Senior Manager - Strategy Consulting - Global Consulting Firm - IIT/BITS/NIT/IIM/ISB/FMS/MDI

Senior Manager_ Only female candidates, diversity role

Location: Mumbai/Gurgaon/Bengaluru/Pune/Hyderabad/Kolkata

Job Summary:

Strategy Consulting:

- This role is for a highly driven entrepreneurial individual who will sit within the Private Equity Consulting team.

- The individual will bring experience of working with top Private Equity firms or Consulting firms advising PE clients across Pre-Deal / Deal Execution phases and Value creation / Scaling of Portfolio companies.

- The individual will work closely with CN Industry/Functional Consulting Teams, Client Account Teams, and Global PE Consulting Leadership across different geographies to identify and convert opportunities, deliver / manage complex engagements, and rapidly build a team below him/her.

- Work may require 75-80% travel within and outside India for project work across geographies.

Experience and Knowledge Requirements:

- Hands-on experience of working in a Private Equity firm like Blackstone, Carlyle Group, KKR, TPG Capital, Warburg Pincus, Neuberger Berman Group, CVC Capital Partners, EQT, Advent International, Vista Equity Partners, Leonard Green & Partners, Cinven, Bain Capital, Apollo Global Management, Thoma Bravo, Insight Partners, Blackrock, or General Atlantic.

- Alternatively, experience of working in a top-tier Management Consulting firm like Bain, BCG, McKinsey, Bearing Point, OC&C, Deloitte, or PwC with a focus on advising Private Equity clients including but not limited to the list of firms above.

- Experience of Commercial Due diligence, Sector/Firm Research, Target Screening, M&A Deal Advisory, Post Merger Integration, Portfolio Value Creation, PortCo Growth Strategy, PortCo ESG Strategy, PortCo Technology Transformation, Outsourcing etc.

- Deep industry experience in one or more of the following industries - CMT (Telecommunication/Media/ High- Tech/Software & Platforms), Financial Services (Banking/Insurance/Capital Markets), Resources (Chemicals/Energy/Utilities), Healthcare/Life Sciences, Consumer Goods & Services or Retail.

- Program Management skills - Involves effectively planning, managing, and coordinating multiple projects in a dynamic environment with distributed stakeholder groups and execute on-time and budget.

- Strong oral communication and writing skills - experience of producing high caliber reports, papers, presentations and thought leadership.

- Experience of developing Assets, Accelerators, POV/Thought Leadership based on research.

- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Entrepreneurial mindset of growing the PE Consulting team and tenacity to deliver challenging targets.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Delivery:

- Lead day-to-day execution of complex consulting projects for Private Equity clients across Pre-Deal phase, Deal Execution phase and Value Creation / Scaling of Portfolio companies

- Manage a team of Analysts and Consultants during project delivery

- Ensure timely, high-quality delivery to clients through effective team management; define deliverables; prioritize and set deadlines; review work, provide feedback and ensure quality control.

Business Development:

- Identify and convert client opportunities by building relationships with Global PE Leadership within the organization, Client Account Teams, and Client stakeholders in PE firms across geographies

- Support RFP discussions, prepare proposal documents (e.g., proposed solution, deliverables, teaming, timelines, price etc.) and deliver Client Orals working closely with our Bid Managers and Client Account Leads

- Harness extensive knowledge combined with an integrated suite of methods, people and assets to help account teams to originate new projects/extensions

Practice Development:

- Contribute to the development of new assets / IP, thought capital and POVs/Offerings raising the profile of your team and the firm leading to demand generation

- Support hiring campaigns (lateral/campus) to aggressively build and grow the PE Consulting team always keeping team members chargeable on client projects

- Conduct and facilitate Brown Bag sessions, direct/indirect mentoring, and dissemination of knowledge to upskill fellow team members and attend trainings / get certified on emerging concepts to stay relevant in the market.

Relationships:

Reports to: Capability Network Senior Management and/or Client Leads.

Supervises: A team that he/she builds

External Relationships: Clients, Third party vendors, suppliers, agencies.

Qualifications:

- Academic: MBA (Tier-1), BE/BTech (Tier-1).

- Professional: Min 11+ years' experience in a top-tier Private Equity firm or experience of working in a top-tier global consulting firm with a focus on PE Clients is a must.