Deputy Manager - Corporate Planning & Strategy

As a Deputy Manager in the Corporate Planning & Strategy team at the employer, your role combines strategic thinking with organizational program management excellence. You will support management in strategic decision-making while driving the execution of company-wide transformation programs. This role is ideal for professionals who can translate boardroom strategies into ground-level reality through structured program management. Your Impact: - **What You'll Drive**: Engage with businesses and cross-functional teams to identify high-impact opportunities for the next 3-5 years and beyond. - **Lead enterprise programs**: Orchestrate multiple high-stakes transformation programs simultaneously, ensuring they deliver measurable business impact on time and within scope. - **Bridge strategy & execution**: Translate strategic visions into structured program roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, and success metrics. Work directly with senior executives and leadership. - **Navigate complexity**: Manage cross-functional stakeholder relationships, aligning diverse teams towards common program objectives. - **Drive decision-making**: Provide data-driven insights and recommendations that shape critical business decisions. Present complex program updates in crisp, actionable formats to senior leadership. - **Champion change**: Identify and address organizational resistance, building consensus and momentum for initiatives that fundamentally change how the company operates. - **Establish excellence**: Implement and refine program management frameworks that become the gold standard for executing strategic initiatives across the organization. Role Requirements: - **Educational qualifications**: MBA + BE (any field) mandatory, Strategy domain expertise preferred. - **Experience**: 6 - 8 years of proven experience, with a minimum of 3 years working in leading organizational transformation programs, corporate strategy & planning departments, or program/project management initiatives. Competencies: - **Program Management mastery**: Deep understanding of program management frameworks, governance structure, and organizational change navigation. - **Superior Communication skills**: Including PowerPoint storytelling skills. - **Functional expertise/ Strategic analysis**: Skilled in market sizing, competitive analysis, assessing business models/value chain dynamics, and evaluating a business case for new business. - **Proven Track Record**: Experience managing programs involving multiple stakeholders and delivering quantifiable business outcomes. Org Structure: Reporting to the Assistant Vice President, Corporate Planning who reports to the Chairman and MD, this role offers exposure to the company's strategic decision-making process. You'll work in a flat structure alongside other Managers and Deputy Managers, contributing to initiatives that shape the company's future direction. This position serves as a stepping stone to senior leadership roles, providing unparalleled visibility across all business functions and direct interaction with top management. Location: Vikhroli, Mumbai Ready to transform the company's strategic vision into operational excellence Join us in driving change that matters. As a Deputy Manager in the Corporate Planning & Strategy team at the employer, your role combines strategic thinking with organizational program management excellence. You will support management in strategic decision-making while driving the execution of company-wide transformation programs. This role is ideal for professionals who can translate boardroom strategies into ground-level reality through structured program management. Your Impact: - **What You'll Drive**: Engage with businesses and cross-functional teams to identify high-impact opportunities for the next 3-5 years and beyond. - **Lead enterprise programs**: Orchestrate multiple high-stakes transformation programs simultaneously, ensuring they deliver measurable business impact on time and within scope. - **Bridge strategy & execution**: Translate strategic visions into structured program roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, and success metrics. Work directly with senior executives and leadership. - **Navigate complexity**: Manage cross-functional stakeholder relationships, aligning diverse teams towards common program objectives. - **Drive decision-making**: Provide data-driven insights and recommendations that shape critical business decisions. Present complex program updates in crisp, actionable formats to senior leadership. - **Champion change**: Identify and address organizational resistance, building consensus and momentum for initiatives that fundamentally change how the company operates. - **Establish excellence**: Implement and refine program management frameworks that become the gold standard for executing strategic initiatives across the organization. Role Requirements: - **Educational qualifications**: MBA + BE (any field) mandatory, Strategy