Project Lead - Research & Strategic Planning - Consulting Firm

COMPANY PROFILE :

Bain & Company is one of the top management consulting firms in the world. In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Centre (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC plays a critical role in supporting Bain's case teams globally to help with analytics and research across all industries, for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property. The BCC is comprised of Consulting Services and Shared Services.

POSITION SUMMARY :

- Project Leaders lead teams of analysts to produce client-ready research and analysis, generating strong business insights and understanding implications. 

- Project Leaders work under the guidance of a Team Manager / Sr. Team Manager, playing a key role in driving the team's overall answer and final materials, client communication, work planning, and team management. 

- Project Leaders are generalists who lead projects across any geography or industry.

Core Responsibilities and Duties :

- Provide thought leadership and sound business judgment to drive the team's research and analysis on cases across geographies and industries

- Able to quickly come up to speed on different businesses and perform research and analysis across all geographies and industries

- Take responsibility for assigning work streams; monitor and balance workload

- Identify and employ relevant research sources and analytical tools

- Ensure timely, high quality, zero-defect research, analysis and output produced by the analysts

- Understand client needs and situations and adapt to case expectations

- Generate and screen realistic answers based on sound reality checks and recommend actionable solutions

- Communicate data, knowledge, and clearly explain insights and implications for the client to the entire team

- Effectively communicate with BCC clients, who are Bain teams around the world

- Team management responsibility which involves allocating and reviewing work to a team of analysts & Associates and conducting performance discussions, writing reviews for appraisal,

- Consistently provide responsible feedback in all interactions; recognize team's development needs and provide feedback toward constant improvement

- Assist on Office Management roles (e.g. recruiting, marketing, training, etc.)

Qualification :

- Candidates should be a post-graduate/ MBA from top-tier colleges with strong academic records and minimum 5 years of relevant industry experience.

- Should possess strong in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills. 

- Prior experience in similar analytical roles may be an added advantage.

- Candidates should possess excellent analytic skills, communication skills, team player skills with ability to multiple task and work under pressure.