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Job title: Senior Research Associate Reports to: Managing Director, India and Middle East Stakeholders Managing Director, and other members of the leadership team, delivery team and support team Location: Gurugram, Haryana (full-time, work from office) Key Reponsibilities & Accountabilities Research & Data Analysis ■ Lead end-to-end search delivery process, including driving search strategy, research execution, support on candidate discussions & evaluations, and managing the entire search process. ■ Lead candidate engagement through the entire search process from start to closure and joining. ■ Own and drive the Secondary & Primary Research process in a search assignment and hold the accountability to deliver timely and highly quality output. ■ Participate in search briefing to establish keen understanding of hiring specifications & project deliverables. ■ Contribute to preparation of a comprehensive search strategy by identifying relevant industry sectors, search directions and by identifying and populating a relevant list of target companies. ■ Thoroughly map the target companies using secondary sources of information to identify relevant talent pool corresponding to the search specifications. ■ Develop qualitative information and drive data analysis & presentation to influence decisions and select the right candidates in a search. ■ Score and compare the mapped candidates against the specified parameters from the search briefing to prioritize and onboard candidates accordingly. ■ Analyze and quickly breakdown new industries, market segments, and competitive landscapes to better understand the clients’ needs and apply intel to research strategies and decision making. ■ Develop relevant market insights (structure, CTC ranges, market disruptions, new players etc.) during research and leverage the insights in future searches. ■ Identify referees for the shortlisted candidates and undertake soft referencing of the shortlisted candidates. ■ Thoroughly scan the candidates based on available information (secondary and primary) to check for potential areas of concern. ■ Develop and execute innovative research strategies in multiple domains while managing a high volume of information. ■ Actively participate in client interactions and leading search progress reviews. ■ Lead non-search related assignments, including market mapping, talent advisory and other internalprojects, etcKnowledge Management ■ Ensure effective management of the internal database. ■ Accurately and regularly capture, maintain & update market, client, and candidate information in the company’s knowledge management system. ■ Contribute to the firm’s knowledge management activities by finding opportunities to share expertise and best practices and recording pertinent information. ■ Build knowledge in a specific segment or function through proactive market research. ■ Create a repository of relevant market insights collected from each search in a centralized database. Business Development Support ■ Contribute to the firm’s marketing and BD initiatives through industry and market research, pitch deck preparations, etc. ■ Augment the business development efforts of the firm through research support on markets and companies. ■ Partner with consultants to develop pitch presentations and marketing collaterals. ■ Monitor and track relevant market developments in a segment, including company updates and people moves and proactively inform the Consultants of any potential business development opportunities. What We Are Looking For – Background, Skills & Competencies ■ Bachelor’s degree with MBA or equivalent from reputed academic institutions. ■ Professional experience in a similar role (qualitative research, data analysis, project management, etc.) will be considered valuable, but not a pre-requisite. ■ Prior experience in handling multiple projects across Industrial, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Automotive, Consumer, Hospitality and Social sectors. The candidate must demonstrate a good expertise of the stated sectors, either owing to past projects, prior work experience or general interest in these sectors. Skills: business development support,research,candidate engagement,senior research associate,search strategy development,end-to-end search,market mapping,knowledge management,secondary & primary research,research execution,data analysis & presentation,research & data analysis Show more Show less
