Director - Strategy & Transformation

Mandatory requirement to apply: PGDM/MBA from Tier 1s only + previous consulting experience

As a Director, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution through global consulting engagements.

Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

- Arrange appropriate assignments and experiences to support others' learning and development

- Seek out different ways to use current and relevant technological advances

- Analyze marketplace trends - economical, social, cultural, technological - to identify opportunities and create value propositions

- Deploy methods to keep up with, and stay ahead of, new developments and ideas

- Offer a global perspective in stakeholder discussions and when shaping solutions/ recommendations

- Drive and take ownership for developing networks that help deliver what is best for stakeholders

- Navigate the complexities of global teams and engagements

- Build trust with teams and stakeholders through open and honest conversation

- Proactively manage stakeholders to create positive outcomes

The incumbent will lead project teams across the entire deal continuum in the pre-deal evaluation, post-deal execution and maximizing value stages of a transaction. They would be required to lead project teams on global engagements from India, driving company's strategic and operational initiatives, implementing innovative solutions, measuring results early and often, and ensuring performance meets the desired targets.

Skills Preferred:

Candidates should demonstrate a thorough level of abilities with, and/or a proven record of success as both a leader and team member:

- Leading large teams / multiple clients simultaneously

- Delivering significant business results that utilize strategic and creative thinking, problem solving, and taking individual initiative

- Ability to synthesize complex information and generate meaningful insights based on analysis of client's data and information from primary and secondary research

- Experience with analysis and modeling using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, Visual Basic, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, UI Path or other similar tools

- Experience in evaluating client's operations with limited amount of data, understand financial statements and the impact of cost levers on client's business, evaluate the client's IT systems with limited amount of data

- Strong business acumen, with analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to understand how business model decisions impact operating model design/ execution across operations, technology, risk governance and organizational design, develop business case for capex investments and identify the extent of investments for a successful transaction

- Secure new business development and project extensions, including client lead maturation, proposal development, and closing new business opportunities

- Experience in planning for integration/separation of various front office and back office functions (Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Operations, and/or Sales and Marketing)

- Strong understanding of project management techniques and tools, ability to work in high pressure deals environment

- Ability to support business and practice development efforts (e.g. proposals, thought leadership, case studies, work plans and internal team metric trackers)

Qualifications:

- MBA / Masters / CA or equivalent post-graduate degree from a premium school would be an added benefit

- Previous experience in M&A / transaction advisory would be an added benefit

- Minimum years of relevant experience: 12