Corporate Strategy Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of corporate strategy, annual strategic plans, and long-term growth priorities.
• Partner with the CEO, CXOs, and business heads to evaluate strategic opportunities and support critical business decisions.
• Conduct market sizing, industry analysis, competitor benchmarking, customer analysis, and opportunity assessments.
• Develop business cases, financial models, scenario analyses, and investment cases to support strategic initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for revenue growth, market expansion, cost optimization, portfolio diversification, and new business development.
• Evaluate potential M&A, partnerships, joint ventures, and strategic investments.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable roadmaps, initiatives, KPIs, and execution plans.
• Track performance of strategic initiatives and provide regular updates and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Lead cross-functional strategic projects involving finance, sales, marketing, operations, product, technology, and other business functions.
• Prepare executive-level presentations, board materials, strategy papers, and management dashboards.
• Manage and mentor analysts, associates, and strategy team members.
• Support business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic resource-allocation decisions.
• Build relationships with external advisors, industry experts, partners, and other strategic stakeholders.

Preferred candidate profile

• 6 to 11 years of experience in corporate strategy, management/strategy consulting, investment banking, business transformation, strategic planning, or a related field.
• Proven experience in corporate strategy, growth strategy, market assessment, business planning, or strategic transformation.
• Strong ability to independently structure and solve complex, ambiguous business problems.
• Demonstrated experience working with CXOs, business heads, senior management, and cross-functional leadership teams.
• Strong proficiency in financial modelling, business case development, market sizing, competitive analysis, and data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent strategic thinking, analytical reasoning, communication, executive presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to translate complex analysis into clear strategic recommendations and actionable business plans.
• Strong project-management skills with the ability to manage multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Commercially oriented with strong understanding of P&L, revenue drivers, profitability, capital allocation, and business economics.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Power BI/Tableau, SQL, analytics, and AI tools is an advantage.
• MBA/PGDM from a reputed institution preferred; bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Business, Finance, Statistics, or a related discipline.
• Candidates with experience at leading consulting firms, investment banks, corporate strategy teams, or high-growth companies will be preferred.
• High ownership, executive maturity, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.