Job Description

ROLE DETAILS:

Role Title - Program Manager - Strategy - CBC (Corporate Brand Custodian)

Business - AEL

Department - CBC

Reporting to: Group Head - CBC

Location: Ahmedabad

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

Responsible to work across the organization and CBC function to gather, prioritize, manage, maintain, and collaborate with stakeholders and leaders and support Group Head - CBC in driving the initiatives and projects end to end.

Key Areas of Accountability

Supporting Actions

- Enhance and elevate effectiveness of Group Head - CBC

- Work with business leaders and stakeholders for tracking progress across key initiatives, plugging bottlenecks & expediting dependencies to ensure desired output within timelines.

- Plan various strategic meetings and Forums with various businesses on periodic intervals.

- Release Important Notification, Advisory, Newsletter form Group Head - CBC\'s Desk on various issues and initiatives.

Project management

- Collaborate and work with Group Head - CBC, leaders, and BU Comm SPOCs to prepare and prioritize the projects and initiatives across the communication and branding areas.

- Coordinate with senior management and stakeholders for meetings, planning, decision making, strategy development, audit, compliance, and budget preparation.

- Organize Quarterly reviews with relevant stakeholders to discuss progress on annual initiatives.

Monitoring & Reporting

- Create a cycle of reviews (weekly/monthly/quarterly) and enable impactful discussions with all business leaders and CBC stakeholders to ensure the annual agenda is executed appropriately.

- Monitor various CBC related initiatives and projects, track achievements and present weekly and monthly trackers.

- Analyze the performance and trends and report any deviations from target plans.

- Prepare analysis/reports for various stakeholders - for instance Quarterly decks/ presentations for reviews with MD, Chairman and APEX.

Strategy & Excellence

- Perform research on industry, competitor trends and benchmarking study and share analysis with Group Head - CBC for taking initiatives and actions as desired.

- Drive analysis and compliance as per CBC policy to gain qualitative insights on current CBC initiatives and practices

CHALLENGES

- Ability to co-ordinate with multiple stakeholders and leaders

- The incumbent would demonstrate the ability to drive results in an ambiguous environment, with a high level of attention to detail.

- The role requires great organizational skills, ability to find solutions to problems, juggle multiple requests, and identify ways to drive efficiency.

- A strong desire to solve problems and contribute to a positive and supportive learning environment

- Outlining progress on ongoing projects; tracking the deliverables & highlighting slippages from agreed timelines

- Handling escalations and relevant service requests

- Provide proactive support to Group Head - CBC in driving engagement initiative.

ROLEHOLDER REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications: MBA / PGDM (Tier 1 / Tier 2) with at least 6 years of relevant experience

Experience:

- 6+ years of relevant experience as Program manager or Executive Assistant to senior leader

- Consulting / Strategy experience is preferred.

- This is a hands-on role, and the ideal candidate must be a self-starter, move fast, dive deep, and get things done.

- Anticipating and planning for changes, and the ability to stay organized while helping senior management.

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