Summary
Position Summary
Research and Insights: Strategy and Operation – Assistant Manager
The Assistant Manager – Research & Insights (R&I) Strategy & Operations role plays a critical execution and enablement role across strategy, operations, analytics, and delivery within Research & Insights. The Strategy & Operations (S&O) team operates across four core pillars—R&I Transformation & Strategy, Business Intelligence & Impact, Deployment & Activation, and Delivery Excellence—and this role sits at the intersection of these pillars, with primary ownership in Transformation and Delivery Excellence and active engagement across the others.
The role is accountable for driving effective execution of R&I priorities by translating strategy into clear plans, owning reporting and progress tracking, strengthening delivery discipline, and enabling teams with the right insights, tools, and operating processes. The Assistant Manager is expected to demonstrate end ‑ to ‑ end ownership and accountability for outcomes, working independently with sound judgment while partnering closely with senior stakeholders to deliver measurable, sustainable results.
Work you'll do
Key Responsibilities
Strategy Execution & Transformation Support
- Support execution of strategic initiatives by managing workstreams, tracking progress, and coordinating deliverables across multiple teams.
- Translate leadership priorities into clear action plans, operational roadmaps, and tracking mechanisms.
- Drive alignment across teams by highlighting dependencies, risks, and delivery gaps.
- Develop and manage KPIs to track progress, adoption, and impact of initiatives.
Automation & Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting and operational processes.
- Design and implement automation using Excel, Power Query, Power BI, Power Automate, or similar tools.
- Recommend new tools and data approaches to improve quality and turnaround time.
- Standardize templates and delivery approaches to enable scalability.
- Support change management related to new processes, tools, and ways of working.
Operations, Delivery & Process Excellence
- Own assigned initiatives and projects end ‑ to ‑ end, managing scope, timelines, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Define success measures and manage ongoing operational and KPI reporting cycles.
- Drive delivery rigor by tracking milestones, actions, and outcomes.
- Maintain and improve operational systems, trackers, SharePoint sites, and documentation.
- Identify and implement process improvements to improve efficiency and scalability.
Reporting, Analytics & Insight Generation
- Own recurring and ad ‑ hoc leadership reports across performance, pipeline, deployment, impact, and budget.
- Analyze multi ‑ source datasets and generate actionable insights aligned to business priorities.
- Develop executive ‑ ready dashboards, storyboards, and presentations using Excel, PowerPoint, and BI tools.
- Support narrative development for leadership reviews and decision ‑ making forums.
- Stakeholder & Execution Management
- Act as a trusted execution partner to senior stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Finance, Talent, Technology, and Marketing to manage dependencies and processes.
- Communicate progress clearly, manage expectations, and proactively flag risks.
- Support preparation of leadership ‑ level materials and reviews.
Key Skills
Technical & Analytical Skills
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar visualization tools
- Strong analytical and problem ‑ solving skills
- Exposure to automation tools such as Power Query or Power Automate
Professional Skills
- Strong project management and execution capability
- Executive ‑ ready communication and storytelling
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a matrixed environment
- High attention to quality and detail
Qualifications
- Master's degree (MBA or equivalent preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in strategy, operations, analytics, reporting, or program management
- Experience supporting senior stakeholders in a large matrixed organization
Location: Hyderabad
Shift Timings: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM
How You'll Grow
At Deloitte, we've invested a great deal to create a rich environment in which our professionals can grow. We want all our people to develop in their own way, playing to their own strengths as they hone their leadership skills. And, as a part of our efforts, we provide our professionals with a variety of learning and networking opportunities— including exposure to leaders, sponsors, coaches, and challenging assignments—to help accelerate their careers along the way. No two people learn in the same way. So, we provide a range of resources including live classrooms, team-based learning, and eLearning. DU: The Leadership Center in India, our state-of-the-art, world- class learning Center in the Hyderabad offices is an extension of the Deloitte University (DU) in Westlake, Texas,
and represents a tangible symbol of our commitment to our people's growth and development. Explore DU: The Leadership Center in India .
Benefits
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Our positive and supportive culture encourages our people to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them to be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and are continuously looking for new ways to maintain a culture that is inclusive, invites authenticity, leverages our diversity, and where our people excel and lead healthy, happy lives. Learn more about Life at Deloitte .
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Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities. Learn more about Deloitte's impact on the world.
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Benefits To Help You Thrive
At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. Our comprehensive rewards program helps us deliver a distinctly Deloitte experience that helps that empowers our professionals to thrive mentally, physically, and financially—and live their purpose. To support our professionals and their loved ones, we offer a broad range of benefits. Eligibility requirements may be based on role, tenure, type of employment and/ or other criteria. Learn more about what working at Deloitte can mean for you.
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