Principal Consultant - Manager Team Lead (Khelo India)

Job Description:-Principal Consultant
Role: Manager Team Lead

1. Qualification & Experience

Mandatory Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM/Masters degree in Public Policy, Sports Management, or a relevant management field.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working with Government departments, Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), or Autonomous Bodies.
• Experience in the sports sector or sports-related programmes.

2. Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of programme and project management, stakeholder coordination, monitoring and evaluation, risk management, budgeting, and government programme implementation.
• Proficiency in project planning, policy analysis, MIS management, dashboard reporting, data analysis, procurement processes, and documentation.
• Excellent leadership, team management, communication, analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to prepare reports, presentations, policy notes, concept papers, and management briefs for senior leadership and government authorities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring timelines, quality standards, and programme objectives are met.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, along with data visualisation and reporting tools.
• Understanding of governance frameworks, programme implementation methodologies, and performance management practices.

3. Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination of programme activities.
• Develop and monitor implementation schedules, work plans, and roadmaps aligned with programme objectives, timelines, and deliverables.
• Coordinate with Government Ministries, State Governments, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), National Sports Federations, implementing agencies, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor programme progress against timelines, budgets, deliverables, and performance targets; identify deviations and recommend corrective actions.
• Consolidate inputs from functional teams and prepare programme dashboards, progress reports, status updates, and management reviews.
• Organise and facilitate review meetings, stakeholder consultations, workshops, and coordination meetings, ensuring timely follow-up on action points.
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, resource constraints, and operational challenges and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with government guidelines, programme frameworks, financial and procurement regulations, contractual obligations, and reporting requirements.
• Support the preparation of policy notes, concept papers, briefing materials, presentations, and decision-support documents for senior management and government authorities.
• Oversee programme MIS, monitoring dashboards, project databases, documentation systems, and digital reporting platforms.