Senior Manager Corporate Strategy

About Us:

Tata Communications, a comm-tech player, enabling the digital transformation of enterprises globally. With a solution orientated approach and proven managed service capabilities and cutting-edge platforms, Tata Communications drives the next level of intelligence powered by cloud, mobility, IoT, collaboration, security, and network services.

• Present in more than 200 countries and territories around the world
• Serves over 7,000 customers globally that represent over 300 of the Fortune 500
• Connects 4 out of 5 mobile subscribers worldwide.
• Connects businesses to 60% of the worlds cloud giants.
• Operates the largest wholly owned and most advanced subsea fibre network which underpins the internet backbone, where its network carries around 30% of the worlds internet routes.
• Its Internet of Things network in India will be the worlds largest network of its kind, spanning nearly 2,000 communities and touching over 400 million people.
• Listed on both the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India with a market capitalization of USD 2.72 bn.

Purpose of your Role:

The role of a Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy is part of the Business Strategy team at Tata Communications Ltd. The Business Strategy function at Tata Communications Ltd. provides analytical support and market insights for long term strategy related decisions at the organization. The team supports the CEO’s office and the senior leadership on key strategic initiatives. The team works on specific strategy projects initiated either at the company level or else function level. One of the key functions of the team us to institutionalize and facilitate the long-term Strategic Planning Process and to plan the Strategic Planning Calendar. This entails working closely with the leadership of each of the functions to provide directional inputs with a view to align the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) with the Strategic Plan imperatives. A large part of the responsibility is to keep a tab on the market context, including laying out the landscape around customers, regulatory and macro-economic environment, competition and technology. Business scenario development, evaluation of strategic investments, analysis around new region/products/service entry strategy, value proposition analysis, competition analysis and go to market strategy are the other key imperatives. The team also works on initiatives to incubate and nurture innovative products and services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide advisory support to senior management, business leaders and functions.

• Critically analyze business scenarios and create viewpoints to facilitate business decisions.

• Focus on implementation and control as well as strategy development.

• Ensure smooth execution of qualified corporate strategy projects, including scoping discussions and assigning resources, while juggling between both operational/tactical and strategic activities.

• Actively contribute to defining the direction of new products, processes, standards or operational plans based upon business strategy, with a significant mid-term impact on business unit overall results.

• Identify problems and significantly improve, change or adapt existing method and techniques.

• Engage in regional/segment projects to lead teams under overall supervision.

• Form and lead ad-hoc cross-functional teams to drive the projects to closure.

Qualification and Experience Required:

• Business management graduate in General Management, Finance or Marketing, preferably from a tier-1 business school.

• Given the nature of the role, a candidate with 2-8 years of either corporate strategy or else strategy consultancy experience would be the right fit.

• Preferred candidates from top-tier business schools and/or prior experience in consulting or corporate strategy role.

Perks and benefits:

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Family healthcare
• Bonus / Incentives
• Flexible benefits program
• Mobile allowance & Business Travel Reimbursement
• Paid time off (including annual leave, medical leave, and other forms of leave)

We foster a work culture that values:

• Strong work ethic
• Open communication
• Collaboration
• Work-life balance

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.