Super Intern

We are looking to invite internships under the following functions:

1. Marketing: The internship program will bring exposure to the marketing strategy development and implementation. Aspects of internship will also involve exposure towards digital marketing initiatives i.e. Newsletters, WhitePapers, Research Surveys etc. Prior experience or interest in  Digital Marketing, Social Media Growth hacking and Digital Collateral development will be an asset.
2. Strategy: The internship program will build exposure towards working on building the strategic roadmaps to drive key business objectives. The experience could be across a wide spectrum of skills and functions i.e. Research, Analytics, Data Mining etc. Prior experience or interest in data analysis, trend analysis, predictive modelling would be an asset.
3. Operations: The internship program will give a strong exposure to process improvement, ToC fundamentals and process automation. The experience will be focused on applying Six Sigma principals on operations processes, process automation using our proprietary cloud platform. Interest or prior experience in process efficiency will be an asset.
4.  HR: The internship program will give strong exposure in managing and streamlining HR processes for the organization. Our HR systems are largely automated and hence the exposure could largely focus on leveraging data and analysis to make the HR processes more efficient. Any prior experience in HR processes will be an asset.
5. CEO Office: The internship program will give the rare exposure of working directly with the Managing Director on some very strategic and impactful initiatives for the organization. The experience would be across a very wide spectrum of skills, markets and scenarios. Any prior experience in M&A, strategy and process innovation will be an asset. 

• The incumbent will be primarily responsible to provide primary & secondary research support to the team in execution of CXO mandates and will be engaging and building relationships with executive level candidates, and performing initial assessment under their Manager’s guidance
• Research on companies (Clients), Industries / Sectors and potential candidates 
• Creating robust search strategies that will attract the best and brightest leaders for the positions
• Calibrating candidates with hiring managers
• Participate in the entire lifecycle of the executive search process including market research and analysis, candidate identification, taking interviews whenever required and attending client status calls and client meetings with their respective managers
• Discover innovative ways to identify high potential talent within a given market in addition to staying abreast of market trends, business intelligence, and competitive information
• Identify and implement innovative approaches and best practices across the organization. Help maintain consistency with regard to process and quality
• Ability to manage a demanding workload, balance multiple tasks and switch gears while maintaining priorities
• Participate in finding potential leads through market research and assist the business development team with new scope of opportunities in the market

• He /she will be primarily responsible to provide primary & secondary research support to the team in execution of CXO mandates
• Research on companies (Clients), Industries / Sectors and potential candidates.
• Creating robust search strategies that will attract the best and brightest leaders for the positions
• Calibrating candidates with hiring managers
• Participate in the entire lifecycle of the executive search process including market research and analysis, candidate identification, taking interviews whenever required and attending client status calls and client meetings with their respective managers
• Discover innovative ways to identify high potential talent within a given market in addition to staying abreast of market trends, business intelligence, and competitive information
• Identify and implement innovative approaches and best practices across the organization. Help maintain consistency with regard to process and quality
• Providing research support for Business Development and knowledge creation initiatives of the firm

•Managing end to end search process, execution of critical mandates, final candidate assessment within the stipulated timelines to meet client expectations

•Partnering successfully with clients for hiring at C-Suite and strategic levels to help them meet their business objectives

•Understanding the organizational structure, business model, and manpower needs to chalk out plans and strategies to execute projects and team-building initiatives

•Actively participate in the strategic initiatives of the organization

•Working directly on different consulting services for Athena which include compensation benchmarking, due diligence, project hiring, etc.

•Spear heading the entire project life cycle of executing CXO search including role specifications, designing search strategies, mapping client inputs on recommended core competencies to identify the best talent in the marketplace, profiling & shortlisting of candidates including the final selection

•Discuss and negotiate a compensation package with shortlisted candidates

•Delivering high-quality work, which includes briefing, assessing & making detailed assessment reports that meet the organization’s standards and client's expectations

•Managing conflict in an optimistic way create the chance for growth and learning

•Leading the original research and explored out-of-the-box directions for executive search projects

•Actively working on organization development initiatives—Search process re-engineering, Internal quality team, managing internal hiring etc.

•Worked on heads-up & proactive requisitions from clients, from getting the requisition, understanding the key areas of skills and project environment

•Develop and execute the strategies for the talent acquisition within target SLA's

•Have exceptional skills in Resource procurement and deployment, in addition to fulfilling relevant operational needs.

•An effective, innovative professional with strong communication, analytical, negotiating skills and an attitude to win problems

• Managing end to end search process, execution of critical mandates, final candidate assessment and career development, meeting client expectations and delivery
• Partnering successfully with clients for hiring at C-Suite and strategic levels to help them meet their business objectives
• He/she will be part of internal strategy discussion team to chalk out plans and strategies to execute projects and team building initiatives
• Working directly with project owners on different consulting services for Athena which include compensation benchmarking, due diligence, project hiring etc.
• Spearheading the entire project life cycle of executing CXO search, including role specifications, designing search strategies, mapping client inputs on recommended core competencies to identify best talent in the marketplace, profiling & shortlisting of candidates including the final selection
• Delivering high quality work, which includes briefing, assessing & making detailed assessment reports that meets the organizations standards and client's expectations
• Discuss and negotiate compensation package with shortlisted candidates
• Leading, mentoring ,and training the team to ensure that team adheres to systems and processes
• Managing conflict in a respectful, optimistic way create the chance for growth and learning within an organization
• Leading the original research and exploring out-of-the-box directions for executive search projects
• Managing key relationships with some of the leading global multinational organizations, India’s leading business houses and start-ups.
• Actively working on organization development initiatives—Search process re-engineering, Internal quality team, managing internal hiring etc.
  

• Managing end to end search process, execution of critical mandates, candidate assessment and career development and meeting client expectations and delivery.
  
• Spearheading the entire life cycle of executing CXO search including role specifications, designing search strategies, mapping client inputs on recommended core competencies to identify best talent in the marketplace, profiling & shortlisting of candidates including the final selection.
• Overseeing research and evaluating the talent market to identify best-in-class leadership talent for the client; this will include industry mapping, analysis, reference checking and interpretation of client/sector business issues, performance, client competitor performance etc. with a view to identifying possible talent / opportunities.
• Delivering high quality work, which includes briefing, assessing & making detailed assessment reports that meets the organizations standards and client’s expectations.
• Discuss and negotiate compensation package with shortlisted candidates.
• Leading and mentoring team to ensure that team adheres to systems and processes.
• Leading the original research and exploring out-of-the-box directions for executive search projects.
• Managing key relationships with some of the leading global multinational organizations, India’s leading business houses and startups.
• Actively working on organization development initiatives—Search process re-engineering, Internal quality team, managing internal hiring etc.
• Stakeholder management – Internal and external
  

• Provide support in execution of CXO mandates
• Manage the various stages of the search process to always ensure the highest quality execution of mandate.
• Lead the identification, qualification and (at “level two” onward) communication with candidates during the search engagement and informing the managers of its progress
• Engaging and building relationships with executive level candidates, and performing initial assessment
• Participate in the entire lifecycle of the executive search process including market research and analysis, candidate identification, interviews, client status calls and client meetings
• Discover innovative ways to identify high potential talent within a given market in addition to staying abreast of market trends, business intelligence, and competitive information
• Ability to manage a demanding workload, balance multiple tasks and switch gears while maintaining priorities
• Participate in finding potential leads through market research and assist the business development team with new scope of opportunities in the market
• The Associate consultant position at Athena is viewed as a critical position in executive search, head hunting and managing candidates through the robust search.