Strategy Associate – Infrastructure & Operations

India Autism Center; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

India Autism Center in Kolkata seeks a Strategy Associate for Infrastructure & Operations to strengthen monitoring and evaluation of strategic plans, with focus on infrastructure, finance, procurement, technology, and campus operations.

You will collaborate with leadership to assess progress, budgets, and timelines, identify gaps and risks, and track corrective actions, driving institutional effectiveness and reporting accuracy.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience in project monitoring, business analysis, operations, financial analysis, procurement, infrastructure projects, or management reporting.
• MBA in FinTech is required.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse plans, budgets, timelines, performance data, and operational processes.
• Experience preparing reports, maintaining trackers, identifying implementation gaps, and following up on corrective actions.
• Strong analytical, organisational, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Proficiency in spreadsheets, dashboards, and management reporting tools.
• Ability to work across multiple departments and manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor departmental plans, projects, and organisation-wide strategic priorities against deliverables, milestones, budgets, and timelines.
• Review progress across infrastructure development, construction, procurement, campus operations, administration, IT, and finance.
• Identify deviations from approved plans, analyse causes, and flag delays, variances, resource constraints, and bottlenecks.
• Maintain performance trackers and monitor completion of agreed actions by accountable teams.
• Conduct structured reviews to assess progress, efficiency, and adherence to plans.
• Coordinate internal reviews and audits; document observations and track corrective actions to closure.
• Identify process gaps and recommend improvements in consultation with relevant teams.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Business analysis

Strategic thinking

Education

MBA in FinTech

Tools

Spreadsheets

Dashboards

Management reporting tools

Job description

Strategy Associate – Infrastructure & Operations

Full Time| Department – CEO’s Office| 5+ Years

Department: CEO’s Office
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience: Minimum 5 years
Compensation: Up to ₹10 LPA
Qualification: MBA in FinTech

Role Overview

India Autism Center (IAC) is building an integrated ecosystem of clinical services, vocational development, research, training, and residential living for individuals on the autism spectrum and their families.

We are looking for a Strategy Associate to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of organisational strategy, with a specialist focus on infrastructure development, finance, procurement, technology, administration, and campus operations.

Working with leadership, the role will assess progress against agreed objectives, budgets, resource requirements, quality standards, and timelines. You will play a key role in analysing performance, identifying implementation gaps and emerging risks, recommending improvements, and tracking agreed corrective actions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Performance Monitoring

• Monitor departmental plans, projects, and organisation-wide strategic priorities against agreed deliverables, milestones, quality parameters, budgets, resource requirements, and timelines.
• Review progress across infrastructure development, construction, procurement, campus operations, administration, IT, and finance.
• Identify deviations from approved plans, analyse underlying causes, and flag delays, cost variances, resource constraints, and implementation bottlenecks.
• Maintain performance trackers and monitor the completion of agreed actions by accountable teams.

2. Strategic Evaluation & Review

• Conduct structured, evidence-based reviews of projects, departments, and strategic initiatives to assess progress, effectiveness, efficiency, and adherence to approved plans.
• Examine project schedules, budgets, procurement processes, expenditure trends, resource utilisation, dependencies, and delivery milestones, as applicable.
• Analyse recurring gaps, delays, cost overruns, process weaknesses, and deviations from established standards.
• Prepare findings and practical recommendations for the relevant leadership.
• Coordinate internal review and audit activities, document observations, and track corrective and preventive actions through closure.

3. Policies, Systems & Process Implementation

• Identify organisational needs and process gaps and support the development of appropriate systems, structures, policies, workflows, SOPs, and accountability mechanisms.
• Monitor the implementation and adoption of established systems across relevant departments.
• Review procurement workflows, project reporting mechanisms, financial controls, administrative processes, and operational systems for effectiveness and consistency.
• Identify duplication, inefficiencies, and gaps in implementation and recommend improvements in consultation with the relevant teams.
• Maintain and periodically review relevant organisational and project risk registers.
• Monitor identified risks relating to construction, procurement, budgets, resources, timelines, operational readiness, and interdepartmental dependencies.
• Track mitigation plans, identify emerging risks, and elevate material concerns or unresolved issues to the Strategy Lead.
• Monitor whether agreed mitigation measures are implemented within the specified timelines.
• Consolidate data from projects and departments into accurate dashboards, management reports, review presentations, and analytical summaries.
• Analyse performance trends across cost, quality, timelines, resource utilisation, and operational readiness.
• Provide evidence-based insights into recurring challenges, emerging risks, and opportunities to improve institutional effectiveness.
• Support periodic departmental and organisation-wide strategic reviews.

6. Cross-functional Coordination & Accountability

• Work with project owners, department heads, and relevant teams to review progress and understand implementation challenges.
• Follow up on agreed actions, document ownership and deadlines, and monitor timely resolution.
• Identify dependencies and bottlenecks across infrastructure, finance, procurement, IT, administration, and campus operations.
• Escalate persistent deviations and unresolved issues through the established reporting structure.

Key Outcomes

• Reliable visibility into the progress, cost, quality, resource requirements, and timelines of key projects and organisational priorities.
• Early identification of implementation gaps, project risks, and operational readiness issues.
• Evidence-based evaluation of departmental and project performance.
• Strong implementation and adoption of organisational systems, processes, and controls.
• Timely follow-through on agreed corrective actions.
• High-quality management reporting that supports informed leadership decisions.

Must-have Requirements

• 5 years of relevant experience in project monitoring, business analysis, operations, financial analysis, procurement, infrastructure projects, or management reporting.
• MBA in FinTech.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse plans, budgets, timelines, performance data, and operational processes.
• Experience preparing reports, maintaining trackers, identifying implementation gaps, and following up on corrective actions.
• Strong analytical, organisational, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Proficiency in spreadsheets, dashboards, and management reporting tools.
• Ability to work across multiple departments and manage competing priorities.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to construction or infrastructure projects, procurement, budgeting, or campus operations.
• Familiarity with project management tools, financial controls, workflow systems, and risk registers.
• Experience in healthcare, education, non-profit, social-impact, or other multi-stakeholder organisations.
• Understanding of process improvement, internal controls, and project evaluation methodologies.

About India Autism Center

India Autism Center is a not-for-profit organisation building a comprehensive ecosystem of support, training, research, and lifelong residential living for individuals on the autism spectrum and their families. IAC works towards greater independence, dignity, belonging, and quality of life for individuals and families across India.