Strategy & Innovation Specialist

About Ekya Schools :

Founded in 2010, Ekya Schools offers progressive K-12 education through CBSE, ICSE, and Cambridge IGCSE curricula, emphasizing experiential learning. Drawing from the legacy of the CMR Group, we nurture lifelong learners equipped to thrive in a dynamic and evolving world.

In the 2025-2026 academic year, we are launching Purpose-Based Schools-thematic schools where students develop specialized skills from a young age. The first, Ekya Nava, will focus on Innovation, Creativity, and Design, empowering students to become future technopreneurs, innovators, and change makers.

Quick Overview:

The focus is to streamline operations, enhance the stakeholder experience, and increase revenue. Recognize opportunities for innovation, and promote strategies that provide a competitive advantage over competitors. Establish an environment that promotes innovation and facilitates exploration and innovative thinking that may lead to industry advancements. Evaluate business trends and apply organizational strategies to improve their company's profit margin.

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Encouraging cooperation among internal departments to ensure alignment, examining market trends to assist in developing ways for the organization to remain competitive, and overseeing risk management.
• Collaborate with executive management to determine service gaps and create ways to improve service offerings.
• They may also liaise with vendors on negotiations that affect new development.
• Attend conferences or trade shows to represent an organization and provide recommendations during the development phase.
• Utilizes their analytical skills to evaluate an organization's operations, including internal structure, business processes, and information technology infrastructure, and to develop methods for improvements.
• Mentor and coach employees in innovative strategies.
• Design programs for building innovative strategies.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and new strategies in organization.
• Develop a global business perspective by researching and analyzing business practices from around the world.
• Apply integrated coaching techniques.
• Examine market strategies to develop innovative ideas.
• Explore breakthroughs related to social responsibility and sustainability.

Qualifications and Professional Background :

• Individuals will need a bachelor's degree in business management or a related field to work as an innovation strategist.
• Preferably a master's degree in business management or a related field to work as an innovation strategist.
• Relevant work experience in managing cross-functional teams and innovation initiatives will be beneficial.

Required Core Competencies include :

• Excellent communication skills are an essential asset for innovation strategists, as they are responsible for developing strategies to improve an organization's performance.
• These skills will also be essential in fostering collaboration among internal departments, interacting with clients, and mentoring junior personnel.
• Should have strong analytical abilities in order to evaluate an organization's business processes, determine solutions to minimize operating costs while improving customer satisfaction, and implement those solutions.
• Strong technical skills are needed to analyze an organization's information technology infrastructure and recommend improvements.
• Relevant technical skills and knowledge on Excel, PPT & Analytical tools.

We would love to hear from you!