Vice-President – Beyond Bengaluru

Vice President – Beyond Bengaluru

Department

Beyond Bengaluru

Reporting to

CEO, KDEM

Education

Essential: Graduate
Preferably a Post-Graduate with premier institute

Job Type

Full-Time

Work Location

Bengaluru

Strategy & Stakeholder Management:

Evangelize & position “Bengaluru & Beyond” cities (Mysuru, Hubli, Mangalore, Shivamogga, Kalaburagi, and Belagavi) as emerging destinations for key IT/ITES, CoE, ESDM, and the thrust areas.
To identify and create plug and play facilities for attracting businesses to relocate or co-locate in partnership with the “Beyond Bangalore” cluster specific advisory committee members.
To create a significant growth pipeline for an identified cluster, partner with existing “Bengaluru & Beyond” clusters leads and committee members to attract corporates (International Companies, Indian Multinational, Startups/MSMEs.
Conduct regular research & survey of the existing demand data of corporates that are currently being supported by talent from “Bengaluru & Beyond” clusters
Design & implement a pull strategy to retain and grow cluster specific talent.
Build outreach programs with State, corporates, investors & accelerators.
Forge partnerships in promoting and branding “Bengaluru & Beyond” and its activities across various clusters.
Be the “Go To” person for all the “Bengaluru & Beyond” clusters to clearly articulate the government specific incentives that are available for innovation, growth, and development for the respective clusters.
Engage business leaders and entrepreneurs to develop and drive a distributed delivery model or the “SUPPLY” side of the “Bengaluru & Beyond” initiative through technology enablement.

Operational Responsibilities:

Create and promote all “Bengaluru & Beyond” market facing programs – develop campaigns in lines of “Incredible India’ campaign.
Encourage & motivate industries to setup base across all “Bengaluru & Beyond” clusters by partnering with – GCC Service providers, Co-working/Managed Space Developers, Real Estate Developers, Infrastructure Companies (Internet, Telecom, etc.), Training & Up skilling Organizations, and Industry Body Associations.
Build, train and develop critical team members who will forge the “Bengaluru & Beyond” initiative.
Organize events across clusters in collaboration with educational & research institutions to bridge the corporate/academia gap.
Conduct fund raising events for “Bengaluru & Beyond”.
Develop and execute strategy for setting up, attracting and onboarding qualified IT/ITES corporates.
Partner with the Government of Karnataka, Steering Committee, investors and Foundations and stakeholders for the full success of programs.
Partner Startup & Innovation team to cross utilizes resources and build a forum to listen understand challenges and requirements for both verticals
Create robust frameworks for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learnings of th each cluster & drive timely analysis of quantitative data and qualitative feedback to measure differential Impact of program.
Provide integrated intelligence from results and customer feedback.
Build and Maintain database to track progress and growth.

15+ years of total work experience managing large initiatives/programs

Well networked and played a senior executive or leadership role in a corporate or is a successful entrepreneur.
Worked in Investment promotion area.
Experience in handling Government Relations, stakeholder management of corporates & senior management and investors.
Have an understanding on Policy and Regulations in this ecosystem.
Ability to raise funds.
Background or exposure to marketing & community partnership.
Strong network in India Investment Promotion ecosystem with multiple stakeholders.
Excellent communication and interaction skills; ability to build and grow relationships.
Resourceful and ability to operate in a fast-changing environment.
Demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in a team environment.
Comfortable with multi-tasking and handling a variety of responsibilities.
Ability to take sound decision based on evidence.
Passion to succeed and go getter.
Demonstrated high standard of ethics and integrity.