Business Research
Manager

Location: India

Responsibilities:

  • Manage research teams and be responsible for professional development, coaching and evaluation of assigned team members
  • Execute and deliver high quality business research solutions to global clients. This includes understanding project specifications, crafting the research strategy, overseeing deliverable preparation and extensive client engagement
  • Contribute to Business Development activities by continuous up-sell and cross sell of services to existing client base
  • Take ownership of an industry/set of clients
  • Participate in/Lead firm-level activities including knowledge management, training, recruitment and selection, new product development, internal process development, capability expansion and other organisation improvement practices

Candidate profile:

  • MBA from leading Indian B-Schools (preferably IIMs or similar institutes)
  • 6+ years of experience in Business Research & Consulting with at least 4 years in managing teams and leading projects
  • Extensive experience in conducting in-depth primary and secondary research
  • Ability to perform incisive qualitative and quantitative analysis
  • Strong project management skills and client relationship management skills
  • Ability to inspire team members in all situations
  • Workflow management skills - managing multiple projects & deliverables simultaneously, raising flags for both underutilisation and overutilisation etc.
  • Strong business acumen - able to correlate market drivers, challenges with impact on client or target companies, able to evaluate business risks etc.
  • Passionate towards work with an ability to see opportunities to improve the firm and ensure successful implementation of suggestions
  • Impeccable verbal and written communication skills

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