Head/Director - Strategy & New Initiatives - IIT/IIM/ISB/US Ivy

Title: Head/Director, Strategy & New Initiatives

Organization: A large diversified global MNC with presence in over 60+ countries, and revenues in excess of USD30B

Responsible to: CEO

Responsible for: Strategy development, Annual and operational planning, fund raising, management of special projects and other corporate initiatives

Role: The Director of Strategy and Development is a member of the Senior Leadership Team and reports to the Chief Executive.

Responsibilities: We're looking for an exceptional candidate who has can handle the complete strategy function, including handling a small team (5-6) who are qualified professionals from Ivy league B-Schools.

Illustrative key responsibilities:

- Planning and implementation, and ownership of strategic business growth and expansion initiatives across India and wider APAC

- Formulating, leading and driving strategic business and operational improvement projects (cost reduction & revenue enhancement)

- Manage high impact strategic projects

- Delivering strategic thinking and presentations on business, market, opportunities, and project on a regular basis to key stakeholders

- Creating, designing and implementing mid-range business and operational plans, and forecasts

- Identification of partner alliances, evaluation, negotiation, and implementation

- Tracking of business performance and analyzing impacts on the business

Candidate qualifications and skill-sets:

- BE/ BTech and MBA from a premier Tier 1 institute such as IIT/IIM/ ISB/US-Ivy Leagues

- 8-12 years of experience in strategy consulting with Tier 1 consulting companies (BCG, McK, ATK etc.) and/or handling strategy function in a large business group

- Financial modelling, commercial and business acumen

- Ability to connect with CXOs and senior leaders at a global level

- Excellent communication skills

Note: People not from Tier-1 B Schools and Tier 1 consulting firms (exceptional candidates from big 4 may be considered) please don't apply