Manager - Middle Back Office Strategy and Support (Financial Operations)

D. E. Shaw India Private Limited; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

D. E. Shaw India Private Limited is seeking an experienced professional to join its Middle Back Office Strategy and Support (MBOSS) team in Hyderabad/Bengaluru/Gurugram.

You will lead initiatives to improve controls, partner with third-party providers, and drive scalable, data-informed solutions across business units. The ideal candidate brings 7–12 years in strategy or operations, with a strong background in financial services, asset management, and automation projects, including experience

Qualifications

• A postgraduate degree and 7 to 12 years of relevant experience in strategy, operations, or business transformation consulting
• Domain expertise in financial services, with a proven track record in asset management or investment operations
• Familiarity with fund administration or operations technology platforms
• Hands-on experience with strategic technology and process re-design projects, including automation and systems implementation
• Experience in shaping and executing initiatives, driving continuous improvement, managing through influence, and collaborating across teams
• Demonstrated experience managing projects end-to-end across internal and external teams, including scoping, testing, sign-off, and stakeholder coordination
• Experience with automation and hands-on familiarity with GenAI and LLM tooling

Responsibilities

• Improve controls and oversight of third-party providers, technology, and financial operations support.
• Lead coordination with third-party providers to drive cross-functional alignment and stability.
• Design data-informed solutions with function heads and measure sustainable impact.

Skills

Strategy

Operations

Business transformation consulting

Asset management

Fund administration

Process automation

Systems implementation

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

GenAI & LLM tooling

Education

Postgraduate degree

Tools

Automation tools

GenAI/LLM tooling

Job description

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $100 billion in investment capital as of June 1, 2026, and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since our founding in 1988, our firm has earned an international reputation for successful investing based on innovation, careful risk management, and the quality and depth of our staff. We have a significant presence in the world’s capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies and financial instruments in both developed and developing economies.

The D. E. Shaw group seeks an experienced and motivated professional with an impressive combination of commercial intuition, operational experience, excellent critical and strategic thinking skills, and communication abilities to join its growing Middle Back Office Strategy and Support (MBOSS) team in Hyderabad/Bengaluru/Gurugram. The team is responsible for overseeing and implementing improvements to the firm’s third-party financial operations service providers and reports to the CFO. This individual will contribute to the firm’s operations strategy.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

In this role, you will work on projects to improve the firm’s controls and oversight of third-party service providers, technology, and financial operations support. You will manage firm’s third-party service provider economics by overseeing pricing negotiations, linking costs to value through rigorous performance measurement, and ensuring an efficient, fit‑for‑purpose operating model. You will lead and coordinate DESCO’s partnership with third-party service providers, driving cross‑functional alignment, operational stability, and a culture of continuous improvement across business units. You will also enable scalable problem‑solving by partnering with function heads to design data‑informed solutions, guide execution, and measure sustainable business impact.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

The ideal candidate should hold-

Basic qualifications:

• A postgraduate degree and 7 to 12 years of relevant experience in strategy, operations, or business transformation consulting
• Domain expertise in financial services, with a proven track record in asset management or investment operations
• Familiarity with fund administration or operations technology platforms
• Hands-on experience with strategic technology and process re-design projects, including but not limited to process automation and systems implementation
• Experience in shaping and executing initiatives, driving continuous improvement, managing through influence, and collaborating across teams
• A proven track record of collaborating well with peers and other stakeholders
• Exceptional communication, organizational skills, and attention to detail, with a keen desire to grow and take ownership in a dynamic setting
• Demonstrated experience managing projects end-to-end as a project manager across internal and external teams, including scoping, testing, sign-off, and stakeholder coordination
• A risk-first mindset, with the judgment to anticipate corner cases and design exception handling for post-automation workflows
• Experience with automation and hands-on familiarity with emerging GenAI and LLM tooling, with the ability to identify and apply these pragmatically within middle office workflows

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The Firm offers excellent benefits, a casual, collegial working environment, and an attractive compensation package. For further information about our recruitment process, including how applicant data will be processed, please visit https://www.deshawindia.com/careers

Members of the D. E. Shaw group do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of sex, race, colour, caste, creed, religion, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.