Deputy Manager - Corporate Affairs

Adani Group; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Group in India seeks a Lead/Assistant Manager for regulatory approvals, focusing on Maharashtra approvals and coordinating with Corporate Affairs to ensure right-first-time submissions. The role interfaces with authorities, prepares responses, and tracks progress with MIS and governance teams.

The candidate should have civil/urban planning qualifications with 6–12 years in real estate or infrastructure, and strong liaison experience with authorities and internal governance discipline.

Qualifications

• End-to-end regulatory roadmap and technical compliance support for approvals.
• Coordinate inputs with central Regulatory/Corporate Affairs and ensure checklist compliance.
• Review submissions for technical correctness and support interpretation notes.
• Act as technical interface during authority queries, inspections and closures.
• Maintain trackers, MIS and escalations for critical-path approvals.
• Coordinate site inspections/hearings and ensure documentation packs for closures.
• Maintain approvals repository, correspondence logs and evidence trails for audits.
• Proactively identify approval risks and mitigation actions with structured follow-ups.

Responsibilities

• Build project approvals roadmap for Maharashtra; map dependencies to design freezes and milestones.
• Coordinate submissions with central Regulatory/Corporate Affairs teams (drawings, statements, certificates, undertakings).
• Ensure submissions are technically correct; support interpretation notes and compliance matrices.
• Draft responses during authority queries/observations and coordinate revised drawings with Design teams.
• Publish weekly MIS and escalation notes to BD Head/SBU governance.
• Coordinate inspections/hearings; ensure site readiness and evidence packs for closures.
• Maintain approvals repository and logs for audits and renewals.
• Identify risks and drive mitigation actions through follow-ups.

Skills

Authority Approvals routing

Submission Documentation

Statutory Compliance Tracking

Liaison Management

Risk & Pendency Closure

Education

Civil / Urban Planning degree

MBA / PGDM (Operations)

LLB / Urban Planning / Environment PG

Job description

Purpose/Objective

• End to end responsible for: project-specific regulatory roadmap and technical compliance support for Maharashtra approvals, ensuring external dependencies don’t block delivery.
• coordinating with central Corporate Affairs and Regulatory teams for NOCs, permissions and clearances, with right-first-time submissions.
• acting as technical interface to resolve authority queries, inspections and observation closures quickly.
• maintaining trackers, MIS and escalations for critical-path approvals.

Key Responsibilities of Role

• 1. Build project approvals roadmap (stage-wise) for Maharashtra; map dependencies to design freezes and execution milestones.
• 2. Coordinate submission inputs with central Regulatory/Corporate Affairs (drawings, statements, certificates, undertakings) and ensure checklist compliance.
• 3. Review submissions for technical correctness; support DCPR/DP interpretation notes and compliance matrices as needed.
• 4. Act as technical support during authority queries/observations; draft responses and coordinate revised drawings with Design teams.
• 5. Track approvals status, ageing and next actions; publish weekly MIS and escalation notes to BD Head/SBU governance.
• 6. Coordinate inspections/hearings; ensure site readiness and documentation packs for evidence-based closures.
• 7. Maintain approvals repository, correspondence logs and evidence trails for audit readiness and renewals.
• 8. Proactively identify approval risks and mitigation actions; expedite through structured followups and facilitation routes.

Technical Competencies

• Authority Approvals routing
• Submission Documentation
• Statutory Compliance Tracking
• Liaison Management
• Risk & Pendency Closure

Qualifications and Experience

• Civil / Urban Planning / related technical qualification from a recognized institution.
• Desirable/Preferable MBA / PGDM (Operations, Infrastructure Management, Strategy) / LLB / PG in Urban Planning / Environment / Liaison with demonstrated authority-interface exposure.
• Work Experience (Cumulative) Total Years (Band) 6-12 years Years (Relevant) 3-8 years Seniority (desirable) Lead / assistant manager Types of Organization Real estate developers, architects/liaison firms, project management firms, infrastructure players with heavy authority interfaces.
• Types of Sector Real estate, urban development, infrastructure, environmental / municipal approvals.
• Variety of experience Technical submissions, liaison, compliance tracking, pendency closures, stakeholder handling.
• Qualitative aspects Must be persistent, detail-oriented and credible with authorities while maintaining internal governance discipline.