About Symphony Technology Group (STG)
STG is a Silicon Valley (California) based private equity firm that has a long and successful track record of transforming high potential software and software-enabled services companies, as well as insights-oriented companies into definitive market leaders. The firm brings expertise, flexibility, and resources to build strategic value and unlock the potential of innovative companies. Partnering to build customer-centric, market winning portfolio companies, STG creates sustainable foundations for growth that bring value to all existing and future stakeholders. The firm is dedicated to transforming and building outstanding technology companies in partnership with world class management teams. With over $5.0 billion in assets under management, including a recently raised $2.0 billion fund. STG expansive portfolio has consisted of more than 30 global companies.
https://www.stg.com
About STG Labs India
STG Labs is the incubation center for many of STG s portfolio companies building their engineering, professional services, and support delivery teams in India. STG Labs offers an entrepreneurial start-up environment for software and AI engineers, data scientists and analysts, project and product managers and provides a unique opportunity to work directly for a software or technology company. Based in Bangalore, STG Labs supports remote working from home and from multiple locations across India. Come join the Gresham Family with-in STG Labs.
https://www.stglabs.com
Role Overview
We are looking for a seasoned professional with notable Strategy Research and/or Consulting experience, exposure to Workflow and Product Development, high degree of AI-and-tech savviness, and a Consultative and Impact oriented mindset. The ideal candidate will play an instrumental role in servicing company’s plans to develop, integrate, adopt, and productize AI and innovation tools/capabilities/offerings, thereby allowing research, consulting, and corporate teams as well as our clients to benefit from AI’s capabilities to foster better, smarter, and efficient workflows.
Unlike typical advisory/consulting profiles, this role is not focused on core research and consulting. Instead, it will report to the SVP and Head of AI and Innovation and be a core part of an enterprise-wide team that’s focused on formulating company’s AI strategy, approach, and roadmap from the perspective of integrating AI tools/capabilities into research/consulting/corporate function workflows as well as developing in-house and monetizable AI products/solutions.
Detailed responsibilities follow:
Overall
- Support key strategic initiatives in AI/automation/innovation, with a key role in executing and scaling.
- Develop a strong understanding of Company group’s products, tools, solutions, and technological roadmap, and leverage it to pivot all AI initiatives, workflows, features, and products.
- Demonstrate a strong capability to link findings and recommendations to desired business impact.
- Present findings and recommendations, while explaining approach and rationale, to various business teams as and when needed.
AI Product Development
- Where applicable, co-develop the development/implementation and scaling plan, in collaboration with the tech, development, and product teams.
- Where applicable/possible, adopt a hands-on approach on low-code/no-code/vibe-code agent development tools/environments to create the tool/agent.
- Craft and co-implement alpha and beta testing plans, and internal and external rollout roadmaps, to ensure controlled testing, scaled launch, robust adoption, and continuous improvement.
- Double up as an alpha tester focused on ‘breaking’ the product/feature/agent to ensure adequate stress-testing under various edge cases.
- Organize and administer demos, show-n-tells, and lunch-n-learns among internal/external audiences to socialize the product/feature/agent, resolve queries, foster adoption, and gather constructive and actionable feedback.
AI Advisory
- Address internal queries on AI, innovation, and automation tools/techniques/approaches to ensure teams know when (and when not) to use AI, how to use it effectively + efficiently + ethically, which tool/feature/product/agent to leverage, and where to avoid pitfalls.
- 3P Toolkit Due Diligence and Expansion
- Identify relevant AI/innovation tools for any use case, via desk research and internal outreach.
- Liaise with various tool vendors to understand functional possibilities, evaluate use case fitment, and assess commercial viability.
- Partner with Compliance and IT teams to vet and whitelist specific tools for test/trials.
- Conceptualize a trial program and secure licenses for testing.
- Partner with domain/functional/corporate teams to test various tools to assess their effectiveness and value-add.
AI Thought Leadership
- Exhibit a strong passion for AI and innovation, and stay updated on the latest developments, trends, product/model launches, etc. and their plausible impact on Company’s AI strategy/approach/roadmap.
- Internal and SharePoint Documentation
- Prepare, maintain, and improve documents on AI-related processes, guidelines, and protocols.
- Author self-learn collateral on the in-house and approved 3P tool mix, such as tool one-pagers, tool usage decision flowcharts, SharePoint pages and content, etc.
AI Upskilling
- Contribute to company's ongoing and ever-expanding AI upskilling initiatives by conceptualizing ideas, developing collateral, and administering sessions.
Candidate Profile
- Education:
- MBA / Post Graduation from a reputed management institute.
- Experience:
- 5-7 years in delivering Strategic Research & Insights engagements across industries, focused on international markets.
- Solid experience leading project-based engagements and delivering findings to client and internal stakeholders.
- Strong exposure to internal process innovation/automation.
- Some experience in cross-functional, enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Methodological / Tool Expertise:
- Must Have: hands-on experience with AI and innovative tools + ability to quickly ramp-up on new ones
- Good-to-Have: exposure to Qualitative and Quantitative Primary Research, Desk Research, and Process Analytics/Innovation.
- Big Plus: experience with low-code/no-code/vide-code agent development and working with tech/development/product teams.
- Excellent communication skills
- Team leader with strong interpersonal skills
- Logical and creative thinker with astute analytical aptitude
- Consultative approach to problem solving
- Strong attention to detail
Benefits:
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Flexible schedule
- Provident Fund
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Noida, Uttar Pradesh
