Deputy General Manager - Strategy

About Godrej Industries Group and Godrej Properties Limited

Godrej Industries Group (GIG) serves more than 1.1 billion customers worldwide through diverse sectors including consumer products, real estate, agriculture, financial services, and chemicals. Godrej Properties Limited integrates the Godrej Group's heritage of trust and innovation into the real estate sector by delivering projects that emphasize cutting-edge design, technology, and sustainability, built on a 125-year legacy.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive business plans for new projects, ensuring alignment with critical financial targets such as Profit Before Tax (PBT), Net Present Value (NPV), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee the punctual execution of projects, particularly focusing from deal closure to project launch.
• During asset management, ensure that project designs reflect intended positioning and cost expectations, optimize costing without compromising quality or customer satisfaction, devise marketing and sales strategies, determine optimal project launch timing, and identify potential business risks.
• Lead cross-functional collaborations and steer key business decisions related to assets.

• Formulate annual operational and long-term asset plans incorporating timelines including necessary approvals, launch dates, construction phases, market pricing trends, land payment structures, and private equity partner payouts to support efficient cash flow management and maintain business plan integrity post deal-closing.
• Conduct scenario analyses to optimize business plans.
• Define project key performance indicators (KPIs) annually and regularly review actual performance against these benchmarks.

• Collaborate with the Strategy Head and other functional leaders on strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing Godrej Properties’ long-term market leadership, such as accelerating sales, shortening time to launch, new product creation, and market entry strategies.
• Prepare detailed business analyses and scenario planning to support these initiatives.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to implement recommendations effectively.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree from reputed institutions.
• MBA from top-tier Indian business schools (IIMs, ISB, MDI, XLRI, FMS) or international equivalents.
• Minimum of five years’ experience in business strategy, preferably within the real estate sector.