Chief Manager - Business Strategy

JOB SUMMARY:

The role rolls up to the corporate strategy team, and will be primarily responsible to design, detail, execute and project manage cross functional transformation initiatives (Sales/ Ops/ Digital etc)

The person will responsible for working with and/ or leading cross functional teams across the distribution, digital and operational functions to execute projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

MLI distribution – Hypothesis design and testing, problem solve key issues and challenges, propose recommendations/ solutions.

Conduct comprehensive research, internal and external discussions, and discussions with market players to develop POV / possible solutions.

Work closely with the cross functional teams (distribution, products, digital, technology, finance, legal) to formulate strategic options, evaluate selected options and make recommendations on decisions involving investments or decisions, comprehensively to senior management along with program leaders.

Program manage the execution of the agreed project plan and ensure delivery on agreed timelines.

Identify new age distribution opportunities, design business case and drive pilot success leading to expansion

General expectations w.r.t the role

Execute and deliver on projects with predetermined measures of success

Work with cross functional team (including consultants) to identify and analyze key levers impacting the process / work area

Bring an outside in perspective to the business problem. Use networks within and outside of the industry to learn best practices and evaluate how they can be used and applied to Max Life’s business problems.

Contribute to building strategies, work closely with “planning” and drive change activities to achieve “best in class” competitiveness for the specific work area/ process

Help in charting a path to help guide the company’s growth and in doing so, understand and apply technology and financial principles to guide strategic choices

MEASURES OF SUCCESS:

Learning and continuous effort to perfect usage of template problem solving techniques, statistical tools and logics.

Successful archival of knowledge and dissemination of it across business functions

Positive feedback and appreciation from business owners and decision makers.

Demonstrated quantitative benefits of analytical solutions and their application in everyday business of the organization and achievement of project measures of success or the ROI signed off by shareholders / Board

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

MBA (preferably from tier -1) with 2+ years of experience

Prior experience in consulting / corporate strategy/ agency distribution strategy roles will be an advantage

Should have been involved in project execution – preferably in product creation / management, distribution channels

Proficient in MS Excel, Powerpoint

Life insurance or broader Financial Services experience preferred

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

Excellent communication skills and a thoughtful, persuasive personal style.

Self-starters comfortable in a project-oriented environment and comfortable in dealing with large cross functional projects.

Being boundary-less is of critical importance as the role will require working through several business projects.

Ability to influence key stakeholders and operational owners through well-articulated strategies backed up with metric driven value statements.

Analytical skills and judgment to solve problems with limited information at hand by learning and using Statistical tools and logics.

Ability to develop, test and validate hypotheses. Should be competent at analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data.