Country Launch Lead

Mecka AI is building the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI, designing and operating global systems for data capture, data labeling, and hardware-enabled workflows used by leading AI labs and robotics companies. The Country Launch Lead will take full end-to-end operational accountability for taking new geographic markets from zero to fully functional operating units, covering market assessment, local legal, regulatory and privacy requirements, legal entity and banking setup, physical logistics, initial commercial launches, field team deployment, and handoff to permanent local leadership. The role also involves continuously iterating on and scaling the company's global market expansion playbook.

Responsibilities

Launch leadership: serve as the single point of accountability for new market expansion projects, driving execution across legal, operational, financial, and commercial workstreams and transferring stabilized operations to permanent local managers; Assessment: execute pre-launch feasibility assessments and legal/regulatory evaluations with legal counsel, ensuring adherence to regional data privacy laws, consent frameworks, import/export regulations, and local employment laws; Local setup: establish physical and legal operating infrastructure, including entity registration, corporate bank accounts, local payment gateways, office/warehouse leases, hardware procurement, vendor logistics, and localized compliance workflows; Team and cadence: recruit, onboard, and train founding local team members (country managers, operations leads, field supervisors), instilling operating cadences, SOPs, and KPI scorecards from day one; Playbook: continuously refine and scale the global market expansion playbook, including budget estimation models, timeline templates, regulatory checklists, and vendor procurement toolkits

Requirements

5 to 8+ years of experience in operational leadership, expansion operations, corporate strategy, or general management; Demonstrated success launching at least one international country end-to-end for a high-growth, operations-intensive company; Direct hands-on experience building local business operations from concept to stabilization, including local legal setup, financial rails, commercial partner acquisition, vendor contracts, and early local hiring; Exceptional problem-solving skills, autonomy, and resilience in unfamiliar international environments under tight constraints; Willingness to travel to target expansion regions

Nice to have

Deep background working directly with specialized external legal firms and government authorities to resolve complex regulatory hurdles, cross-border data transfer policies, and local labor laws