Lodha Group - Corporate Strategist Role - IIM/ISB/MDI/FMS (3-6 yrs)

About the Strategy team:

The Strategic Leadership Office team is a fulcrum team that plays a pivotal role in shaping and realizing the strategic goals of the organization. Its focus is on identifying and executing programs, that are core to the organization's leadership and can create a material shift in the organization's performance over a one to three year horizon. The team works closely with CXOs to identify white spaces along growth, profitability and business excellence and then collaborates with functional leaders to translate the agenda to actions. Finally, the team owns and closely monitors the business impact of actions. In sum, the SLO team experience helps our associates think and act like CXOs to prepare them for future leadership roles.

Over 40+ professionals have joined us so far from top tier institutions such as Stanford, London Business School, IIMs and ISBs and draw upon their stellar experiences at reputed firms such as McKinsey, BCG, AT Kearney and Accenture, thus setting high standards on strategic thinking, and driving economic value creation for our stakeholders. Many of our top leaders have transitioned through this team and lead critical businesses.

About the role:

- The strategy team works on multiple programs at any given point. As a core member of the strategy team, you will be expected to lead one or many modules of a program. As a module leader, you will establish its strategic initiatives, business goals and work with respective line and functional teams to realize the same.

- Some examples of programs undertaken by the strategy team and key responsibilities for the team members include:

1. Incubating, setting up and growing the next billion dollar business verticals:

- Market opportunity assessment, consumer research, need-gap assessment, and product innovation.

- Going to market with pilots, and iterating to find the right product-market fit.

- Scaling up the business with the right team, processes and technology capabilities.

2. Delivering 360 degree excellence in core functions:

- Identifying opportunities across functions e.g. sales, customer experience, procurement, technology

- Developing process, people and technology capabilities to capture and sustain the opportunities.

- Owning review and governance processes to ensure impact tracking.

3. Growing existing and core businesses such as commercial, warehouse, property management:

- Market study, demand - supply mapping, white space identification, product and pricing strategy.

- Creating go to market plan and closely working with sales & customer experience teams to deliver on the plans.

What we offer:

- Opportunity to shape the next wave of residential & infrastructure development in India.

- Entrepreneurial learning - operate like a business leader and eventually become one (like many of our earlier team members).

- Work with high quality and like minded talent from top tier institutions and consulting firms.

- Competitive compensation with performance linked incentives and ESOPs.

What we expect from you:

- Entrepreneurship - You identify the agenda, and work towards it with complete ownership & obsession.

- Problem solving & communication - You shape the problem statement, approach, and solutions with smart thinking. You engage with peers/ leaders effectively.

- Impact / outcome orientation - You are focused on the outcome/ end goal and open to iterations/ failure as you work towards the outcomes.

Education & Experience Criteria:

- 3 to 6 years of experience in top consulting firms.

- Top tier 1 colleges.