Job Title: Political Analyst
Company: Kamakhya Analytics
Location: Bangalore, India (Positions may be India-based; travel will be a part of the job)
Experience Band: 5+ Years
About the Company:
Kamakhya Analytics is a technology-driven research and consulting organisation helping leaders, parties, and institutions decode India's political and policy landscape. We bring together survey science, data analytics, and strategic insight to answer complex questions about public opinion, governance, and performance. From ground-level fieldwork to advanced modelling and interpretation, every project is built for clarity, accuracy, and impact. Our teams manage the complete research cycle, design, execution, data engineering, and delivery under a single framework of discipline, transparency, and speed. Quality and integrity define our work. We apply rigorous controls in sampling and verification, maintain secure and reproducible data systems, and communicate results that withstand scrutiny. At Kamakhya, our mission is simple: turn evidence into strategy and insight into action.
Role Overview & Core Responsibilities
As a Political Analyst at Kamakhya, you will be the strategic and analytical anchor driving data intelligence across designated territories. You will bridge the gap between raw data and real-world politics, transforming complex numbers into insights and winning strategies.
In this role, you will be responsible for end-to-end data synthesis, strategic reporting, and operational coordination.
- Narrative Tracking & Fast-Response Surveys: Monitor high-impact national events and unfolding political happenings. Rapidly design, deploy, and analyse CATI & CAPI surveys to deliver real-time strategic briefs to leadership, state heads, and clients
- Data Synthesis & Connecting the Dots: Review and digest massive volumes of survey reports. Look past the raw percentages to synthesise fragmented data points, cross-referencing statistics with ground-level intelligence to uncover the overarching trends hidden within the numbers.
- Analytical Reporting & Insight Writing: Translate complex quantitative datasets into sharp, high-quality qualitative reports. Demystify the electoral landscape by clearly explaining the what, why, and how behind shifting voter behaviours, regional caste equations, and current events.
- Cross-Team Operations & Report Building: Act as a vital operational link between regional field execution teams, data science units, and central leadership. Leverage Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets to manage incoming survey requests, maintain data integrity, and build clean reporting frameworks.
- Project Leadership & Coordination: Seamlessly process, mobilise, and execute localised survey requests from start to finish. Coordinate field logistics under tight deadlines, with senior profiles taking full ownership of managing, mentoring, and scaling project teams.
- What We Are Looking For The Ideal Candidate: A highly data-oriented, process-driven strategist who possesses a profound interest in Indian elections. You are an individual who excels at systematically breaking down numbers and organising datasets into structured insights, while knowing exactly how to combine spreadsheets with ground realities to predict the next big wave.
Core Requirements:
- Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in consulting, management consulting, market research, election management, data analysis, or core analytical and report-writing role
- Political Acumen: A deep, intuitive understanding of Indian politics, local governance, and electoral dynamics, along with strong foundational knowledge of current state-level happenings.
- Analytical Rigour: A naturally analytical mind with a proven capability to interpret multiple data streams, identify hidden trends, and draw objective inferences that hold up under pressure.
- Technical Proficiency: Solid, practical knowledge of Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets for tracking, cleaning, managing datasets, and constructing presentable reporting frameworks (exposure to natural language to R/AI/SQL workflows is a distinct advantage).
- Communication & Collaboration: Strong interpersonal and cross-team communication skills to collaborate effectively across multi-functional teams. For mid-to-senior level profiles, a proven track record of managing teams and coordinating field logistics under tight deadlines is required.
- Mindset: A highly curious, agile individual with a strong drive to learn new things and explore new boundaries in a fast-evolving, data-led industry.
Why Join Kamakhya:
- The Gold Standard: Work at the absolute forefront of India's political analytics landscape with a company boasting high-accuracy outcomes and a tech-enabled backbone.
- Impact, Autonomy & Learning: Lead, build, or accelerate your career within an ecosystem that solves real problems with real grit, while learning from industry pioneers who are rewriting the playbook on public opinion polls.
- Growth-Driven Culture: Progress in a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment where fresh analytical perspectives are highly valued, managers care about your professional growth, and you are consistently encouraged to push beyond your comfort zone.
