Head of Strategy

Job Purpose Strategy - New business models, evaluationBusiness analysis & reporting of growth opportunities etc. Monitoring - Competitor tracking, market intelligence, environment sensing etc. Corporate development – Mergers & Alliances, Investment management etc. Project Management of corporate wise transformational programs, Managing of special projects, CFTs etc. Business Analysis & Reporting – New assets / solutions for business problems. Strategic directions to Corporate communication teams & develop specialist capabilities in this space. Key Accountabilities & Outcomes Work on enterprise strategyof strategy driving growth. Oversee the translation of strategic plans into annual budget in coordination with finance and senior leadership. Tracking of strategic orientation / P&L linked issue for timely closure. Work with the businesses to ensure a robust review process to track against the blueprint. Deep dive using Root cause analysis techniques to identify the underlying challenges and design interventions to mitigate. Business analysis & reporting Tracking of global & domestic stories & developments that have a potential impact on the company. Competitor tracking, market intelligence, environment sensing etc. New assets & solutions for business problems. Tracking of corporate wide transformation programs Focus on transformation journey projects across various businesses. Ensure key transformational projects move both from time & quality dimensions. Ensure facilitation of decisions, in-case issues are stuck. Track large scale consulting assignments for strategic growth and build a sharper review mechanism. Corporate development Work & Track progress on JV / Alliances etc. Review & analyze capex / investments. Tracking of growth projects, crystalize the viability & push its implementation, Fill the gaps among various stakeholders. Work with the team on business restructuring. Business Performance management Manage special projects / Cross functional team to drive business performance improvements. Tracking of key issues emerging out of Audit / Vigilance. Coordinate the key Corporate affairs / advocacy issues. Evaluate & help negotiate key commercial proposals that come to CMD. Prognosis based timely purchase tie ups on critical RMs. Evaluations of Operations / Prognosis / Dash boards. Give strategic direction to corporate communications teams and develop specialist capabilities in the space Guide corporate communications to ensure all media relations and branding communications are coherent with the company's strategy. Steer internal communication to lead the company wide culture change communications. Work along with corporate HR to design programs and implement the same across businesses. Work on brand positioning & agency management. Education Qualifications / Background MBA from top management school Bachelor of Engineering Past Experience: someone who has worked for long time in Consulting companies [like KPMG / E & Y / AT Kerney / McKinsey etc.] and also has worked in business wherein they have driven strategy & profit. Relevant and Total Years of Experience 25 plus years of work experience with a mix of consulting and business roles. Experience in creating strategy and driving large scale transformational programs. Experience in strategy development, program management, transformation, financial modelling. Flexibility and ability to objectively view a wide variety of topics.