Vice President - Strategic Initiatives
Futurisk Insurance Broking Co. Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Role Overview:
The Founder's Office will be a strategic role, driving cross-functional priorities, tracking key business initiatives, providing strategic business insights, and ensuring effective execution of strategic decisions across the organization. The role demands strong command over business strategy, growth planning, market analysis and stakeholder management. The incumbent will also work on corporate engagement, business reviews and strategic presentations, with high exposure to senior leadership. The role will also help shape and prioritize the agenda, and represent the leadership in select forums where required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive corporate strategy initiatives by conducting deep-dive market research and competitive analysis to identify new growth opportunities for the leadership team.
- Oversee end-to-end business operations by streamlining internal processes and removing bottlenecks to improve overall organizational productivity.
- Manage high-priority projects by coordinating across departments to ensure timely delivery and alignment with the founders' strategic objectives.
- Develop and share dashboards, business reviews, presentations, and reports for leadership, including board presentations, leadership decks, business plans, and strategic reviews.
- Facilitate communication between stakeholders and the leadership team to ensure organizational goals are clearly articulated and effectively executed across all levels.
Job requirements:
- MBA from a Tier-1 business school preferred.
- 2 – 5 years of experience in strategy, consulting, Founder's Office, Planning.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Exceptional communication abilities, both written and verbal, to act as a credible representative of the founders in internal and external forums.
- Ability to work with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex data sets into clear, executive-level presentations that drive strategic business decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to operate with ambiguity and without a defined playbook, in close partnership with senior stakeholders.
- High ownership, agility, discretion, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.