Head - Strategic Planning Group -

Job Purpose
This Position leads the organization in setting its Strategic Direction and preparing strategic Business Plan & AOP, along with monitoring of the same and tracking the performance of the competitive Airport in vicinity. It interacts with External Stakeholders including GoG/GoI agencies, potential investor/tenants to pursue key business imperatives, policy advocacy and anchoring strategic discussions.
Being independent of the department mindset/bias, it acts as a strong catalyst (as contributor & integrator) working closely across functions to ensure that key strategic initiatives are implemented, as planned.
The Position also performs a variety of ‘CEO Office’ Roles in addition to directly contributing in select strategic initiatives viz. related to Regulatory/Tariff determination, Divestments, Airport City development, etc.
ORGANISATION CHART
CEO - GGIAL --> Head - SPG & CEO Office
Key Accountabilities
Accountabilities Performance Indicators
Co-develop Strategic Direction & Prepare Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
Conduct strategy workshop.
Co-develop cross functional strategic initiatives along with measures and targets.
Prepare detailed AOP for the business based on inputs provided by the departments.
Finalize Balanced Scorecard for the business and departments Goals ensuring alignment Strategic Plan and annual operating plan prepared and adopted.
Timely completion
Meeting management expectation of quality and rigor
GHB/Other Stakeholders (incl. strategic investors) approval
Performance monitoring: Review & Control
Track macro-economic and industry developments/trends including peer response.
Track performance of directly competitive Airport in the vicinity.
Prepare and release a set of MIS to Internal & External Stakeholders.
Release monthly /quarterly/yearly reports to GoG in compliance to Concession Agreement.
Set agenda and Conduct Business Steering Committee Meetings (SCM) on focus areas. Monthly release of all MIS
Monthly performance of Competitive Airport
No. of SCM reviews conducted.
% of Action Points closed
% Compliance to Concession Agreement for report sharing
Anchor key initiatives
Prepare business plan and investor presentations.
Anchor initial business planning and customer/partner discussions for non-core land usage (viz. Solar, Staff Colony, etc.)
Deployment of PDMs Availability of project data for investor
Signing of MoU or Cooperation document
Facilitate Regulatory Interface & Tariff Determination Process
Support the User Consultation & Tariff filing process end-to-end including preparation of Project Info. File and conduct consultative workshops involving all External Stakeholders.
Provide strategic inputs including data & research to CEO, CFO and Legal head to effectively manage the interactions and submissions to the Regulator and Ministry.
Successful User Consultation process
Securing favorable orders from Regulator
Quality and accuracy of tariff application
CEO Office Accountabilities
Overall responsibility towards day-to-day functioning and administration of CEO’s Office including all internal/external communications, approvals processes and business reviews
Review and validate the following:
Key agreements/MoU, key aero and non-aero commercial proposals
Key submissions to Ministry viz. Regulatory letters, Master Plan
All press/media releases, content for magazines, Award applications etc. Timely inputs to CEO
Level of accuracy
Quality of output in terms of relevance/ rigor
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - Additional Details
EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS
Management Consultants / Transaction Advisors: for assessing need, explaining project, on-boarding, addressing queries, having management discussions
Concessionaires/partners/vendors: for activities related to strategic initiatives of SPG e.g. IT automation/ application development, new passenger services
Govt. of Goa & Independent Engineer: Techno commercial obligations w.r.t. Concession Agreement.
Industry bodies (ACI, APAO, CII, State Associations): Single point contact for the business, representing business for meetings, giving presentation in conferences and stakeholder events
Ministries (GoI): MoCA, MHA: Interact on regular basis ensuring accuracy of data/business insights as required
INTERNAL INTERACTIONS
Senior Leadership Team of GGIAL
Outside the Business but within GMR Group, need to interact significantly on a daily basis with Offices of GCM/BCMs/CXOs/CSPD/BDs team to provide business performance data/updates and with Corporate Relations/Corporate Communications to work on issues having interface with Government and Media.
The Role also interacts with PMC teams for tracking and ensuring closure of expansion Projects
One of the key accountabilities of the role requiring regular interactions with Finance team is to facilitate tariff filing and strategic discussions with investors
FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS
Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including substantial experience in financial modelling and valuation
Other Dimensions
Ability to develop formal and informal relationships to leverage existing teams and workflow and gain focus on new areas of emphasis
Should have vision, strategic capabilities and a long-term focus including business acumen and target- and result oriented approach
Education Qualifications
MBA in Business Analytics, Marketing or related field
Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, or related field
Relevant Experience
B.E. + MBA
Around 13-15 years of relevant experience in Infrastructure project management, project development, project advisory, project financing, advice on policy matters, commercial & regulatory aspects with exposure in Marketing & Business Development
COMPETENCIES
Cross Functional Integration (Proficient)
Strategic Insight Development (Proficient)
Business and Functional Knowledge (Expert)
Market Intelligence and Competitive Benchmarking (Proficient)
Strategic Risk Management (Proficient)
Financial Modelling (Proficient)
Strategic Partnerships (Expert)
Scenario Planning and Forecasting (Proficient)
Strategic Initiatives Execution and Monitoring (Expert)
Business Acumen and Strategic Financial Literacy (Expert)
Personal Effectiveness
Stakeholder Focus
Networking
Capability Building
Strategic Orientation
Social Awareness
Entrepreneurship
Execution & Results
Teamwork & Interpersonal influence
Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking
Planning & Decision Making

Work arrangement
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