Lead Manager/Chief Manager - Market Research

Organization: A leading microfinance organization

Key Responsibilities:

- Scout external environment and assess changes happening in the industry, economy and competitive landscape

- Analyze strategies and business developments of peers in the industry using internal & external sources.

- Market benchmarking of product, pricing, performance.

- Perform competition analysis on the organization's products and benchmark the performance with competition

- Have broad understanding of the macro-economic scenario with the ability to assess impact on business

- Help senior management in collating and vetting data to create reports/PPTs.

- Expectation of field research , attending conferences , industry connect , understanding of Banking and deep understanding of rural business

- Conduct thorough research on banking systems, payment solutions, and rural financial landscape.

- Analyze trends, market dynamics, and policy impacts in the banking and payments industry, with a focus on rural areas.

- Interpret data to identify patterns, correlations, and key drivers of change in the micro banking space.

- Prepare detailed reports, whitepapers, and presentations summarizing findings and insights.

- Collating data, creating a narrative and preparing corporate presentations for quarterly/annual and ad hoc presentations.

- Collaborate with senior management of cross functions/internal stakeholders

- Good understanding of data repositories, RBI data, NPCI etc and ability to collect and corroborate data from different sources.

- Gather quantitative and qualitative data from various sources, including primary research, surveys, and secondary data.

Preferred Candidate Profile:

- Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Business, or a related field.

- Experience of 5+ years, preferably with a research agency

- Proven experience in research, particularly in banking, payments, or rural development.

- Ability to create presentations independently and come up with ideas/views.

- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrable relationship building skills

- Excellent analytical and presentation skills. Proficiency in excel

- Sound knowledge of financial statements

- Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English

- Self-driven individual and strong attention to detail