LeadSpire - Research Manager - Government

Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Research Leadership:

- Develop project-specific research agenda for the organization.

- Help convert ideas into business projects.

- Prioritize research requests and manage resources, timelines, and expectations.

- Ensure alignment of research with business goals, solutioning needs, and proposal requirements.

Research Execution & Oversight:

- Lead secondary research on markets, policies, demand forecasting, and sector trends.

- Guide primary data collection through interviews, surveys, consultations, and stakeholder interactions.

- Build research frameworks, methodologies, data models, and evaluation tools.

Government & Ecosystem Research:

- Track opportunities, policies, and announcements from state and central government departments.

- Analyse tender documents, government schemes, and regulatory frameworks relevant to LCPLs focus areas.

- Build intelligence on emerging opportunities across sectors such as skilling, education, workforce mobility, sustainability, healthcare, and security.

Insight & Deliverables:

- Review and finalize knowledge assets: reports, concept notes, feasibility assessments, insight decks.

- Present findings to leadership and project teams with clear recommendations.

- Maintain documentation standards: sourcing, referencing, accuracy, and version control.

Collaboration & Internal Support:

- Support Business Development, and Delivery teams with data-backed research inputs.

- Participate in proposal development, bid responses, and client presentations as required.

People & Capability Development:

- Lead and mentor a team of researchers/analysts.

- Drive best practices, research discipline, and continuous improvement within the function.