Strategy Specialist(Consulting)
Location
Bangalore | India
Job description
Key deliverables of the role include:
- Project management of key locational and strategic initiatives for SR GBS India
- Creating high impact professional, business case, reports etc. for senior leadership
- Steer locational initiatives spanning across growth and stakeholder management.
- Contributing to and support the initiatives that address strategy for SR GBS India.
- Develop multi-level relationships to ensure project delivery goals are met as planned
- Good communication skills, ability to interact with stakeholders of different levels
- Managing engagements with external consultants
- Planning and executing multiple projects concurrently across multiple stakeholder groups
- Structuring analysis of technology, market and industry trends that will impact our business
About the team:
- As the core team of the SR India's Strategic Development team, actively support the SR GBS India's strategic initiatives team by steering, coordinating and/or project managing initiatives and strategic themes for Swiss Re GBS India
- Design and produce professional, business case, reports etc. for senior leadership
- Contribute towards locational strategy by steering initiatives around growth, innovation and stakeholder management. .
- Develop relations, globally and locally, towards identifying opportunities and themes that match the GBS India's aspirations and implement them.
Support & manage locational Metrics reporting & analysis for GBS India
About you:
- Overall 5 - 8 years of work experience, with at least 3-5 years of relevant experience.
- Consulting / complex problem solving experience (preferably in a client facing role)
- Formulate corporate strategy & implementation plans
- Ability to define the problem concisely and hypothesize proposed solution
- Conduct thorough analysis of problems using data-driven approaches, qualitative research, and stakeholder input to gain a comprehensive understanding of underlying causes
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to brainstorm, develop and implement innovative solutions that address root causes and improve processes and systems
- Knowledge of consulting / problem solving frameworks
- Expertise in Project Management, Banking or other financial services in an consulting environment would be preferred
- Program management skills proven on complex or large scale projects with key stakeholders
- Exposure to multi-cultural work environment
- Strong data management & metrics reporting skills
Values and Behaviours
- Confident in engaging courageously, challenging constructively and voicing opinions to find solutions
- Strong active listening skills, able to remove any barriers by communicating and collaborating with other team members, effectively managing and resolving conflict
- Demonstrates passion to perform, by stepping up and taking personal responsibility and inspiring others through enthusiasm and commitment
- Applies influencing strategies to build compelling cases that engages and inspires others to support specific goals, actions and directions
- Sets priorities with an appropriate sense of what is most important, and plans with a realistic sense of the demand required
- Able to integrate and balance' big-picture' concerns (i.e. overall themes, trends, goals) with day-to-day activities
Skills
- Able to translate business strategies and goals into practical action plans
- Entrepreneurial attitude
- Stakeholder management
- High on drive and initiative
- Good business acumen with ability to synthesize creative solutions and consulting capability
- Strong Interpersonal Skills to build and maintain productive lasting relationships
- Effectively collects, evaluates and organises information using logical and systematic processes
- Ability and confidence to interact with senior stakeholders within the organization
- Ability to engage and to foster dialogue within the organization
- Strong ability to balance ambiguous and uncertain situations
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