Omika Jikaria
Break Into AI Careers | Early Outset AI Employee & GTM Expert
Admissions Committee at Tuck School of Business
Works at Outset AI
Available Sunday at 4:00 PM UTC
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Omika's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $150/hr
Get help with Cover Letters, AI Fundamentals, and .
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Omika’s Break Into AI Careers Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Director
As an early employee at Outset AI (Y Combinator-backed), I've lived the AI startup journey from the inside, and I know what it actually takes to break in. I made my own pivot from management consulting into the AI startup world in 2025, so I understand both the strategic mindset and the uncertainty that comes with making a major career shift. I can help you cut through the noise, position yourself effectively, and land roles in the industry. Whether you're a career changer, a consultant looking to transition, or someone ready to level up in AI, I'd love to help you map out your next move.
Omika can help with:
Cover Letters
AI Fundamentals
Skill Building
Networking Strategy
Interview Prep
LinkedIn Review
Omika also coaches for MBA, Life Coaching, and Career Coaching. View all.
About Omika
Hi, I’m Omika! I'm a mission-driven leader with 10+ years of experience across tech, consulting, startups, and the nonprofit sector. I’ve successfully navigated multiple career and geographic pivots, and I’m passionate about helping others do the same with clarity and confidence. As a Dartmouth Tuck MBA admissions interviewer, I’ve conducted over 50 interviews, gaining a deep understanding of what top programs look for. As a seasoned communications coach, I’ve worked with professionals to uncover their unique stories, distill powerful insights, and present themselves authentically and compellingly — whether for business school, career transitions, or thought leadership.
Why do I coach?
I coach because I believe everyone has a unique set of gifts that can shape their personal and professional lives in profound ways. Unfortunately, years of social conditioning often teach us to silence our intuition and individuality. My mission as a coach is to help you reconnect with your highest self, rediscover your authentic strengths, and take aligned action toward your goals and dreams. Alongside my professional background, I am also a certified yoga and meditation teacher, holistic life coach, and Reiki energy healing practitioner. I’m passionate about blending Western and Eastern wisdom to support you in thriving — not just surviving — whether in business school, your career, or personal life.
Work Experience
GTM
Outset AI
August 2025 - Present
Early employee #13. Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, incl. Y Combinator, 8VC, Radical Ventures, M12 (Microsoft's VC Fund), Adverb Ventures.
Entrepreneur in Residence
Purpose Built
June 2024 - May 2025
I joined Purpose Built as a Founder to explore, validate, and launch ventures at the intersection of brand marketing, e-commerce, and digital infrastructure. I took two business concepts from 0-to-1 as Founder & CEO: • A platform to help online creators monetize and grow their brands • A solution enabling emerging CPG brands to scale distribution and marketing From deep user research to MVP testing, go-to-market experiments, and pilot launches, I ran the full playbook - customer interviews, market sizing, acquisition funnels, and iterative improvements based on real-world traction. I sourced & onboarded 100+ customers and 10+ partners. Learned so much, and reaffirmed my passion for building things from scratch.
Senior Consultant
Innosight
2021 - 2024
Innosight is a growth and innovation consultancy founded by Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, author of "The Innovator's Dilemma." As the leading expert on disruptive innovation and strategic transformation, Innosight empowers forward thinking organizations to navigate disruptive change and own the future. Project highlights: future-back growth and innovation strategy for a multinational consumer foods conglomerate; capabilities innovation for a major global beverage company; strategy diagnostic for a multinational aerospace/defense company
MBA Internship
ZX Ventures
2020 - 2020
ZX Ventures is the global growth incubator, innovation arm, and venture capital fund of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s leading brewer.
Senior Associate
IDinsight
2017 - 2019
IDinsight helps international development practitioners maximize their impact. Clients include the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Nations, state governments and think tanks in India, national Ministries across Africa, and GiveWell/Good Ventures. As one of the first members of the Global Operations team (and very first person hired into my role), I was a part of growing IDinsight from 60 to 150+ employees and to eight offices worldwide (incl. in India, Zambia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and the Philippines).
Microfinance Fellow
Kiva
2016 - 2017
Kiva is a fintech social enterprise that has deployed over $1.3 billion in capital to over 3.2 million borrowers, contributed by more than 1.8 million lenders, in 78 countries. As the sole on-the-ground representative of Kiva in Cambodia, I managed relationships and capacity building for a $4.8 million portfolio across three partner microfinance programs (KREDIT Microfinance Institution, Hattha Kaksekar Limited, and iDE Cambodia) in education, agriculture, vulnerable communities, clean water, solar energy, sanitation, and small businesses.
Business Analyst
Meta (Facebook)
2015 - 2016
I derived insights from customers paying for ads, games, etc. and translated data into trends and business opportunities through analytics and visualization. I worked with Product and Engineering counterparts to improve Facebook and Instagram's payments products.
Omika was also given offers to work at
Samsung Electronics
PwC
Colgate-Palmolive
Education
Georgetown University
Bachelor's Degree, Foreign Service
Tuck School of Business
Admissions Interviewer
Admissions Committee Experience
MBA