Wadhwani Foundation - Cohort Management Consultant

Position Title: Cohort Management Consultant

Reporting to: Head Ecosystems

Location: Mumbai/Bangalore

Position: 2

Our Background

Founded in 2000 by Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, the Foundation's primary mission is economic acceleration in emerging economies. The Foundation is driving economic growth in India and other Asian countries through large-scale initiatives in job creation and skill development.

Position Summary :

This Role will manage change initiatives and implementation projects by tracking metrics, and handling complex analyses, whilst also preparing communications to report back to the client and top management and to our ecosystem partners, board and our leaders. You will also be involved in executing

Job Responsibilities :

- This role should be able to leverage your experience of management and work with implementation teams, provide support to the team members and be involved in project execution with the client. Working under the guidance of senior team members.

You are Responsible for :

- Diagnosing the problems faced by the client and providing a clear deliverable outlining the areas for improvement, priorities, impact, road map and nature of intervention needed to solve the problem

- Help the client identify the right mentor/ coach/ service provider in solving the problems or accelerating its profitable growth

- Creating a programmer architecture that will enable the effective coordination and monitoring of the engagement/ transformation journey of the project

- Developing the overall project sequencing for the identification and management of work stream inter dependencies

- Day to day management of the planning and implementation process with a focus on coordination, communication, tracking and problem resolution

- Ensuring of content writing, documentation, supporting materials, and project plans updated and readily available for senior leaders

- Managing activity through a weekly Programmer Office session in which the progress vs. plan of all work streams is reviewed

Must Have:

- 5-7 years of total work experience

- Experience in IT/ Media/ Entertainment/ Technology/ Consumer goods, Tourism, Travel/ Healthcare/ Food processing/ Engineering goods/ Textiles and apparel/ Auto, Logistics, industries companies in the functions of sales, strategy, operations, finance, information systems, etc.

- Experience in leading change transformations/ transition or Program Management Office (PMO) for a top tier management consulting firm such as McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Big 4, ATK, Alvarez Marshall or equivalent or having led as a part of a PMO of large-scale transformations projects

- Experience in working for SMEs/ small businesses would be an added advantage and would be given a higher weightage in selection

- Understanding of the principles of change management and performance metrics and dialogs

- Must demonstrate a willingness to travel and the ability to meet committed deadlines

- Good academic pedigree