Manager

Candidate profile

·         MBA from leading Indian B-Schools

·         6+ years of experience in Business Research & Consulting with at least 4 years in managing teams and leading projects

·         Strong project management skills

·         Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

·         Client relationship management skills

·         Demonstrated ability in managing and training teams

·         Impeccable verbal and written communication skills

·         The candidate should have willingness to work on the various areas of research, mostly secondary, with elements of primary as and when required

 

Technical Skills

·         In depth knowledge of analytical tools and frameworks; ability to build client-ready deliverables and identify new approaches and analytical frameworks for complex client-specific situations.

·         Questioning mindset - e.g. why some business is growing at 25% in spite of a global slowdown, correlating high growth in value/revenues with inflation etc.

·         Excellent Data representation, interpretation and synthesis skills

o   Significant exposure to PowerPoint work- including storyboarding, concepts like MECE etc.

o   Exposure to creative ways of data representation like Mekko charts

·         Workflow management skills- managing multiple projects & deliverables simultaneously, raising flags for both underutilization and overutilization etc.

·         Strong business acumen- should be able to correlate market drivers, challenges with impact on client or target companies, should be able to evaluate business risks etc.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

·         Responsible for executing & delivering high quality business research solutions to global clients and managing research teams. This includes understanding project specifications, overseeing deliverable preparation and extensive client engagement.

·         Business development by continuous up-sell and cross sell of services to existing client base

·         Taking ownership of industry/set of clients

·         Responsible for professional development, coaching and evaluation of their assigned team members.

·         Firm-level responsibilities which can include, knowledge management, training, recruitment & selection, new product development, internal process development, expanding business capabilities and leading other organization improvement practices