Associate Manager - Consumer Retail

About us:

1Lattice™ (erstwhile PGA Labs) is a 360-degree business decision support partner with a tech-enabled services stack of data, people network, and custom research. Powered by advanced tech tools and unique data-gathering approaches, 1Lattice is an integrated product suite to make decisions smartly, right from Inputs to Validation to Execution to Measurement. 1Lattice works with clients and partners globally, helping clients solving a wide variety of organizational and business challenges through actionable research-led insights.

About the role:

This position reports to the Senior Director.

Location - Gurugram /Bengaluru

The primary role of this position is to manage projects primarily within the Consumer and Retail sector. As an Associate Manager, you will be required to lead the project delivery and management end-to-end. Associate Manager typically leads 1-2 projects at a time.

Key Responsibilities:

Ownership of the entire project report and output

Managing entire project life cycle scoping, problem structuring / hypotheses definition, research analysis, presentation storyboarding, delivery communication, project closure, knowledge management

• Extrapolate information pertaining to sectors/ competitive intelligence/ competition benchmarking/ Qualitative/ Quantitative Research/ Macro Economic study of Sectors

• Ownership of analysis on Excel and be comfortable with handling data to derive meaningful insights

• Leads, motivates, develops, and coaches the team toward developing optimum solutions for clients

• Work collaboratively with 1Lattice Analysts, Research Associates, and cross-functional data science and technology teams

• Ability to multi-task, manage time effectively, and delegate to subordinates

• An excellent communicator and presenter

• Be updated with the current trends in the research field

• Support business development activities through both steering specific pursuits and developing long-standing, existing relationships with clients

• Undertake sector-based research and work on company documents, Sector points of view, industry documents, and ad-hoc pieces of research

• Be extremely focused on outcomes; be flexible to deal with ambiguous and dynamic environments, morph as required

Desired background:

• Minimum 3+ years of research/consulting, advisory, or market research experience

• Prior work in relevant fields like management consulting, business research, market research, equity research, or other similar backgrounds (preferred work experience in consumer and retail sector)

Desired Competencies:

• Having commercial acumen, technical experience, and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment

• Good understanding of any one key sector/segments

• Strong research skills and past experience in research

• Analytical, ability to derive patterns from data and push for insights

• Resourcefulness and tactfulness in getting market inputs and client requirements

• Ability to deliver analysis and slides independently

• Ability to work and influence in client settings

• Work collaboratively with counterparts in business partner teams to drive an impact together

• Strong levels of ownership and should demonstrate pride in output

• High focus on outcomes and must enjoy driving clients to action

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills- should be able to work independently on these tools

• Strong client management and presentation skills