Associate Consultant - Consumer/ConsumerTech

Associate Consultant typically leads and delivers a mid-sized engagement. They largely work with Engagement Managers and above. In addition, they also play a significant role in shaping up the organization through leading / defining / contributing to several organization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

- Project delivery - Deliver at least 1 consulting mid-sized engagement at a time:

- Own end-to-end delivery of a medium sized project, right from problem structuring / scoping to execution to delivery.

- Project Management: Ability to make sure that project plan and timelines are agreed upon, and multiple workstreams (Primary Research, Secondary Research, Analysis, Report Writing etc.) plus client management is working as per timelines, and budgets. Managing client / stakeholder expectations timely as required.

Practice Development:

- Contribute / Drive thought leadership pieces working with senior stakeholders in the organization.

- Work with senior management or lead sales collaterals / pitches as per requirements.

- Persuade internal and external stakeholders of the benefits of new technology or strategies. Share industry trends with senior leadership on an ongoing basis.

- Provide inputs and insights to marketing team as per requirements.

- Contribute / drive media interactions as per requirements in a structured manner.

- Should be able to drive stakeholder on delivering as per the project/program guidelines.

- Manage Relationships with internal and external Stakeholders.

- Develop the firm by contributing to culture development, hiring, training and any other internal / external org initiatives. At least lead 1 org initiative in the year.

- Start thinking on the lines of sector / sub-sector specialization / affiliation, where in the long run one would like to develop capabilities and help the organization grow.

Qualifications

- Management degree from a top-tier institute with a strong academic background, with 0-2 years of experience pre MBA

- Distinctive problem-solving, strategic and analytical capabilities

- Excellent time-management and organization skills

- Exposure to core-consulting skills (presentation skills and client management skills).

- Experience at drawing insights from data

- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills conducive to people management and team development

- Ability to manage projects and lead a team

- Driven/Motivated about working in an entrepreneurial setup

- Ability to drive clarity of thoughts amidst ambiguous situations