Invest India - Assistant Vice President - Investor Engagement - MENA Region

Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. It hosts teams working with various government initiatives such as Make in India, Startup India, AGNii, and PMG.

The MENA Team is a team formed to enable and facilitate the economic cooperation and investments from the Middle East and Africa regions into India by investment facilitation, policy advocacy, issue resolution, outreach programs, global promotion, and stakeholder management. The team vision is to leverage the existing huge potential of the region and provide an impetus to investors and all stakeholders to create a conducive ecosystem for cooperation in this critical and strategic economic corridor.

Key Responsibilities:

- The candidate will be responsible for managing the team while formulating and executing strategies on team management, investor targeting and facilitation strategy and overall action plan for the MENA team. Key areas of responsibility will include:

- Overseeing and managing the MENA team with respect to setting out and managing KPIs, targets, internal and external compliances, reporting etc.

- Targeting and supporting domestic and foreign investors on setting up in India/expanding in India by providing detailed opportunity analysis, regulatory overview, and end-to-end investment facilitation services

- Managing and developing key stakeholder relationships including investors, Government of India officials, regulators, industry associations, service providers etc.

- Planning, executing and overseeing investor engagement activities such as roundtables, stakeholder consultations, Government briefings, roadshows, client meetings, webinars etc.

- Build regional expertise and prepare industry reports, blogs, brochures, presentations concerning the sector ecosystem and its growth

- Oversee and prepare key industry briefs and strategic collateral for internal and external stakeholders including pitch-decks, company and industry briefs, policy-impact analysis, sector snapshots etc.

- Have deep analytical thinking and the ability to formulate company-level and industry-level strategies for market entry, market expansion and overall business and industry growth in India

- Support investors and the industry with policy representations and issue redressal to enable overall ease of doing business from the region

- Understand the region and company pain points and global best practices from other markets and stakeholders to effectively communicate and co-create industry growth strategy with Indian industry and Government stakeholders and support the industry's overall ease of doing business

- Address ad hoc requests on Make in India portal and from various departments

- Be responsible for maintaining regular contact with all stakeholders and conduct regular follow-up and ensure effective stakeholder management

Qualifications:

- Postgraduate degree from an educational institution in India or overseas

Relevant Experience: 8+ years

- Prior work experience in Policy, Investment Banking, Management/Strategy Consulting, International Relations etc.

- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

- Knowledge of policies and regulatory landscape in India and globally

- Ability to work in teams and independently take responsibility for delivering key results

- Excellent research, analytical and reporting skills

- Excellent stakeholder management as well as written and oral communication - working with CXO-level industry members and senior Government officials to highlight, showcase and consistently deliver value

- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure for engagements and deliverables for the Government of India