🎓 Preferred: IIM Ahmedabad (FABM), SPJIMR, ISB grads

🚫 Not for generalists or non-F&B profiles

#ONDC #RestaurantBusiness #Simplia #LeadershipHiring #FoodTech #DigitalIndia