DB Corp - Head - Strategy - IIM/ISB/FMS/MDI

Head of Strategy

Dainik Bhaskar Group :

Dainik Bhaskar is the World's - 3rd largest print media company & the largest news media group in India by circulation (According to Audit Bureau of Circulation). It publishes newspapers in 3 Indian languages across 12 Indian States with 65 print Editions with 6.6 crore total readerships. Its flagship brand in Hindi language is Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar is Gujarati language and Divya Marathi is Marathi language newspaper.

In FY 18-19, DB Corp recorded revenue of around USD 350 Million with PAT of around USD 40 Million. The group employs 2700 journalists throughout the country for its news gathering operations which makes for more than 25% of its total workforce of around 10,000 employees.

DB Corp also has a significant presence in the Radio and Digital Media segment. Our radio brand, 'My FM 94.3', which currently operates from 30 stations in 7 States, is growing rapidly and aggressively. Its digital presence is widespread with 9 portals for rapidly expanding digital audiences and 4 actively downloaded mobile applications.

Our 'new launches' have been taken up as case studies by leading management institutes in India, such as Indian Institute of Management (IIM Ahmedabad) - for Ahmedabad Edition launch, Indian Institute of Management (IIM Bangalore) - for Aurangabad Edition Launch in Marathi Language and Mudra Institute for Communication- Jaipur Edition launch. Further, Marico Foundation, London, has published our growth and innovative marketing techniques in a book to illustrate how Dainik Bhaskar Group radically turned around the marketing of Indian language newspaper and achieved # 1 position from Day 1 of the launch.

The group also has interests in Power, Textile & Real Estate Businesses and owns one of the largest malls in central India and one of the finest schools in the country.

Location: Noida

Age: 33-38 yrs

Industry: Some experience in Media industry preferred but open to other sectors

What are we looking for:

- We are looking for an experienced Head of Strategy to support in shaping our organization's long-term strategy and developing measures that realize our business objectives. The role holder will be responsible for directing strategic planning efforts, leading cross-functional strategic projects impacting P&L, developing new and actionable insights into industry/competitive dynamics and preparing reports, presentations and other project deliverables.

- The Head of Strategy will be tasked with assessing organizational performance, developing achievable goals and implementing processes that improve organizational effectiveness and build a sustainable competitive advantage. The role holder would support in monitoring all projects as per business requirement and defining strategies to keep projects within control.

- To be successful at this role, you should have research experience, an analytical bent of mind and exceptional presentation skills. You should be a strategic thinker with strong organizational and problem-solving skills and also have the ability to process data and facts to generate useful business insights and suggest business opportunities around them.

Roles and Responsibilities:

- Support in P&L control and strategic projects by aligning departmental goals, processes and resource allocation with the organizational strategy.

- Development of long-term organizational strategy by conducting research and analyses of operational effectiveness processes across multiple businesses like print media, radio, digital, production.

- Monitoring and reporting on projects as per business requirement and defining strategies to keep projects within control.

- Lead creation of frameworks and analysis to support strategic decisions. Monitor multiple dashboards of data of Business verticals to support in revenue monitoring and provide support on Business Planning, Strategy and Analysis.

- Conduct analysis on topics like new market opportunities, strategic initiatives, business development, competitive landscape and cross-business segment opportunities.

- Partner with business leaders to drive innovation and diversification agenda.

- Market research on competition, industry trends and other platforms to analyze and provide learning's. Presenting findings, projections and recommendations.

- Monitoring and analyzing information and data systems to generate useful learning's for the business.

Requirements:

- Undergraduate degree in Engineering, business, finance and MBA from premier institutes.

- Excellent understanding of business operations and procedures.

- 6-15 years of relevant experience in strategy, management consulting, product, general management.

- Previous proven work in analytics and planning would be preferred.

- Outstanding research and analytical abilities, Project management skills, leadership skills.

- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

- Proven ability to articulate business strategies and formulate concise solutions to complex problems.

- Previous experience in partnering with business leaders on strategic projects.