Strategy Manager

Godrej Properties; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Godrej Properties in Mumbai seeks a strategic professional to lead asset management and business planning for new projects, ensuring alignment with PBT, NPV, IRR targets and timely execution.

The role collaborates with Strategy Head and cross-functional teams on sales acceleration, reducing time to launch, and market-entry strategies; MBA required with 2+ years in real estate strategy.

Qualifications

• Undergrad degree from a leading institution.
• MBA from a top-tier program (IIMs/ISB/MDI/XLRI/FMS or international equivalents).
• Minimum 2 years experience in business strategy within real estate.

Responsibilities

• Asset Management: formulate the business plan for new projects and ensure adherence to PBT, NPV, IRR and other financial objectives over the project life cycle.
• Ensure timely execution of projects and align design with the business plan, monitor cost optimization while preserving quality and customer experience, outline marketing and sales plans and optimal launch timing, and flag business risks.
• Business Planning: develop annual operating plan and long-range plan considering timelines, approvals, launches, construction, pricing, land payments, and PE payouts for cashflow management.
• Scenario analysis to optimise the business plan and KPI reviews against yearly targets.
• Strategic Assignments: collaborate with Strategy Head and heads of functions on long-term capability development, sales acceleration, faster launch times, new product development and market-entry strategies.

Education

Undergrad from leading institutions

MBA from Tier 1 (IIMs/ISB/MDI/XLRI/FMS) or international business schools

Job description

Key responsibilities:

Asset Management:

To formulate the business plan for new projects and ensure adherence to key financial objectives of PBT, NPV, IRR etc. over the life cycle

• Ensure timely execution of the project
• The focus on asset management role would be greater during the period from deal signing to project launch as the asset manager would be required to (i) ensure that the design is in line with the positioning and costing envisaged in the business plan, (ii) monitor if costing of the product is optimised while preserving the quality and customer experience, (iii) formulate marketing and sales plan and determine the optimal launch plan for the project, (iv) highlight any risks to the business
• Drive all cross functional and key business decisions related to the asset

Business Planning:

• To make the annual operating plan and the long-range plan for the asset being managed by factoring in timelines, including approvals, launch, and construction, market sentiment in terms of pricing, structure of land related payments, pay out to private equity partner etc., with aim of efficient cashflow management and preserving the business plan envisaged at the time of deal closing
• Scenario analysis for optimising the business plan
• Determine the key performance indicators for the project for the year and periodic review of actual performance with respect to these

Strategic Assignments:

• Work with Strategy Head and Functional Heads on key strategic assignments for developing long term capability of the business for Godrej Properties to emerge as a sustained market leader. Examples of such assignments are sales acceleration, reducing time to launch, new product development, entry strategy for new markets etc.
• Prepare the business analysis and scenarios
• Work with a cross functional team to drive the recommendations and their implementation thereafter

Qualification & Experience:

• Undergrad from leading institutions
• MBA from Tier 1 (IIMs/ISB/MDI/XLRI/FMS) or international business schools
• Experience: Minimum 2 years experience in a Business Strategy real estate business preferable.