Sr. Strategic India Operations Specialist

Advarra; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Advarra in Bengaluru, Karnataka, is seeking a results-driven leader to partner with the Country Head in planning, coordinating, and executing strategic initiatives across India. The role emphasizes governance, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration to accelerate business priorities.

You will develop executive dashboards, summarize performance for leadership reviews, and prepare communications for town halls and all-hands meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Management, Life Sciences, Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting business operations, strategy execution, program management, project management, consulting, executive offices, or related operational leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior leaders and managing cross-functional initiatives that require coordination across multiple stakeholders and business functions.
• Strong analytical skills with experience analyzing data and translating insights into actionable recommendations, executive summaries, dashboards, and leadership reports.

Responsibilities

• Support the Country Head in planning, coordinating, and executing key strategic initiatives across the India organization.
• Track progress against business priorities and ensure timely completion of action items and deliverables.
• Conduct research, gather business insights, and develop recommendations to support leadership decision-making.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities associated with strategic initiatives and organizational priorities.
• Partner with leaders across functions to collect information, monitor deliverables, and facilitate collaboration.
• Serve as a liaison between the Country Head and business functions to ensure alignment, communication, and execution.
• Maintain leadership action trackers and monitor progress against agreed commitments.
• Coordinate follow-up actions and ensure stakeholder accountability.
• Collect, consolidate, and analyze business data from multiple functions to support leadership reviews and decision-making.
• Develop executive reports, dashboards, and summaries that provide visibility into key business metrics and priorities.
• Support preparation of quarterly business reviews, operational reviews, and leadership meetings.
• Identify trends, insights, and improvement opportunities that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, briefing materials, executive reports, and leadership communications.
• Support planning and execution of town halls, leadership forums, all-hands meetings, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Assist in drafting leadership communications and organizational updates.
• Ensure consistency, professionalism, and quality across executive-facing materials.
• Maintain and enhance leadership SharePoint sites, repositories, and collaboration platforms.
• Organize and manage strategic documents, project updates, meeting materials, and business records.
• Support governance processes including meeting planning, agenda management, documentation, and action tracking.
• Establish and maintain effective operating rhythms and communication channels.
• Coordinate leadership meetings, workshops, off-sites, and key organizational events.
• Support planning and logistics for strategic programs and cross-functional initiatives.
• Ensure seamless execution of events and timely follow-up on action items.
• Partner with HR, Communications, and business leaders on organizational initiatives.
• Drive process improvements related to leadership operations, reporting, communication, and collaboration.
• Develop scalable processes, tools, and frameworks that improve organizational efficiency and visibility.
• Support special projects and ad hoc assignments as directed by the Country Head.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Excel and PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Management, Life Sciences, Technology, or related field

MBA or postgraduate degree

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Company Information

At Advarra, we are passionate about making a difference in the world of clinical research and advancing human health. With a rich history rooted in ethical review services combined with innovative technology solutions and deep industry expertise, we are at the forefront of industry change. A market leader and pioneer, Advarra breaks the silos that impede clinical research, aligning patients, sites, sponsors, and CROs in a connected ecosystem to accelerate trials.

Company Information

At Advarra, we are passionate about making a difference in the world of clinical research and advancing human health. With a rich history rooted in ethical review services combined with innovative technology solutions and deep industry expertise, we are at the forefront of industry change. A market leader and pioneer, Advarra breaks the silos that impede clinical research, aligning patients, sites, sponsors, and CROs in a connected ecosystem to accelerate trials.

Company Culture

Our employees are the heart of Advarra. They are the key to our success and the driving force behind our mission and vision. Our values (Patient-Centric, Ethical, Quality Focused, Collaborative) guide our actions and decisions. Knowing the impact of our work on trial participants and patients, we act with urgency and purpose to advance clinical research so that people can live happier, healthier lives.

At Advarra, we seek to foster an inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone is treated with respect and diverse perspectives are embraced. Treating one another, our clients, and clinical trial participants with empathy and care are key tenets of our culture at Advarra; we are committed to creating a workplace where each employee is not only valued but empowered to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Initiative Support

• Support the Country Head in planning, coordinating, and executing key strategic initiatives across the India organization.
• Track progress against business priorities and ensure timely completion of action items and deliverables.
• Conduct research, gather business insights, and develop recommendations to support leadership decision-making.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities associated with strategic initiatives and organizational priorities.

Leadership Coordination & Execution

• Partner with leaders across functions to collect information, monitor deliverables, and facilitate collaboration.
• Serve as a liaison between the Country Head and business functions to ensure alignment, communication, and execution.
• Maintain leadership action trackers and monitor progress against agreed commitments.
• Coordinate follow-up actions and ensure stakeholder accountability.

Business Reporting & Analytics

• Collect, consolidate, and analyze business data from multiple functions to support leadership reviews and decision-making.
• Develop executive reports, dashboards, and summaries that provide visibility into key business metrics and priorities.
• Support preparation of quarterly business reviews, operational reviews, and leadership meetings.
• Identify trends, insights, and improvement opportunities that enhance organizational effectiveness.

Executive Communications & Presentations

• Prepare high-quality presentations, briefing materials, executive reports, and leadership communications.
• Support planning and execution of town halls, leadership forums, all-hands meetings, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Assist in drafting leadership communications and organizational updates.
• Ensure consistency, professionalism, and quality across executive-facing materials.

Knowledge Management & Governance

• Maintain and enhance leadership SharePoint sites, repositories, and collaboration platforms.
• Organize and manage strategic documents, project updates, meeting materials, and business records.
• Support governance processes including meeting planning, agenda management, documentation, and action tracking.
• Establish and maintain effective operating rhythms and communication channels.

Program & Event Management

• Coordinate leadership meetings, workshops, off-sites, and key organizational events.
• Support planning and logistics for strategic programs and cross-functional initiatives.
• Ensure seamless execution of events and timely follow-up on action items.
• Partner with HR, Communications, and business leaders on organizational initiatives.

Operational Excellence

• Drive process improvements related to leadership operations, reporting, communication, and collaboration.
• Develop scalable processes, tools, and frameworks that improve organizational efficiency and visibility.
• Support special projects and ad hoc assignments as directed by the Country Head.

Location

This role is open to candidates based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India who are able to work in a hybrid capacity.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Management, Life Sciences, Technology, or a related field.
• 5+years of experience supporting business operations, strategy execution, program management, project Management, consulting, executive offices, or related operational leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior leaders and managing cross-functional initiatives that require coordination across multiple stakeholders and business functions.
• Strong analytical skills with experience analyzing data and translating insights into actionable recommendations, executive summaries, dashboards, and leadership reports.

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including development of executive-level presentations, business reviews, reporting materials, and leadership communications .

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or postgraduate degree in Business, Management, or related field.. (Preferred is implied b/c it is listed under the PQ section)
• Experience supporting a Country Head, General Manager, Executive Leadership Team, or Chief of Staff function. Move to BQs)
• Experience working within a multinational or global matrix organization.
• Experience working in dashboards and business reporting using Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics.
• Experience within healthcare, life sciences, technology, SaaS, or professional services organizations.
• Strong change management, organizational effectiveness, and stakeholder influence skills.

Physical And Mental Requirements

• Sit or stand for extended periods of time at stationary workstation
• Regularly carry, raise, and lower objects of up to 10 Lbs.
• Learn and comprehend basic instructions
• Focus and attention to tasks and responsibilities
• Verbal communication; listening and understanding, responding, and speaking

Advarra is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to providing a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identify), national origin, age, disability or genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.