Position: Program Specialist
Location: Delhi
ACS International India Pvt Ltd is seeking an agile and proactive professional to help grow ACS’s global footprint. This individual will assist in ideation, adaptation, and implementation of programs and products for the global scientific community in alignment with ACS’s core values and strategic priorities. The incumbent should possess a deep appreciation and understanding of the STEM scenario, particularly in chemistry and allied sciences. The incumbent will need to work closely with different divisions and departments in ACS headquarters in Washington, D.C. to get alignment and effective positioning for ACS programs and products. This individual will play a pivotal role in elevating ACS's support for the global scientific community, focusing on establishing contacts, orchestrating collaborative events, and growing the reputation and reach of ACS programs, products, and services within the region.
About ACSI - India:
ACS International India Pvt Ltd. (ACSI - India) is a wholly owned subsidiary of ACS International Ltd. USA and a part of the American Chemical Society. ACSI India represent products and services provided by all ACS divisions, to the world’s most important scientific companies, government organizations, global patent offices and academic institutions to promote research and discovery.
Job Requirements:
Key Responsibilities:
- Program and Project Management Awareness
- Strategy implementation
- Stakeholder Alignment and Communications
- Digital competency, innovative thinking, and problem-solving
Expected tasks
This position description is reflective of some of the tasks/functions/responsibilities that may be required to be performed by an incumbent in this job.
- Strategy Implementation: Deploy Go-to market strategies for various geographies, cultures, and career levels. Accordingly, also identify and cultivate relationships with leading research institutions, scientific organizations, and scientists globally to establish collaborative annual events and initiatives.
- Market Intelligence and Business Intelligence: Support monitor scientific trends, research and business developments, innovation opportunities relevant to the portfolio and programs being handled. Based on social listening and empathy mapping, the incumbent is expected to provide inputs to improve programs, products, and services.
- Event Planning and Coordination: Support, oversee and execute scientific conferences and symposia, especially in the virtual space, including theme selection, speaker invitation, and logistics management. Ability to prepare promotional creatives, and basic design sense.
- Scientific Outreach Support: Assist in organizing and conducting scientific outreach efforts, such as webinars and teleconferences and in-person events. This also includes developing presentations, infographics, write ups, and reports for online-offline interactions. The incumbent is expected to own the creation/curation of online content based on insights from customer research, internal stakeholders, and analysis of content consumption using templates and guidelines to adhere to brand, customer journeys, targeted personas, and creative platform guidelines. Support the implementation of nurture strategy for different programs and outreach efforts to drive engagement, that will include analyzing participants data, identifying patterns and able to present in visuals and infographics.
Required Qualifications:
- Understanding of basic Project Management
- Planning and Organizing Skills
- Effective understanding of digital tools and social media
Behavioral Competencies
- Strong communication and presentation skills are essential to convey complex insights in a clear and understandable manner
- Developing strong problem-solving skills to approach problems systematically, propose solutions, and make data-driven recommendations
- Proactive and flexible attitude, ability to understand different cultures and behaviors
- Ideation mind-set and ability to work in a start-up like culture
- Proactively predict and respond to issues as a creative thinker
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills are required together with the ability to work under pressure, manage own workload, prioritize and to meet deadlines
- High degree of integrity and honesty