About Info Edge

Info Edge, the first "dotcom" company to list on Indian stock exchanges with a current market-cap of USD

- 8 billion, stands for strong consumer internet franchisees in India. It owns naukri.com (India's largest online recruitment portal), 99acres.com (India's largest property marketplace), jeevansathi.com (among the top three players in India's online matrimonial space) and shiksha.com (smartest gateway for students to achieve their goals).

As one of the pioneers of internet entrepreneurship in India, Info Edge continues to leverage its expertise in operating internet businesses, to make financial and strategic investments in startups addressing consumer needs in the rapidly growing Indian internet market. Some of the marquee consumer internet names that Info Edge has backed over the years include Zomato (India's largest restaurant discovery and food delivery platform) and Policybazaar (India's largest online insurance marketplace).

With one of the world's largest internet user base, India presents an extremely large internet market opportunity and Info Edge's vision is to be at the helm of this opportunity to create massive value for the Indian consumers. We believe that strong understanding of Indian consumer, deeply instilled spirit of entrepreneurship and two-decades long experience of building enduring internet businesses will enable

Info Edge to realize this vision by increasing its market leadership in the spaces that it operates in and investing in new spaces to tap into the growing internet market in India.

Corporate Development Associate Role

This role is with the Corporate Development team of Info Edge which works closely with all internal BUs on key strategic projects and is responsible for all M&As and strategic investments done by Info Edge.

Please note this role is NOT with the Info Edge Ventures team which is the VC arm of Info Edge.

As an Associate, the position offers a great opportunity to work with senior management on key strategic projects and understand investing from close quarters.

Major Responsibilities :

- Conducting research on various industries / sub-industries in India and Abroad in spaces strategic to Info Edge. This would include researching on international peers, competition, spaces, etc.

- Identifying and discussing emerging trends with internal businesses and helping them form a view on their future strategy in their respective spaces

- Performing market research and due diligence on companies / start-ups by using their products / services with the help of internal business teams.

- Preparing business presentations, research reports and internal / external investment thesis.

- Closely tracking the competitive landscape by speaking with customers, competitors, etc. and publishing periodic reports on them.

- Working on key strategic projects with internal business teams.

Preferred candidates :

- MBA from a tier-1 college

- 0-1 year experience preferably in a consulting or research firm.

Required skills and competencies:

- Strong research capabilities, thorough analytical abilities, business acumen and good innate judgment

- Strong interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication

- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a small team or autonomously with little oversight

- Must be a self-starter capable of working in a fast-paced and open environment with limited direction

- Ability to interpret data and provide relevant conclusions/recommendations

- Great relationship management skills - networking, influencing, collaborating - and a proven ability to build trust with entrepreneurs and other organizational partner

- A high standard of integrity and ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality

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