Chief of Staff

About the Company

Insight Alpha provides its clients access to a network of frontline industry experts that help them get critical information they need to be successful. We help thousands of our clients get answers to their most critical questions, without leaving their desks. Having built a strong network of senior industry experts and key decision makers globally across a span of 80 countries, there is always a need for relevant and authentic knowledge at the right place, right time, in the right way to the right person.

About the Role 

The role with IA is an exciting position with opportunities to work closely with business and investment leaders that are driving the industry throughout the world. Providing knowledge on large-scale issues down to the most niche and esoteric, our experts range from domestic and international policy specialists to economic advisors, business leaders to academics. Through our systems, clients connect toa network of top-tier professionals, whose insights can help move clients' best ideas towards their best outcomes. 

As a Research Associate, you will draw from a broad pool of experts including premier thought-leaders from around the world and recruit the most relevant experts for our clients' research projects. You will be expected to monitor industry news, identify market trends, and establish valuable professional relationships with senior-level industry professionals. 

Responsibilities

• As a Research Associate, you will focus on identifying and reaching out to topprofessionals who can provide industry insight and knowledge to our clients. 

• You will elucidate the mission and business model of Insight Alpha to industry professionals and recruit them for Association of Industry Leaders (AIL). 

• Thrive in a fast-paced environment, multitasking between various projects. 

• Grow the India/ Global Expert Network by recruiting key opinion leaders on a strategic/tactical mode, using recruiting campaigns, leveraging industry and professional lists, trade and business associations, referrals and other relationships. 

• Co-ordinate with client-facing Research Managers /Analysts/ Project leaders to gauge clients' needs and fulfill time-sensitive research requests for our clients by analyzing client inquiries. 

Requirements

• The successful candidate should have 0-1 year of experience in primary executive research or knowledge management.

• Post Graduate Degree/Graduate Degree required.

• Excellent communication and interaction skills, including demonstrated oral, written and presentation abilities in a business-focused setting using a variety of communication channels (telephone, e-mail, in-person, etc.).

• Good command over English language.

• Successful track record of working in a team environment. 

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively, while ensuring a high level of accuracy andattention to detail.

• Leadership qualities, positive energy, and the ability to adapt to change in a fast-paced environment.

• Curious by nature; proactive and self-motivated.

• Ability to work effectively independently and/or collaboratively in a team.

We seek bright, positive and flexible people who also:

• Act with the highest integrity and professionalism in all their endeavors. 

• Utilize superior analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Think creatively and focus on opportunities for growth, and lead others to do the same. 

• Express a strong desire to work in a team. 

• Respond effectively to management direction and clients’ needs. 

• Demonstrate the ability and initiative to handle increasing responsibility over time.

What is the role?

We are looking for a storyteller who can profoundly understand the user and can translate our product details as per the user's needs. You like working with data and insights and making decisions based on it. You should be able to lead multiple stakeholder roles efficiently for international markets with a passion for technology. An eager candidate to make an impact and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, hyper-growth environment and can operate fluidly between the 30,000-foot strategy level and the micro-detail to get things right.

Key Responsibilities

• Segment our users by deeply understanding our clients and end users. You will talk regularly to users and prospects and draw qualitative and quantitative insights.
• Define our GTM and partner with the rest of the team to execute the GTM. It will include work like demand generation, and creating sales playbooks, sales enablement content, and marketing assets.
• Work closely with a range of cross-functional teams - product, partner managers, marketing, and sales to craft thoughtful go-to-market strategies and drive growth initiatives.
• Understand and analyze the competitive landscape to define our own marketing strategy.

What are we looking for?

An enthusiastic individual with the following skills. Please do not hesitate to apply if you do not match all of it. We are open to promising candidates who are passionate about their work and are team players.

• 3+ years of relevant work experience that can span marketing, product marketing or product management.
• Experience working on marketing or growth throughout a product’s lifecycle.
• Working experience in SaaS, preferably for international markets.
• Hands-on experience in Google Analytics, Google AdWords, CRM, and analytical tools.

Who will you work with?

You will be working closely with the Digital Marketing, Sales, Product, and Customer Success teams.

What can you look for?

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment that will enable you to juggle between concepts, yet maintain the quality of content, interact and share your ideas and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the comprehensive benefits that offers.

We are

A fast-growing SaaS commerce company based in Bangalore with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, SF, Dubai, Singapore, and Dublin. We have three products in our portfolio: Plum, Empuls and Compass. Company works with over 1000 global clients. We help our clients in engaging and motivating their employees, sales teams, channel partners and consumers for better business results.

Way forward

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. We assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable timeframe for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.

What you need to have:

Smart Rain Technology is a rapidly growing technology company located in Hyderabad, India. Our mission is to save water, save money and save time through our proprietary irrigation and water management system. We are looking for an experienced Executive Director to organize, grow, and oversee the daily operations in Hyderabad, India.

Candidate will assist in technical vision and leadership for developing and implementing Smart Rain's technology initiatives, with an emphasis on integration of cutting-edge technology-based practices and services into our current offerings.

The area of responsibility for this role is very wide and thus requires thorough knowledge of various company processes, business practices including government and compliance requirements in India. The overall goal is to safeguard and augment the efficiency of the company’s operations in Hyderabad, India and to facilitate accelerating development and long-term success.

