Lead-Research

Roles & Responsibilities

- Provide support on research assignments to address stakeholder needs.

o Understand data requirement for the engagement and determine effective data sources for the deliverable.

o Preparing insightful Industry, Company, Competitive Intelligence/Benchmarking, reports

o Ability to Identify issues, pain-points, growth opportunities for a client

- Designing and preparing deliverables (in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint formats)

o Conduct in-depth secondary and research, based on requirement.

o Synthesize and analyze the research findings to come up with strategic solutions/insights for the client.

o Prepare final deliverable(s)

- Build strong and relevant professional relationships internally.

- Use research tools and frameworks to develop high-impact deliverables

- Ensure the quality, timeliness, accuracy, and accountability of the assigned research projects.

- Work with moderate supervision on client deliverables and other research initiatives

- The internal research support team at Sutherland specializes in undertaking analysis, insight generation and final reporting Qualifications

Qualifications: Experience/ Skills Education: MBA (Marketing / Finance / Strategy / etc.) (Preferably from Tier-I/II B-School)

- 4+ years of experience in market research and consulting projects, with 2+ years of experience in delivering projects such as market entry, market opportunity assessment, market expansion strategy, new product development etc.

- Should have good customer facing capabilities.

- Strong analytical mindset

- Must be able to demonstrate the ability to understand client requirements, and the drive to go beyond stated requirements deliver best possible solutions that fulfil clients objectives

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- High problem-solving skills

- Strong numerical, analytical and strategic thinking skills - able to demonstrate how one supports the other - and sound commercial acumen

- Be comfortable working to tight deadlines and demanding requirements

- Driven and ability to work independently

- Flexibility to adapt to a variety of different engagement types, working hours and work environments and locations