Senior Manager - Strategy ISEAA

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Private Limited; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Private Limited is seeking a highly analytical Strategy professional to support the ISEAA region's strategic priorities from Chennai. You will work with the Strategy Office Lead and senior stakeholders to shape initiatives, monitor trends, and translate complex inputs into clear recommendations.

The role requires 4–5 years in strategy or corporate planning, strong analytical skills, and excellent cross-geography collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mandatory), MBA/PGDM preferred.
• 4–5 years in strategy, consulting, or corporate planning.
• Experience in multi-market/regional environments preferred.
• Strong strategic thinking and structured problem solving.
• Excellent stakeholder management across geographies.

Responsibilities

• Shape strategic initiatives for ISEAA region and monitor market trends.
• Build business cases, investment evaluations, and forecasting models.
• Develop dashboards and analytics for regional performance.
• Track PMO governance, milestones, and KPI dashboards.
• Support annual strategy development and cross-regional coordination.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Structured problem solving

Stakeholder management

Leadership storytelling

Market analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

MBA / PGDM (preferred)

Job description

Tasks

We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic professional to support the execution of the India, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Pacific (ISEAA) region's strategic priorities. Working closely with the Strategy Office Lead and senior stakeholders, you will help shape strategic initiatives, monitor market trends, identify growth opportunities, and support the successful execution of regional strategy. Success in this role requires strong analytical thinking, business acumen, stakeholder management, project management and the ability to translate complex information into clear strategic recommendations in a dynamic and evolving business environment.

Business Insights & Strategic Analytics

• Build business cases and investment evaluations for strategic initiatives
• Conduct market sizing and profitability analysis
• Develop forecasting model and scenario planning models
• Develop dashboards and analytical models for regional performance
• Generate actionable insights from business data for strategic decision-making

Strategy execution tracking

• Track strategic initiatives and milestones
• Maintain strategy dashboards and performance KPI tracking
• Support Balanced Scorecard reviews
• Highlight deviations and escalation topics

ISEAA Strategy PMO & SEA and AuP Strategy Development

• Own the Strategy PMO governance for the ISEAA region across SEA & AuP markets.
• Develop country and regional strategy inputs for SEA and AuP
• Monitor competitive landscape, regulations, and customer trends
• Identify growth opportunities and emerging risks
• Support annual strategy development process

Cross-regional Coordination

• Coordinate with regional strategy teams in SEA and AuP
• Consolidate regional market intelligence
• Support best-practice sharing across markets

Strategic Projects and Transformation Support

• Support Transformation and strategic objectives
• Conduct PMO activities where required
• Prepare leadership reports and review materials

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (mandatory), MBA / PGDM (preferred)

Experience
4-5 years in strategy, consulting, or corporate planning
Exposure to multi-market / regional business environments preferred

Specific knowledge
Strong strategic thinking & structured problem solving
Ability to synthesize complex regional inputs into clear insights
Leverage regional teams to deliver successful projects
Strong financial and analytical capability
Excellent stakeholder management across geographies
High ownership with execution discipline (not just strategy creation)
Strong communication skills for leadership-level storytelling