Role: Corporate Strategy and Corporate Development

Designation: Manager / Senior Manager CSCD

Reporting to: Managing Director

Location: Pune - HO

Applicants from Top B Schools/IIM are Welcome

Role Purpose:

To drive the organization's long-term growth agenda by identifying new business opportunities, evaluating strategic investments, developing expansion plans and supporting mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships. The role will connect market intelligence, commercial opportunities, financial feasibility and organizational capabilities to help leadership make informed decisions regarding the organization's future direction.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Corporate Strategy & Business Planning:

- Support the development and periodic review of the organization's medium- and long-term growth strategy, identifying opportunities for diversification, portfolio expansion, vertical integration and competitive differentiation.

- Assess market dynamics, competitive positioning, organizational capabilities and emerging industry trends to identify strategic priorities and growth opportunities.

- Translate strategic priorities into actionable initiatives, business plans and investment proposals, supported by clear objectives, financial implications, risks and implementation roadmaps.

2. Market Intelligence & Business Opportunity Assessment:

- Conduct market, competitor and industry analysis to evaluate market attractiveness, emerging opportunities, customer needs and potential barriers to entry.

- Identify and assess opportunities across new product categories, supplier partnerships, customer segments, geographies and adjacent business verticals.

- Develop structured feasibility assessments and business cases evaluating commercial potential, financial viability, operational requirements, investment needs and strategic fit.

3. Corporate Development: M&A, Investments & Strategic Partnerships:

- Identify, screen and evaluate acquisition targets, strategic investments, joint ventures and partnerships in alignment with the organization's growth strategy.

- Develop investment business cases incorporating strategic rationale, valuation, financial projections, expected synergies, risks and potential returns.

- Coordinate due diligence and transaction workstreams with Finance, Legal, Tax, Operations, HR, IT and external advisors; support negotiations and internal investment approvals.

- Evaluate build-versus-buy-versus-partner alternatives and support post-acquisition integration planning and value realization.

4. Business Expansion & Strategic Initiative Execution:

- Develop expansion plans for new markets, business verticals, product categories and capabilities, ensuring alignment between commercial opportunities, financial feasibility and organizational readiness.

- Partner with relevant business functions to validate assumptions, assess resource and infrastructure requirements, and establish implementation priorities.

- Coordinate approved strategic initiatives through defined milestones, stakeholder ownership and governance mechanisms, including collaboration with Industrial Projects & Manufacturing Setup where physical infrastructure or manufacturing capacity is required.

- Track strategic initiatives against approved business cases, identify execution risks and support corrective actions to ensure delivery of intended business outcomes.

5. Strategic Governance, Leadership Reporting & Value Realization:

- Prepare strategic assessments, investment proposals and executive presentations to support informed leadership decision-making.

- Maintain a structured pipeline of strategic opportunities, investments, acquisitions and expansion initiatives, with clear visibility into progress, risks and decision requirements.

- Monitor the realization of approved strategic and financial benefits, including acquisition synergies and expansion outcomes, and conduct post-investment reviews to strengthen future decision-making.

- Ensure adherence to internal approval processes, transaction confidentiality and established governance standards.