Job Role: Lead – Strategic Initiatives | CEO’s Office

About the Role:

We are looking for a strategy professional to work closely with the CEO’s Office on initiatives that drive business performance, profitability, operational efficiency and long-term growth.

The role will focus on identifying and driving strategic opportunities across the EPC business, including cost optimisation, process and operational efficiency, product/value enhancement, business performance improvement and new strategic initiatives .

The person will work closely with business and functional stakeholders to understand business challenges, analyse data and processes, evaluate opportunities, develop actionable recommendations and drive initiatives through implementation. This is a hands-on strategy and execution role where the individual will be expected to move beyond analysis and presentations to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic & Business Initiatives

- Work closely with the CEO’s Office to identify and execute high-impact strategic initiatives .
- Translate leadership priorities and business objectives into structured initiatives with clear outcomes, timelines and success metrics.
- Evaluate business challenges and opportunities through commercial, operational and financial analysis.
- Develop business cases, recommendations and implementation plans for strategic initiatives.
- Track strategic initiatives and work closely with stakeholders to ensure timely execution and measurable outcomes.

2. Cost Optimisation & Business Performance

- Identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency, resource utilisation and overall project profitability .




- Analyse project and business-level cost structures to identify leakages, inefficiencies and opportunities for optimisation.
- Work with Finance, Procurement, Projects and other relevant teams to develop and implement cost optimisation initiatives.
- Evaluate business performance against budgets, plans and defined KPIs and identify areas requiring intervention.
- Develop frameworks and dashboards to track the impact of key initiatives.

3. Process & Operational Excellence

- Identify gaps, bottlenecks and inefficiencies across processes and recommend improvements.
- Review existing ways of working and identify opportunities for simplification, standardisation, automation and scalability .
- Work with functional teams to redesign processes and drive implementation.
- Develop SOPs, governance mechanisms, performance metrics and review frameworks where required.
- Monitor post-implementation outcomes to ensure improvements are sustained.

4. Product & Value Enhancement

- Identify opportunities to enhance the value proposition, product offering and customer experience within the EPC business.
- Analyse customer requirements, market trends, competitor practices and business performance to identify areas of prospect.
- Evaluate new products, services,



technologies and solutions that can improve customer value or business profitability.
- Support pilots and proof-of-concepts and assess their commercial viability before wider implementation.

5. CEO’s Office & Special Projects

- Support the CEO and leadership team on high-priority strategic and special projects .
- Conduct structured analysis on ambiguous or complex business problems and develop actionable recommendations.
- Support leadership in preparing for business reviews, strategic discussions and key management meetings.
- Take ownership of new initiatives where the problem statement may not be clearly defined and create a structured approach to solve it.

Professional Experience & Industry Background

- 5–8 years of relevant professional experience in strategy, business consulting, business transformation, corporate strategy, business planning, operational excellence, program management or similar roles.
- Prior experience in Real Estate or other project-driven businesses is strongly preferred.
- Experience working on cost optimisation, process improvement, business performance, commercial strategy or strategic initiatives will be preferred.
- Exposure to working directly with CXOs, founders, business heads or senior leadership teams will be an advantage.
- Experience managing cross-functional projects from problem identification through implementation is preferred.
- Candidates must be based in Mumbai.

Educational Qualifications

- MBA / PGDM from a leading institution such as IIM / ISB or equivalent.
- Great people and analytical skills

📌 Lead – Strategic Initiatives | CEO’s Office (Mumbai)
🏢 UrbanWrk
📍 Mumbai