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• Lead client engagements from inception to completion, defining strategic objectives, developing comprehensive business strategies, and guiding implementation.
• Conduct in-depth market research, competitive analysis, and internal assessments to identify strategic opportunities and challenges.
• Develop strategic frameworks, business models, and growth plans tailored to specific client needs and industry landscapes.
• Advise senior executives on critical business decisions, including market entry, product innovation, organizational restructuring, and M&A.
• Facilitate strategic planning workshops and collaborate closely with client leadership to build consensus and drive alignment.
• Manage project teams, mentor junior consultants, and ensure the highest quality of deliverables.
• Build and nurture strong, long-term relationships with key client stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor.
• Contribute to the firm's thought leadership by developing innovative strategic frameworks and sharing best practices.
• Stay informed about global economic trends, industry dynamics, and emerging business models.
• Effectively manage project timelines, budgets, and resources in a remote collaboration environment.

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree from a top-tier institution; a PhD in a relevant field is a plus.
• Minimum of 9 years of experience in management consulting, with a strong emphasis on corporate strategy and business transformation.
• Demonstrated success in leading and delivering impactful strategy projects for major corporations across various industries.
• Expertise in strategic analysis tools, frameworks (e.g., Porter's Five Forces, SWOT), and business modeling techniques.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and quantitative skills.
• Superior communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Proven leadership capabilities and experience in managing and developing consulting teams.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a distributed, remote team setting.
• Deep understanding of financial analysis and its application to strategic decision-making.
• A passion for solving complex business challenges and driving tangible client value.

Position Title: Manager, Office of the COO

Location: Mumbai

Reporting To: Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Position Overview

The Manager – Office of the COO will play a pivotal role in supporting the Chief Operating Officer in the strategic and operational management of the University. This role goes beyond traditional administrative support and requires a candidate who can combine strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage complex data, create business intelligence dashboards, and drive operational efficiency across multiple verticals.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic and Operational Support

• Work closely with the COO to monitor progress on key institutional initiatives and operational goals.
• Support in planning, coordination, and follow-up on strategic projects across departments such as administration, operations, finance, and infrastructure.
• Prepare presentations, reports, and updates for internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct research and provide analytical inputs to support decision-making by the COO.

2. Data Management and Analysis

• Collect, analyze, and interpret operational data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and other reporting tools to track key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments.
• Generate data-driven insights and visual reports for review by senior leadership.

3. Coordination and Communication

• Act as a central communication point between the COO’s office and various departments, ensuring smooth information flow and timely action.
• Draft official correspondence, meeting notes, and follow-up communications on behalf of the COO.
• Assist in stakeholder management and coordination with internal and external partners.

4. Administrative and Logistical Support

• Manage the COO’s calendar, appointments, and travel arrangements efficiently.
• Schedule, organize, and coordinate internal and external meetings, reviews, and events.
• Maintain documentation and ensure confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Track action items arising from meetings and ensure timely completion.

5. Continuous Improvement

• Support the design and implementation of process improvement initiatives across operational areas.
• Benchmark best practices from leading universities and recommend operational enhancements.
• Help develop monitoring frameworks to evaluate efficiency and performance of operational systems.

Qualifications and Experience

• Educational Qualification: MBA or equivalent postgraduate degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Experience: 2–3 years of experience in a similar capacity within the education sector or corporate environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated expertise in Power BI, Excel, and data visualization.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and handle confidential information with discretion.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to understand institutional goals and align operations accordingly.
• Analytical Skills: Proficiency in data interpretation and translating insights into actionable outcomes.
• Project Management: Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously with precision and accountability.
• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication for stakeholder engagement and executive reporting.
• Technology Proficiency: Expertise in MS Office Suite, Power BI, and collaboration tools.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.
• Attention to Detail: High accuracy and thoroughness in documentation and analysis.

Confidentiality: Strong sense of professionalism and discretion in handling sensitive information.

About the team

The analytics team at slice plays a critical role in all the decisions both small and big. As a Business Analyst you will be charged with solving various problems in the company using data. Your job doesn't end at finding insights and giving recommendations, you are also responsible for getting your recommendations implemented and ensuring actual business impact.

Some examples of the problem statements that might come to the team

• How to increase the usage of product X by Y%?
• How to increase our user acquisition by 100% in 3 months?
• How to decrease the credit loss in segment X?
• How to increase revenue in segment Y?

About the role

As a Business Analyst, you will help shape slice's credit and business strategies by combining your product and business acumen and data-driven insights. As a key member of the team, you work closely with leadership, credit, and product teams to craft and execute analytics-driven strategies for business growth.

What You will do

• Break down a business problem into different smaller problems.
• Work with key leaders in the company to get a deeper understanding of the business problem at hand.
• Coordinate with the data team to ensure that data is available in the required format ready to be consumed by you.
• Generate insights from the data and come up with recommendations.
• Convince the relevant stakeholders to get your recommendations implemented.
• Measure the impact post-implementation and take further steps if necessary.
• Be satisfied making an actual and significant impact on the business :)

What you will need

• 1-2 years experience in analytics
• Expertise in databases and scripting languages (Advanced SQL, Basic Python/R, Advanced Excel)
• Ability to draw conclusions from data and recommend actions.
• Demonstrated leadership and self-direction.
• Demonstrated willingness to both teach others and learn new techniques.

