Project Manager - Gen AI & Secondary Products
Location
Noida | India
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Who We Are
Escalent is an award-winning data analytics and advisory firm that helps clients understand human and market behaviors to navigate disruption. As catalysts of progress for more than 40 years, our strategies guide the world's leading brands. We accelerate growth by creating a seamless flow between primary, secondary, syndicated, and internal business data, providing consulting and advisory services from insights through implementation. Based on a profound understanding of what drives human beings and markets, we identify actions that build brands, enhance customer experiences, inspire product innovation, and boost business productivity. We listen, learn, question, discover, innovate, and deliver—for each other and our clients—to make the world work better for people.
Why Escalent Once you join our team, you will have the opportunity to...
- Access experts across industries for maximum learning opportunities including Weekly Knowledge Sharing Sessions, LinkedIn Learning, and more.
- Gain exposure to a rich variety of research techniques from knowledgeable professionals.
- Enjoy a remote first/hybrid work environment with a flexible schedule.
- Obtain insights into the needs and challenges of your clients—to learn how the world's leading brands use research.
- Experience peace of mind working for a company with a commitment to conducting research ethically.
- Build lasting relationships with fun colleagues in a culture that values each person.
Role Overview We are looking for a seasoned professional with expansive Strategy Research and/or Consulting, and notable Research/Knowledge Product Development and Management, experience, and a Consultative and Business Impact oriented mindset. The ideal candidate will play an instrumental role in servicing Escalent's plans to integrate and/or productize Generative AI and Desk/Secondary Research capabilities/offerings without losing time and quality.
Typically, Project Managers (PMs)- Own accounts and independently lead business development efforts among current and prospective clients.
- Possess distinctive domain and/or methodological knowledge and leverage it to serve high-performing industry leaders.
- Own and deliver strategic research and consulting engagements, leading creation of analytical plans, guiding the team to conduct appropriate research and analyses, and presenting findings to clients.
- Participate in designing and streamlining organizational processes and strategic decisions such as building new capabilities and/or products within the firm, and supporting growth and development of the team as well as new propositions.
This role will report to the Head of Generative AI & Secondary Productization; and will be a core part of an internal Center of Excellence (COE) that's focused on formulating Escalent's Gen AI and Product strategy from the perspective of developing marketable products/solutions as well as integrating Gen AI tools/capabilities into internal research/consulting/corporate function workflows.
Responsibilities Detailed responsibilities follow:
Overall - Assume end-to-end ownership of key strategic initiatives, with leading role in scoping, planning, and executing.
- Demonstrate a strong capability to link findings and recommendations to expected business impact.
- Present findings and recommendations, while explaining approach and rationale, to senior/executive leadership, as and when needed.
- [Over time] Develop strong subject matter expertise and gravitas, especially in Generative AI.
Generative AI and Secondary Research Productization - Identify marketable research/consulting-focused product ideas in Generative AI and/or Desk/Secondary Research, by:
- Working closely with sales leaders to unearth (unmet/partially met) client needs, and
- Conducting broad yet in-depth competitive landscaping.
- Ensure timely and high-quality execution and outcomes, by:
- Building analytical plans and securing upfront buy-in from relevant stakeholders.
- Leading a team to conduct research and analysis as per standard industry protocols using multiple methodologies.
Internal Generative AI Integration - Research and Consulting Workflows
- Identify use cases for Generative AI within Research & Consulting workflows.
- Conceptualize and execute Proofs-of-Concept for each use case, with assigned team + other delivery leaders/teams as applicable.
- Generate recommendations on specific use cases for implementation.
- Corporate Function Workflows
- Generate ideas for Generative AI integration within Sales, Marketing, HR, Finance, etc.
- Work closely with domain-focused teams to determine applicability of the ideas.
- Partner with internal leadership to build an implementation timeline for each shortlisted idea.
- Oversee execution and implementation of each idea, in partnership with internal/vendor teams.
- Tool Evaluation and Recommendation
- Liaise with various Generative AI tool vendors to secure trial licenses.
- Test various tools to assess their applicability and value-add for each use case/workflow.
- Partner with Compliance and IT teams to vet shortlisted tools from an InfoSec and commercial perspective.
- Prepare recommendations on the appropriate tool mix, including the build vs. buy question.
Product Marketing - Work with enterprise marketing and other internal team(s) to prepare product dossiers, thought leadership POVs, consultative whitepapers, etc.
- Support revenue growth by providing product/domain/subject matter expertise during sales conversations, proposal discussions, project designs and client discussions.
Candidate Profile - Education:
- MBA / Post Graduation from a reputed management institute.
- Experience:
- 8-10 years in delivering Strategic Research & Insights engagements across industries, focused on international markets.
- Solid experience of leading project-based engagements and delivering findings to senior/executive client and internal stakeholders.
- Strong exposure to driving revenue growth through Account Farming and Business Development support, as well as developing productized Research/Knowledge offerings.
- Strong exposure to internal process innovation/automation.
- Methodological / Tool Expertise:
- Must Have: proficiency in Desk Research and Syndicated Data Analysis
- Good-to-Have: working knowledge of Quantitative Primary Research, Qualitative Primary Research, Social Media Listening/Analytics and Process Analytics/Innovation.
- Good-to-Have: working knowledge of Gen AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Dall.E, Perplexity AI, etc.
- Excellent communication skills
- Team leader with strong interpersonal skills
- Logical and creative thinker with astute analytical aptitude
- Strong attention to detail
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