- Designation: Agri Subject Matter Expert (SME)
- Reporting to: Founding Partners
- Job Location: Mumbai (Work from home) / Deployment to client site on need basis, for limited periods
- Department: Advisory - Agri Inputs Practice
- No of Vacancies: 1
- Nature of Work: Individual contributor consulting role - leading client engagements across seeds, crop protection and agri-inputs from scratch of each mandate.
- Team Size: Individual contributor; no direct reports.
- Education/Qualification: MBA mandatory.
- Overall Years of Experience Required: 10+ years in Product Management & Marketing within the Agri Inputs industry (Seeds / Crop Protection).
- Interaction with: Founding partners, client CXOs and Business Heads, cross-functional client teams.
- Industry Preference: Seeds and Crop Protection strongly preferred; prior experience with leading multinational organizations preferred.
- Career Progression: Path from Agri SME to Director to Partner as the practice scales.
- International Travel Needed: Occasionally.
Role & responsibilities
- Own client engagements end to end market assessments, competitive benchmarking, go-to-market strategy, portfolio optimisation and channel effectiveness work.
- Serve as the subject matter anchor,
bringing real industry depth on product lifecycle, go-to-market execution, channel strategy and farmer-centric models into every client conversation.
- Present strategic recommendations directly to client CXOs and Business Heads.
- Contribute to proposals, client pitches and thought leadership content that strengthens the firm's market position.
- Build and maintain relationships with client stakeholders across the agribusiness and agri-input ecosystem
Preferred candidate profile
We are seeking a senior agri-inputs skilled with an MBA and 10+ years of experience in Product Management and Marketing within the Seeds or Crop Protection industry. Prior experience with a leading multinational organisation is preferred. The ideal candidate will have led product lifecycle management, go-to-market execution and channel strategy, with demonstrable, quantifiable business impact. Strong stakeholder management and the ability to operate independently in a client-facing advisory capacity are essential - this is not a team-management role. The candidate must be genuinely comfortable in an individual contributor, advisory-style position without direct reports, and be based in or willing to relocate to Mumbai. Age 35-45 preferred.