Life at slice:

Life so good, you’d think we’re kidding:

• Competitive salaries. Period.
• An extensive medical insurance that looks out for our employees & their dependants. We’ll love you and take care of you, our promise.
• Flexible working hours. Just don’t call us at 3AM, we like our sleep schedule.
• Tailored vacation & leave policies so that you enjoy every important moment in your life.
• A reward system that celebrates hard work and milestones throughout the year. Expect a gift coming your way anytime you kill it here.
• Learning and upskilling opportunities. Seriously, not kidding.
• Good food, games, and a cool office to make you feel like home. An environment so good, you’ll forget the term “colleagues can’t be your friends”.
• We believe in equality. Period.

At slice, we are committed to building a diverse and talented workforce. We never discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by the applicable law.

We consider all qualified job-seekers with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the applicable law. Additionally, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities in order to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Come join our crew!

About us

slice

A new bank for a new India

slice’s purpose is to make the world better at using money and time, with a major focus on building the best consumer experience for your money. We’ve all felt how slow, confusing, and complicated banking can be. So, we’re reimagining it. We’re building every product from scratch to be fast, transparent, and feel good, because we believe that the best products transcend demographics, like how great music touches most of us.

Our cornerstone products and services: slice savings account, slice UPI credit card, slice UPI, and slice business are designed to be simple, rewarding, and completely in your control. At slice, you’ll get to build things you’d use yourself and shape the future of banking in India. We tailor our working experience with the belief that the present moment is the only real thing in life. And we have harmony in the present the most when we feel happy and successful together.

We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors, including Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Advent International, Blume Ventures, and Gunosy Capital.

About the Team

Currently, Navi is into Lending, Health Insurance, Mutual Funds, Gold & UPI. This position is for the function SBO (Strategy & Business Operations), which spans across all of these businesses. SBO is front end for all non-automated interactions with Navi customers and has two broad focus areas:

1. Be the representative of the customers in Navi and the representative of Navi to the Customers

2. Build Industry first and best ever customer-facing innovations across products - Look for big problem statements which can create long-term step-jump results (e.g. how to make cashless health claims to 90% - Industry is at 50% or how to solve fraud in debt management and claims)

SBO currently has four operating verticals with a prime focus on achieving business objectives:

1. Debt Management – Focus on making our lending portfolio profitable by ensuring we get the most of money back, we have lent using data science and human behavior principles.

2. Customer Experience – Understanding users' pain points and working with product and tech to better our offerings.

3. Claims – Give the best ever customer experience to genuine customers and catch all fraudulent cases upfront

4. Operations – Non-customer-facing operations focused on making the customer experience better while managing operations risk

SBO also has central functions to ensure constant innovation & support for operating verticals:

● Process Excellence – Create, audit, and improve people and various processes: broadly involves auditing and doing RCAs on people and processes, and using that to drive actions which improve the business metrics for short and long term.

● Control tower – Real-time monitoring of all critical business metrics, along with pre-empting and intervening in any issues at an early stage

About the Role

The Chief of Staff to the SBO is a very high-exposure role at Navi. This role provides the birds eye view of every part of the business. The Chief of Staff acts as a strategic partner to the Head of Strategy and Business Operations, enabling effective execution of key priorities across the function. The role ensures alignment between leadership vision and ground-level execution through cross-functional coordination, governance, and analytical problem-solving. The role will oversee high impact initiatives and projects across all functions within Strategy and Business Operations

What We Expect From You

● Strategic Initiatives: Collaborate with the Head of SBO to develop and implement key strategic initiatives.

● Within strategic initiatives, own and execute some initiatives which may not fit neatly into one of the functions

● Operational Efficiency: Improve current processes and coordinate within the function and outside for optimized efficiency and productivity

● Communication Bridge: Act as a liaison between the Head of SBO and other executives, employees, and stakeholders, facilitating clear communication and enhancing collaboration.

● Project Management: Oversee key projects and initiatives, ensuring that they stay on track and that resources are allocated effectively.

● Problem Solving: Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to support decision-making.

Must Haves

● Entrepreneurial mind-set along with an ability to hustle and solve problems on-ground

● Ability to think outside the box and be comfortable dealing with unstructured problem statements.

● Business first thinking

● Highly analytical and data driven

● Strong interpersonal skills, with a high level of empathy

● Strong verbal and written communication

● Ability to work in a fast paced environment and be a self-starter.

About Navi

We are on a mission to make finance simple, accessible and affordable for a billion Indians. Guided by a strong customer-first approach, we are building tech-first solutions that work at scale. Our offerings include a range of financial products and services across Loans, Insurance, Mutual Funds, Digital Gold and UPI.

Founded by Sachin Bansal & Ankit Agarwal in 2018, we are one of India’s fastest-growing financial services organisations. But we’re just getting started!

Our Culture

At Navi, we’re a place where ambition meets opportunity and ideas turn into impact quickly. We empower people with high ownership from the start, encouraging them to solve meaningful problems and build with excellence. Teams here work in an environment that values speed, collaboration and craftsmanship, while celebrating learning, growth and shared wins along the way. Whether you’re shaping the future of fintech products or driving innovation behind the scenes, life at Navi means being part of a high-energy, talent-driven workplace where your contributions truly make a difference.

We’re guided by our own operating system - The Navi OS - a set of principles that shape how we work and win together. You can explore them at navi.com/our-values to see what drives us every day.

If this feels like you, Navi is the place to grow, thrive and make a real impact.