Management Consulting - Media/Entertainment Sector - IIM/ISB/MDI/FMS

Our client is a global management consulting firm.

As a part of the Communications & Media practice, you will help develop value growth strategies for clients across industries, such as Communications, Media and Entertainment. From multi-year major systems integration transformation deals to shorter more agile engagements, A rapidly expanding portfolio of hyper-growth clients and an increasing footprint with next-gen technology and industry practices.

Lead complex large scale media and entertainment (M&E) professional services engagements with partners and clients in OTT, film, animation, broadcast, music, games, digital and visual effects industries.

Client Engagement & Development

Incumbent will lead engagements for Media & Entertainment clients. These engagements include helping clients develop corporate strategies, make strategic M&A decisions, structure effective business and operating models, and transform their businesses - all in an effort to grow their business while maintaining or reducing costs. Content & Promotional Optimization: Navigation path between touchpoints and their reach and importance by country.

Assist our clients to build the required capabilities for growth and innovation to sustain high performance.

- Identify, assess and solve complex business problems. Nurture partnerships and relations across media ecosystem globally in key focus areas to building knowledge and networks and establish thought leadership.

- Participate actively across professional forums and industry networks. Develop wide and deep connections across existing and potential client accounts.

Create a strong market positioning by increasing the company's visibility, credibility and mindshare across media ecosystem such as product companies, influencers and analysts.

Plays a significant role in identifying new strategy consulting opportunities with our clients, shaping proposals, and gaining client agreement/approval to move forward

- Provides solutions to complex business problems for area(s) of responsibility where analysis of situations requires an in-depth knowledge of our clients' strategic/organizational objectives

- Leads strategy engagements; Synthesizes numerous analytic efforts to draw meaningful conclusions, identify implications for recommendations, and achieve client buy-in

- Frequent interaction with senior management levels at a client and/or within the firm, which involves presenting analysis and recommendations, facilitating workshops, and negotiating or influencing on significant matters

- Develops and maintain strong trust-based relationships with clients

- Managing activities and deliverables against plan, reviewing draft output, and providing feedback/coaching to project team members

- Assesses and manages risks and issues, ultimately ensuring that project objectives are achieved.

- People Development:

- Develop a team of professionals to enable growth

- Perform role of counselor and coach, provide input and guidance into the firm's staffing process, and actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities

Professional qualifications":

- 10+ years of experience in Strategy, Management consulting roles

- Should have worked in the Media, Entertainment, OTT space

- Should have excellent customer facing capabilities, and established track record for selling & delivering consulting engagements

- The individual must be comfortable working at the highest levels of client organizations and interacting closely with the "C" level executives

- Should have managed teams and delivery and possess strong program management skills

Domain knowledge:

- Supervising business diagnosis and planning activities.

- Analyzing and assuring quality of the data collected.

- Assisting in formulating the specific solutions to address prioritized gaps.

- Supervising business architecture and process design activities.

- Assisting in the development of capabilities and performance measurements/KPIs.

- Supervising business architecture implementation activities.

- Defining testing and implementation activities for architectures, capabilities and processes.

- Developing and testing business processes, capabilities, and architectures.

- Preparing the client for deployment (communications, training).

Educational qualification

MBA from Tier 1 University with an excellent academic background

Professional Development Skills :

- Strong Product Management Skills

- Prior experience in a Consulting firm will be preferred.

- Experience working with "C" level executive clients