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Project Lead JD:
The role offers an opportunity to lead and drive critical engagements across the firm with significant exposure to senior leadership, accelerating both professional development and client impact.
As a Project Lead, you will own end-to-end delivery of complex, high-visibility engagements spanning strategy, operations, and transformation - structure business challenges, lead cross-functional project teams, and partner directly with business stakeholders and translate insight into action. The role is accountable for engagement quality, commercial outcomes, and the development of project associates, while continuously sharpening the frameworks, tools, and methodologies used across the practice.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the full lifecycle of engagements — from scoping and proposal development through diagnosis, solution design, and implementation support
• Structure complex problems into clear workstreams, hypotheses, and analytical plans
• Point of contact for all engagements, managing senior stakeholder expectations and navigating organisational dynamics
• Drive high-quality analysis and synthesis, ensuring recommendations are actionable, evidence-based, and tied to measurable business outcomes
• Manage and mentor a team of associates and analysts, providing coaching, feedback, and on-the-job development
• Partner with key stakeholders on business development — shaping proposals, contributing to thought leadership, and building lasting client relationships
• Uphold engagement economics, timelines, and quality standards; escalate risks early and resolve them decisively
What Are We Looking For?
We are looking for candidates with:
Problem Solving Ability: Exceptional analytical and structuring skills, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to cut through ambiguity to arrive at insight-led recommendations.
Process Management: Proven ability to run multiple workstreams in parallel, prioritise ruthlessly, and deliver high-quality output under tight timelines.
Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Confident engaging senior client stakeholders, skilled at crafting executive-ready narratives, and effective at resolving conflict within teams and across client organisations.
Leadership Ability: Takes ownership of outcomes, develops and elevates junior team members, and embraces complex, high-stakes challenges with composure.
Qualifications & Experience:
• 5–8 years of relevant experience, preferably from management consulting, corporate strategy, or a comparable problem-solving environment
• Demonstrated track record of leading engagements or major internal strategic initiatives end-to-end
• Advanced proficiency in structured problem solving, quantitative analysis, and executive communication (PowerPoint, Excel)
• Experience in managing and developing small teams of analysts or associates
Eligibility typically includes the qualifications and experience outlined in the job description above, with around 5-8 Years years of relevant experience expected for this role.
The key responsibilities for this role are detailed in the Key Responsibilities section above, covering the core duties expected of a Project leader - Strategy & Planning at Sundaram Finance.
This role requires around 5-8 Years years of relevant experience, as specified in the job listing. Please refer to the Qualifications & Experience section above for full details.
Skills relevant to this position are outlined in the Qualifications & Experience section above. In general, strong communication, domain knowledge, and the ability to meet role-specific targets are valued across similar BFSI positions.
You can apply directly using the Apply Now button on this page, which will take you to Sundaram Finance's application process for this role.