Manager - Business Transformation

Messe Muenchen; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Messe Muenchen is seeking a strategic professional to lead the organization-wide OKR framework and its execution culture. You will partner with leadership to coach, challenge, and improve how goals are defined, measured, reviewed, and achieved.

You will drive governance, enable leaders through workshops, and establish cadence for quarterly planning and reviews, ensuring alignment with business outcomes. This role requires depth in change management and performance insights.

Qualifications

• 6-12 years of experience in strategy transformation, PMO or similar roles.
• Hands-on experience implementing and managing OKR frameworks.
• Experience facilitating leadership workshops and strategic reviews.

Responsibilities

• Drive organization-wide OKR implementation and maturity across teams.
• Coach leaders to translate priorities into measurable outcomes and drive alignment sessions.
• Establish governance standards and execution frameworks for OKRs.
• Develop dashboards and insights for leadership to monitor progress and trends.
• Partner with stakeholders to embed performance culture and drive operating rhythm.

Skills

OKR implementation

Leadership coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Tools

Profit.co

WorkBoard

Ally.io

Jira Align

Asana Goals

Job description

We are looking for a highly driven and strategic professional to lead and strengthen our organization-wide OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework and execution culture.

This role requires a strong blend of strategic thinking, stronger alignment, business acumen, operational discipline, and change management. The ideal candidate will partner closely with leadership teams to coach, challenge, and improve how goals are defined, measured, reviewed, and achieved across the organization via OKRs.

Key Responsibilities

OKR Strategy Governance

• Drive organization-wide OKR implementation and maturity
• Ensure OKRs remain aligned to company priorities and business outcomes
• Improve the quality, clarity, and measurability of Objectives and Key Results across teams
• Establish best practices, governance standards, and execution frameworks for OKRs

Leadership Coaching Enablement

• Coach leaders and managers on effective OKR thinking and outcome-driven execution
• Facilitate OKR planning workshops, quarterly reviews, and alignment sessions
• Challenge vague objectives, activity-based metrics, and non-strategic goal setting
• Enable leaders to translate business priorities into measurable outcomes

Business Execution Cadence

• Drive quarterly and annual planning cycles
• Establish strong review cadences and accountability mechanisms
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment and execution tracking
• Identify execution risks, bottlenecks, and dependency gaps proactively

Performance Insights

• Develop dashboards, reporting mechanisms, and strategic insights for leadership
• Monitor progress against organizational priorities and highlight trends
• Support leadership with data-driven decision-making and execution visibility
• Drive continuous improvement in execution effectiveness and operational rhythm

Change Management Adoption

• Build organizational adoption and maturity around OKRs
• Simplify frameworks and improve usability across teams
• Partner with People Culture, Technology Transformation, and Business Leaders to embed performance culture
• Act as an internal strategic advisor for operating excellence.

Required Experience

• 6-12 years of experience in, Strategy Transformation, PMO / Enterprise PMO, Business Excellence, Organizational Development, Strategic Operations, Consulting, Chief of Staff or similar strategic execution roles

• Hands-on experience implementing and managing OKR frameworks
• Experience facilitating leadership workshops and strategic reviews
• Exposure to cross-functional business environments
• Experience with performance management or execution platforms such as Profit.co, WorkBoard, Ally.io, Jira Align, Asana Goals, or similar tools