Graduate Trainee - Strategy Consulting - Consulting Firm

About Merito :

Merito is a curated talent platform where we identify, assess, and connect candidates for matching job opportunities. We are working with the mission to change the way hiring is done. The company is founded by a team consisting of alumni from IIM Ahmedabad, McKinsey with more than 2 decades of experience in recruitment, training, and coaching.

About our client :

Our client is a consulting firm that is working with internet startups and investment funds in India, SE Asia & Middle East, to fundamentally shape the way the entire ecosystem evolves. We are changing how clients in data-deficient markets (aka internet) conduct their business.

Our DNA is that we collect our own data and build layers of IP & advisory to add differentiated value to clients.

Our client is the primary research engine focusing on collecting, analyzing & synthesizing information in data deficient markets. To paraphrase Captain James Kirk: "we collect data where no man has gone before."

Key Responsibilities :

- Play an active role in all aspects of client project execution (operationalize research designs, sampling plans, questionnaires, issue trees, synthesis reports, etc.)

- Take charge of identifying information sources, gathering and interpreting data, executing analysis, and presenting findings to case team members and client stakeholders

- Interview customers, competitors, suppliers, and employers - work that will become the basis of the project team's recommendations

- After accumulating appropriate experience, take responsibility for supervising junior analysts

- After 1-3 years, based on performance, you will move into a post-graduate school role.

Requirements :

- 4-year B-Tech / 5-year Integrated Dual Degree from a Tier- 1 / 2 college

- Strong quantitative / analytical background

- Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing

- Ability to work effectively in teams

- Lifelong learning mindset

- Willingness to travel