Position: Program Manager

Organization: Piramal Foundation

Positions: 2

CTC: 6-7.5 Lakhs pa

Location: Remote till June 2022 (New Delhi will be a base location in the future)

JOB BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:

This role involves co-creating strategy/solution, facilitating problem-solving and engaging CXOs and key leaders on mission-critical projects at one of India's most impactful foundations. CxOs you will engage have 20+ years of corporate/development sector experience leading high-performance organizations.

This opening is ideal for impact focused consultants (with min 6 years of experience) who are on a journey to contribute towards nation building. You will have an opportunity to influence strategy as well as strengthen institutional pillars while working across Education, Water and Health domains.

The selected Program Manager shall:

• Lead solutioning, build frameworks for disruptive, discontinuous ideas alongside business line peers and leaders

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

Lead Solutioning:

a) Strong project management, team management for timely and quality delivery of projects

b) Overall accountability for success in creating strategies for business expansion, change initiatives

c) Setup process, lead creation business documents to communicate with board members, donors and external stakeholders
Strengthen Governance

a) Work closely with CXOs, co-create systems to highlight critical constraints, successes

b) Connect dots across large cross- functional, organization- wide projects or initiatives

c) Determine key performance/success indicators for the projects/initiatives d Synthesize updates, create dashboards for CEO/ CXOs/ Board

Ensure strategic excellence

a)  Facilitate communication between CEO/External Stakeholders and Core Team Members/Projects Teams/Functions

b) Prepare tools and formats to ensure excellence, drive initiatives and shared meaning across the functions

c)  Assist CEO for upcoming meetings with CXOs, internal/external stakeholders, Board

• Responsible for leading 2-3 member team to drive Governance, communicate effectively with external/internal stakeholders

WORK CONDITION AND ENVIRONMENT

a) The person should be willing to take up responsibilities & travel with short notice periods

b) Open to work on short deadlines

• Develop team’s capability to problem solve, co-create solutions, drive/influence agenda, create business documents

PERSON SPECIFICATION

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

Skills/Abilities

a. Manage high performance teams, Coach team to develop as consultants

b. Orchestrate effective team meetings with agility and impact

c. Generalist with experience, ability to manage projects across different functions

d. Collaborate with, influence, and facilitate engagements with CXOs

e. Communicate effectively, written (English) and oral (English and Hindi); synthesize and articulate complex concepts in easy-to-understand ways

f. Exceptional Problem solving and Program Management skills

Attributes

a. Passionate about creating impact

b. Humility, willingness to learn, unlearn

c. Ability to lead teams, support meaning making through highly ambiguous environment

d. Demonstrate extraordinary rigor in completing the assignments

e. Ability to manage high levels of stress

f. Drive for excellence and self-reflective

g. Entrepreneurial, quick learner, can adapt to new roles with ease

Experience:

a) Min 6-8 years of experience in consulting, program strategy stakeholder in development sector, consulting firms, social enterprises

b) MBA or equivalent postgraduate degree in business management/rural management/development or Graduate with experience in consulting

c)  Experience leading and developing atleast 2 team members to gain problem solving, facilitating complex engagements