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Stanford University Global LLC is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Seed Business Transformation Advisor for South Asia.  The Business Transformation Advisor will be remotely based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, or other major cities in India and South Asia.

Building on Stanford’s decades-long history of educating innovators in Silicon Valley, Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies (Stanford Seed) brings this innovative mindset and practical business training to entrepreneurs in Africa and India.

The 12-month-long Seed Transformation Program (STP) curriculum is customized for founders and senior leaders of high-potential small and medium-sized companies in developing economies who have the potential to, and are committed to, growing and scaling their businesses.

During four curriculum cycles, leaders/founders will be exposed to, and deploy, tools and methodologies to help grow and transform their businesses.

In seeking transformative growth of businesses, traditional and virtual classroom learning is not enough. That is why the STP program is built to be highly interactive and to allow leaders to both discover and apply the tools and methodologies that will help them transform their businesses.

As part of each learning cycle, leaders/founders will share their learning with their management teams through Stanford Seed facilitated workshops. Leaders and their teams will also work on projects designed to plan for the growth and scale of their companies. By the end of the curriculum, each leader/founder will complete a Transformation Capstone: a plan for the growth and scale of the leader’s business.

Responsibilities

• Translate the intensive curriculum of value chain operations, accounting, strategy/ organizational design, finance, marketing, governance, and other related fields delivered during the Stanford Transformation program (STP) into practical insight for leaders and management teams of small to mid-sized companies in South Asia.
• Lead Stanford designed innovative workshops and integrated curriculum related to growth and scale on-site and virtually with STP participant leaders and their team members
• Organize and facilitate frequent Seed leader network meetings, approximately seven business leaders.
• Collaborate with Stanford Seed to maximize the impact of meetings over time and help assess program efficacy.
• Monitor productivity and progress of STP participants and evaluate performance.
• Provide strategic and pragmatic advising related to assigned projects (curriculum-based) that business leaders and their teams complete and that build to a holistic plan for growth and scale of their business.
• Advise clients and provide feedback on projects to assigned company leaders. 
• Manage relationship development with company leader participants.
• Utilize a toolbox developed by Stanford faculty and Seed coaches, inspire and motivate company owners and leaders to develop a plan to transform their companies to the next level of success.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Four-year college degree in management, business administration, economics, statistics, or related field at an accredited university required.
• Master’s degree in business, organizational design, leadership, or project management at an accredited university strongly preferred.
• Seven or more years of relevant business management experience in a small to mid-sized company, or within a division of a large company, preferably in South Asia.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• An advanced level of fluent English skills both oral and written, including active listening and interpersonal skills needed to work with a broad range of individuals.
• Must be passionate about transforming small to mid-sized companies in South Asia.
• Ability to inspire others to act boldly to succeed in their chosen business or industry.
• Must have strong facilitation skills.   
• Advanced knowledge of Indian culture, history, and business etiquette.
• Ability to remain effective under extreme pressure with multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, ability to influence and motivate communities across multiple organizational boundaries.
• Highly collaborative style that encourages others to work in partnership with staff, company leaders, and their teams.

About the Employer

Stanford University is one of Silicon Valley’s largest and unique employers. Our mission is to educate future leaders and promote interdisciplinary, world-class research and teaching. This passion makes Stanford an intensely creative, rewarding, and challenging place to work. At the same time, our traditions of respect and collaboration sustain a humane, supportive environment in which to pursue your life and your career. Our full-time employees also enjoy a very competitive benefits package. Please visit: benefits.stanford.edu

The SIM directorship and its management unit are responsible for the SIM’s strategic development, design, and operational execution. This involves a very good collaboration of highly motivated professionals who are committed to advancing the SIM vision and program on a continuous basis and securing its superior positioning in the international education markets. Hence, the job is challenging and requires both a learning and an achievement attitude.The suitable candidate will be a core staff member and offered an exciting opportunity in a multi-cultural and dynamic work environment, with a set of distinct responsibilities based on personal strengths. They will be working in collaboration with the management unit to enable students to become responsible leaders and address needs of business and society while ensuring the program’s performance in the highly competitive world of business education. The key focus of this position lies in the areas of Program Administration, Learning Experience and selected Core Projects.

Your Tasks

The SIM directorship and its management unit are responsible for the SIM’s strategic development, design, and operational execution. This involves a very good collaboration of highly motivated professionals who are committed to advancing the SIM vision and program on a continuous basis and securing its superior positioning in the international education markets. Hence, the job is challenging and requires both a learning and an achievement attitude.

The suitable candidate will be a core staff member and offered an exciting opportunity in a multi-cultural and dynamic work environment, with a set of distinct responsibilities based on personal strengths. They will be working in collaboration with the management unit to enable students to become responsible leaders and address needs of business and society while ensuring the program’s performance in the highly competitive world of business education. The key focus of this position lies in the areas of Program Administration, Learning Experience and selected Core Projects.

The job holder schedules, manages and develops the program’s academic courses, conducts evaluations, administers assurance of learning; manages quality assurance, manages an assigned operations budget; delivers, together with staff colleagues, a world-class and seamless international learning experience for students, and is in charge of selected core projects e.g. at the interface between academia and practice.

Your Profile

• Dedication to excellence and to upholding the core values and vision of SIM-HSG
• Min. 3 years of Operations and/or Project Management experience in the higher education sector
• Strong service-orientation and ability to foster positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders: students, academia, corporate partners, etc.
• Experience in a diverse and international environment
• Demonstrated track record of drive, precise working style, and results-orientation under tight deadlines
• Knowledge of new educational developments and trends
• You bring analytical as well as conceptional skills, you have an innovative mindset
• Superb time management and organizational skills
• Demonstrated track record of collaboration in a team and within professional networks
• Excellent command of English; working knowledge of German/other languages desirable
• High discretion and motivation to safeguard the interest of a globally leading programm

The Master of Art in Strategy and International Management (SIM-HSG) is determined to build up tomorrow’s responsible business leaders. Its rigorous curriculum combines essential management knowledge, outstanding practical skills, and a large focus on purpose and personal development. The SIM is the international flagship programme at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland; it is globally recognized and top-ranked.

At SIM-HSG you work in an encouraging, multicultural work environment, as part of a dynamic group of professionals, where you can demonstrate your ability to achieve results both independently and in project teams on the basis of guiding principles and towards a compelling vision. Remuneration reflects HSG salary guidelines.

Applications will continue to be reviewed until the right candidate is found. Interested applicants provide a motivational letter, full CV, and the contact details of three persons who can be contacted for references. For all inquiries please turn to the SIM-HSG Managing Director Prof. Dr. Omid Aschari.