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Ekya Schools - Strategy & Innovation Specialist - Founder's Office

3 - 5 Years.Bangalore
Posted 4 months ago
Posted 4 months ago

About Ekya Schools :

Founded in 2010, Ekya Schools offers progressive K-12 education through CBSE, ICSE, and Cambridge IGCSE curricula, emphasizing experiential learning. Drawing from the legacy of the CMR Group, we nurture lifelong learners equipped to thrive in a dynamic and evolving world.

In the 2025-2026 academic year, we are launching Purpose-Based Schools-thematic schools where students develop specialised skills from a young age. The first, Ekya Nava, will focus on Innovation, Creativity, and Design, empowering students to become future technopreneurs, innovators, and change makers.

Quick Overview:

- The focus is to streamline operations, enhance the stakeholder experience, and increase revenue.

- Recognise opportunities for innovation, and promote strategies that provide a competitive advantage over competitors.

- Establish an environment that promotes innovation and facilitates exploration and innovative thinking that may lead to industry advancements.

- Evaluate business trends and apply organizational strategies to improve their company's profit margin.

Roles and Responsibilities :

- Encouraging cooperation among internal departments to ensure alignment, examining market trends to assist in developing ways for the organization to remain competitive, and overseeing risk management.

- Collaborate with executive management to determine service gaps and create ways to improve service offerings.

- They may also liaise with vendors on negotiations that affect new development.

- Attend conferences or trade shows to represent an organization and provide recommendations during the development phase.

- Utilizes their analytical skills to evaluate an organization's operations, including internal structure, business processes, and information technology infrastructure, and to develop methods for improvements.

- Mentor and coach employees in innovative strategies.

- Design programs for building innovative strategies.

- Identify opportunities for innovation and new strategies in organization.

- Develop a global business perspective by researching and analyzing business practices from around the world.

- Apply integrated coaching techniques.

- Examine market strategies to develop innovative ideas.

- Explore breakthroughs related to social responsibility and sustainability.

Qualifications and Professional Background :

- Individuals will need a bachelor's degree in business management or a related field to work as an innovation strategist.

- Preferably a master's degree in business management or a related field to work as an innovation strategist.

- Relevant work experience in managing cross-functional teams and innovation initiatives will be beneficial.

Required Core Competencies include :

- Excellent communication skills are an essential asset for innovation strategists, as they are responsible for developing strategies to improve an organization's performance.

- These skills will also be essential in fostering collaboration among internal departments, interacting with clients, and mentoring junior personnel.

- Should have strong analytical abilities in order to evaluate an organization's business processes, determine solutions to minimize operating costs while improving customer satisfaction, and implement those solutions.

- Strong technical skills are needed to analyze an organization's information technology infrastructure and recommend improvements.

- Relevant technical skills and knowledge on Excel, PPT & Analytical tools.

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