Executive Director Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the planning, organizing, and directing of the organization’s operations and programs.
• Thorough knowledge of government and compliance requirements in India. 
• Prepares accurate and timely analyses that capture and communicate business results, variances, and performance trends.
• Communicates and report company results to the parent company and shareholders.
• Provides leadership to and manages the efforts of site staff to ensure appropriate support of all departments.
• Coordinates and leads annual budget reviews, monthly and quarterly reviews, and periodic forecast updates with operational and senior management.
• Retains a diverse, highly qualified staff and provides career coaching, growth, and personal development for direct/indirect report employees.

• Provides leadership and technical direction for maintenance and support services for Web, Mobile applications, back-end services, enterprise software, peripherals, and assist in professional development of team.
• Ensures that the design, development, and implementation of enterprise applications and infrastructure systems support the needs of our customers, and management.
• Co-Develop and enforce policies and procedures to ensure the protection of local Smart Rain technology assets and the integrity, security, and privacy of data entrusted to or maintained by fellow team members.
• Develops and implements an accountability system for measuring the success of the goals defined with in the Smart Rain team.
• Serves as a company representative and assumes responsibility at local, regional, state, and national meetings and events pertaining to areas of responsibility.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy while exemplifying integrity, candor, and high ethical conduct.
• Provides vision, leadership, and direction to all employees within the department.
• Directs and/or coordinates the development of specifications for the procurement of hardware, software, telecommunications, and support services required to support Smart Rain India.
• Prepares materials and presentations for US Smart Rain management team

Executive Director Qualifications/Skills:

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills
• Ability to multitask
• Takes initiative
• Works independently
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Enthusiastic
• Dynamic
• Flexible
• Organized
• Collaborative

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, finance or accounting
• CMA or MBA preferred
• 15 or more years of financial management experience in an operational environment
• 10 or more years management or supervisory experience
• Relevant experience in technology industry environment
• Experience working with US based company preferred

Benefits

• Liaising with clients to identify specific business problems and develop ideas
• Communicating with colleagues within the agency, such as creatives and account managers, in the process of developing a campaign
• Gaining a comprehensive context for advertising strategies by analysing a wide range of information in detail, including demographics, socio-economic and the market for the client's product and market share;
• Commissioning research from outside organisations to inform advertising strategies, using both qualitative methods, such as focus groups and structured interviews, and quantitative methods, such as demographic profiling and questionnaires
• Running research groups
• Finding an 'angle' on a specific product or service on which to base a campaign;
• Researching the product or service to be advertised, which may involve gaining technical or specific knowledge
• Reconciling the differences between consumers' current perceptions of the brand and the way the client wishes the brand to be perceived;
• Meeting the client to learn the background of the brand and advising on possible approaches to the target market
• Providing the creative team with a clearly defined brief that contains concise information on the product, audience and strategy
• Presenting conclusions and ideas to clients and other agency staff
• Analysing and interpreting customer response and sales data to evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign.

• Develop new client partnerships with company's key accounts and develop strategic partnerships with large companies across industries. 
• Nurture and develop existing clients and generate incremental revenues within these accounts by selling additional products and services.
• Proactively identify & solve customer business problems by providing subject matter expertise and by using relevant product and services lines to create solutions. 
• Key point of contact for large accounts. 
• Ability to maintain senior level client relationships.
• Will be required to implement company's aggressive growth plans in the identified territory. Primary focus will be on new business while ensuring existing relationships are maintained.
• High adherence to internal CRM with an estimate of sales forecast.
• Liaising with the operations/products team for a smooth delivery of the end product and ensuring the service expectations of the customers are met.
• Should be comfortable with working in flexible time zones (Primarily US time zone) 

Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 - 12 years experience in Key Accounts Management.
• Strategic thinking and analytical skills
• Excellent written, oral communication and presentation skills.
• Good negotiation skills to achieve desired results/meet customer needs.

Responsibilities: -

We are looking for a young person who wants to join a fast growing start up to work with Co-Founders to drive the org-wide goal setting and planning process, developing Strategy and growth road map

Assist CEO in institutionalizing people management and org structure, and contributing to shaping strategies across the teams

Analyze and determine key insights from key business drivers, competitive environment, trends and operating metrics

Contribute to complex and time-critical projects by quickly understanding the context and developing a prioritized approach for resolution

Coordinate with different functions within the organization - growth, product, engineering among, credit and others in the deployment of the business initiatives identified

Ideate, plan and oversee implementation of new ideas and business critical projects

Qualifications 

 Graduate and master’s degree from tier 1 Institutes and worked earlier with big3 companies like (The Bain, McKinsey , BCG and Kearney )

Min 3 – 6years of Chief of Staff experience after completing your graduate degree

Outstanding record of academic achievement and Demonstrated aptitude for Corporate Strategy

Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities •

Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills

Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Ability to work effectively with people at all senior levels in an organization

Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English

TM1 Lead Engineer

Job Description:

The Lead Engineer should have good communication skills and is able to work with colleagues in Change delivery and Finance Users.

The Lead Engineer should have a very good understanding of Financial Statements.

As the Lead Engineer you might be working across different projects simultaneously 9+ Years TM1 Development experience Expertise in developing end to end solutions from ground up in TM1 Ability to design secure, scalable, configurable and modular solutions Expertise in applying optimisations both for performance and configuration Highly proficient in all aspects of TM1 development and Infrastructure

|| Expert in IBM Planning Analytics 2.0 Expert in development on PAW and PAX Highly proficient in developing TM1 Rest API based solutions Strong knowledge of MDX, SQL, Excel, Visual Basic, relational databases Must have good verbal communication skills

– Ability to work across geographies

A self-motivated, confident team player who leads by example and provides guidance to others DevOps and Agile engineering practitioner, test driven development Excellent communication skills & team player