Manager - Aerospace & Defence

Job Description – Aerospace and DefenceRoles and Responsibilities∙ Project management - On allocated accounts, lead and ensure successful engagement delivery,including identifying and addressing emerging issues, securing deployment of adequate and appropriate resources, delivering all client commitments within time budget constraints, effective reporting and meeting exceeding PwC’s client service and quality standards.• Defining, planning, tracking and managing the end to end projects in the team.• Managing Cross team/cross SBU Discussions and ensuring that all team members /stakeholders understand their roles and actively participate in all project meetings and related activities.• Preparing for steerco meetings, identification of key insights, challenges, risks and potential mitigants.• Keeping stakeholders updated on the progress and challenges and driving decisions to move forward∙ Stakeholder Management - Manage multiple stakeholders including functional leaders, business leaders and various core teams of projects.∙ Escalation & Risk Mitigation - Should be able to manage arbitration and resolution of conflicts within the project and ensure relevant action. Should have the ability to analyze risk and instigate avoidance activities. Should establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and be accountable for initiating corrective action.∙ People management - Contribute to building the team by mentoring, retaining, attracting, and developing some of the best available talent.∙ Business Development - Work, in a collaborative manner, alongside the account leaders, sector leaders and other teams to pursue and respond to client opportunities.Essential Skills (Required to have)∙ Experience in functional domains - strategy, operations, transformation, business research, and/or consulting∙ Project management∙ Strong analytical bent of mind and structured problem solving approach∙ A strong customer centric approach∙ Relationship Management: Strong people management skills & excellent interpersonal skills to deal with various internal & external stakeholders.∙ Ability to learn quickly, multitask and adapt to shifting priorities and stringent deadlines.∙ Ability to establish personal credibility quickly and work with multiple stakeholders including senior leaders, Strong Interpersonal and collaborative skills.∙ Ability to Conceptualize & execute with speed.∙ Proficient in excel/ sheets and PowerPoint/ slides, data crunching/analytics.∙ Strong Executive presence, excellent communication skills (written and verbal).∙ Self-driven and motivated.Preferred Skills (Good to have)∙ Experience of working with Indian Government Agencies (e.g. Department of Space, ISRO, Ministry of Defence, DPSUs etc.) is preferred.. Experience in A&D industry across manufacturing and strategy∙ History of strong academic performance, preferably in top tier engineering and Business Schools, advanced degree preferred∙ Experience in / knowledge about the Aerospace, Defence, Space and/or Security sector

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