Manager - Business Strategy

Role Summary:

The role involves managing the Program Office and working closely with Axis Max Life CXOs, especially with CEO and CFO, as well as Axis Max Life Board and Shareholders. This is a high visibility role which requires a detail/task/project-oriented person who can assume a variety of roles and responsibilities in the areas of Program Management and Strategic Problem solving. The candidate will play a critical role in the driving companys strategy and support growth and profitability aspirations.

Role & Responsibilities:

Board and Shareholder Management

• Preparing periodic performance updates to board and shareholders on quarterly financials, forecasts, budget and future focus areas
• Storyboarding/ defining performance narrative that CEO should present
• Conduct required data analysis for the update and seeking required update/ details from the business and functional leaders
• Support information disseminating between internal organization and Board
• Support leadership in conducting strategy sessions with board/ shareholders which will include agenda & business calendar planning, preparation of prioritized strategy discussion documents in collaboration with senior leadership

Drive Strategic Planning Process

• Support CEO in driving planning process to define short/medium/long term strategy
• Preparing forward looking business guidance including - Assessment of key trends and drivers' market and competition
• Building PoV on what should Axis Max Lifes aspirations be in short/ medium/ long term
• Levers of growth required to pursue the strategy
• Basis the overall CEO guidance, drive business planning process along with relevant teams to define detailed operating plans and oversee planning calendar; engage and align with functions/ channels on the same
• Support CEO/ CFO in engaging and aligning with Axis Max Life shareholders and Board for business plan approval
• Support in responding promptly and accurately to inquiries from shareholders/ independents regarding performance and strategy
• Provide strategic inputs (on behalf of CEO/CFO) in preparation of Annual Report, Investor Presentation, Market Intelligence Reports, CEO regulator, functional / channel leadership events, media and other external releases, etc.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) & Measures of Success (MOS) to measure the organization's progress toward its strategic objectives

Manage Business Performance Governance:

Building business understanding and driving organization performance through:

• Facilitating the creation of relevant business dashboards for the executive management
• Defining/ updating performance review templates for business functions/ sales channels that should be used for providing performance update to the executive management
• Conducting and sharing independent critical performance assessment (across functions/ channels) with the CEO, highlighting the things going well and things requiring focus

Anchor the Market Intelligence Process

• Monitor and analyze market trends, competitor activities, and industry developments that may impact the company's performance and valuation
• Tracking market and competition performance
• Establishing/ cultivating sources of information, building industry connects for relevant market and competition data and maintaining open lines of communication
• Conducting relevant analysis to draw insights on performance trends (player wise and market level)
• Sharing regular industry / market related updates with Senior Leadership
• Keeping tab on the future industry trends and drivers to identify new areas of growth
• Tracking other critical areas - macro economic trends, regulatory environment and developments in insurance industry and trends/ developments in the financial services to proactively identify potential impact on own business
• Acting as the single source of truth for the organization for market intelligence and challenging higher performance
• Maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information and handling issues with discretion

Preferred Candidate Profile

• MBA with 1+ years of experience
• Experience in consulting / corporate strategy/ CEO office will be preferred
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders and prior experience of working with senior stakeholders
• Experience in program/ project planning, execution, and evaluation
• Excellent skills in MS Excel and MS PowerPoint with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear and concise messages
• Life insurance experience is an added advantage, but not mandatory