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About Us:LEAD Group was founded in 2012 in Mumbai. Our mission is to empower India by making an excellent education affordable and accessible to every child. We do this through providing an integrated education system to K12 schools, that brings together world-class curriculum and pedagogy, developed after years of research and analysis of successful school systems across the globe, with a multimodal framework, delivered seamlessly through technology. LEAD Group is the market leader and the fastest-growing School EdTech company in India.By 2030, LEAD Group will provide propulsive learning to 12 million students across 25,000 schools in India. Propulsive learning build confidence to succeed in life, on par with their peers from top-ranked schools in India.Purpose of the Role:The Assistant Vice President - Strategy will work closely with business leaders to ensure that organization level strategy and execution support are aligned with the vision of the organization. We are looking for highly competent professionals who understand what it takes to ensure quality education and are excited by the idea of spending time at our partner schools.Roles & Responsibilities:- Problem Solving: Apply first principles thinking to identify and solve complex business problems across various functions, including customer retention, new customer acquisition, finance, supply chain, product development, and technology. - 10X Thinking: Ability to drive long term structural and disruptive thought leadership across business problems. - Communication: Present your ideas and solutions effectively to gain buy-in from leadership for the proposed way forward. - Collaboration & Execution: Collaborate with relevant functions to implement business strategies, maintaining a strong bias for action. - Customer Centricity: Develop a strong understanding of the different stakeholders in the LEAD ecosystem and use these insights to create more effective strategies. Develop a strong understanding of market trends. - Flexibility: Ability to shift across charters depending on the organization’s requirements. This is a central strategy role and it is possible that the candidate will work across multiple charters in the same year. - Data Analytics: Ability to lead complex data analytics and generate relevant and actionable insights. Setup robust internal tracking through identifying the right lead-lag metrics, clear dashboards for decision making and communication.Experience:- 2-4 years of experience in leading Corporate Business Strategy in a fast paced start-up and Strategy Consulting with Big Consulting firms. Experience of working in the Founders Office of start-ups will be preferred. - Preference for an alumnus of a top-tier business school/ university in India/ abroad. Full-time MBAs from IIM (Ahmedabad/ Bangalore/ Calcutta/ Indore) will be preferred. - Candidates with B2B experience will be preferred. - Experience in cross-functional project management, enabling data for decision making, driving product improvements, competition tracking, acquisition and partnerships will be beneficial.Location:Mumbai, work-from-office, 5 days a weekJOIN US IN TRANSFORMING EDUCATION IN INDIA