Research Consultant

About Embark:

Embark is a specialized consulting and execution platform designed to help global enterprises build, scale, and evolve Global Capability Centers (GCCs) in India. We offer a comprehensive, end-to-end solution that addresses every critical stage of a GCC’s lifecycle – from strategy and setup to long-term transformation. Founded by experienced practitioners with deep domain expertise and ably sponsored by Embassy Group, Embark eliminates advisory fragmentation and execution friction by offering an integrated model across strategy, compliance, operations, talent, and culture.

Role Overview:

As a Research Consultant, you will play a key role in conducting deep market and competitive research and delivering actionable insights. Collaborating closely with research, strategy, marketing, sales teams and business leaders, you will support the execution of Embark's strategy and research initiatives. This role is ideal for professionals with 3-5 years of experience who want to build a career in corporate strategy and develop expertise in market research, business intelligence, and strategic storytelling.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead comprehensive research, competitive bench marking, location assessment, and business case development to support clients with offshoring and GCC strategy.
  

• Collaborating & maintaining the development of new knowledge through participation in knowledge development projects, database, surveys, tools, etc.
  

• Identifying knowledge building opportunities - developing best practice material on various GCC/GBS topics to be used by teams or shared with clients
  

• Contributing to build sector/topic teams and suggesting emerging sector/topic based on client demand
  

• Developing additional proprietary knowledge like creation of databases, supporting whitepapers and internal knowledge documents
  

• Develop and maintain dynamic dashboards and excel-based models to communicate strategic insights to leadership.
  

• Create impactful PowerPoint presentations tailored for executive communication, effectively telling the story behind the data.
  

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, Economics, Engineering or related field; Postgraduate qualifications are a plus.
  

• 3-5 years of consulting experience in GBS/Shared Services/GCC sector strongly preferred
  

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, advanced formulas and modelling, and data visualization.
  

• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills, with ability to synthesize complex data into clear insights and recommendations.
  

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; experience presenting to senior executives is desirable.
  

• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and influence.