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BRL-PPL-03 · People, Strategy & Corporate
Lead – Corporate Strategy & Portfolio
Corporate Pune (Head Office) · On-site 10–14 years · Lead
Shape where BARREL plays across the power value chain and how it allocates people and capital between generation, storage, grid, new energy, digital and markets. You will run the strategy process, the portfolio review and the major strategic initiatives that the CEO sponsors.
Scope of work
- Run the annual strategy cycle and the five-year plan with each business head.
- Build the market view for each vertical: demand, auctions, policy, technology cost curves and competitors.
- Maintain the group portfolio view, with each project and business assessed on return, risk and strategic fit.
- Evaluate new businesses, partnerships, acquisitions and exits, and prepare recommendations for the CEO.
- Track the strategic initiative portfolio and report progress to leadership every month.
- Prepare the strategy materials for Board meetings and offsites.
- Lead the group's ESG strategy and the data behind BRSR disclosures with finance and HSE.
- Develop scenarios on electricity demand, renewable penetration and storage needs to stress-test the plan.
- Work with the PIP and data teams so that strategic KPIs are tracked live in BARREL OS.
Technical description
- Strategy frameworks used with discipline: market sizing, value chain analysis, scenario planning and portfolio optimisation.
- Indian power sector planning documents: CEA National Electricity Plan, resource adequacy guidelines and transmission plans.
- Policy landscape: Renewable Purchase Obligations, energy storage obligations, PLI schemes and the National Green Hydrogen Mission.
- Valuation methods for businesses and projects: DCF, comparables and real options for staged investments.
- ESG frameworks: SEBI BRSR Core, GHG Protocol scopes 1 to 3 and science-based targets.
- Data and visualisation tools for building decision dashboards.
Commercial description
- Your recommendations decide where several years of capital and talent go.
- Work with the CFO on capital allocation and with business heads on targets that they own.
- Manage the strategy and market research budget, including external advisors.
- Measured on quality of decisions supported, initiative delivery and the accuracy of market views over time.
- Build relationships with industry bodies, think tanks and research institutions.
Skills required
- Structured problem solving that reaches a clear answer.
- Strong financial and analytical ability.
- Excellent writing and presentation for senior audiences.
- Facilitating difficult conversations between business heads.
- Deep interest in the Indian energy transition.
- Running cross-functional programmes.
- Turning a strategy into measurable targets.
- Building and coaching a small, high-quality team.
Talent we look for
- Independent thinker who brings evidence, not opinions.
- Says the uncomfortable thing clearly and respectfully.
- Equally comfortable with a spreadsheet and a Board room.
- Driven to see strategy executed, not only written.
- Intellectually honest about past forecasts.
Qualifications
- MBA from a leading institute; an engineering or economics first degree is preferred.
- Ten or more years in strategy consulting, corporate strategy or investment roles, with at least four in energy or infrastructure.
- Experience presenting to Boards or executive committees.
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