Aug 2019 – Sep 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Business Strategy
• Experience of building long-term growth and operations strategy, descriptive roadmaps, business plans and shareholder management
• Program Managed key business projects that are part of CEO monthly agenda
• Delivered large cross-functional projects across Distribution, UW, Issuance, Digital
• Work closely with ecosystem partners like Aggregators, Fintech/Healthtech for collaboration
• Incubated emerging business bets such as Wellness, Account Aggregator
• Innovation and Special Projects
• Launched maiden InsurTech Accelerator (Max Life Innovation Labs)
• Program managed two consecutive cohorts and selected 11 startups (out of 350+)
• Lead the organizational effort to test innovative ideas under the IRDAI regulatory sandbox
• Conceptualized and launched MVP for wellness program (Max Fit 1.0)

Apr 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Program managed large-scale innovation and startup assignments for Public & Private sector clients. Key responsibilities included study of global/ domestic ecosystem, policy advisory, program design, execution support with focus on program outcomes, forging partnerships with stakeholders in the startup ecosystem and engaging senior executives.

Jan 2017 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Program management of a marquee program Startup India; 20K+ startups impacted
• Conceptualized and implemented maiden National startup framework 2018
• Organized stakeholder meets between Startups, incubators, VCs/ angels & Corporates
• Undertook a national research study on ‘Business Incubation & Acceleration Landscape in India’ with NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of GoI
• Worked on a national program to improve India’s rank in World Bank Doing Business

Apr 2016 – Jan 2017 · 9 mos · Ahmedabad

• Member of the founding team
• Sales and Marketing
• Venture funding
• Team Management
• Cost-effective marketing and brand integration both online/ offline
• Business expansion - Geography and business verticals

Sep 2015 – Sep 2015 · 0 mo · Dubai, UAE

• Worked on the feasibility and launch plan of a new business project in Middle East (Idea Stage)
• Interacted with the business owners for establishing scope of deliverable and timeline
• Industry analysis to understand user dynamics, competition, barriers & promoters
• Primary research: Personal interviews with potential users to size requirements
• Build revenue model and UI/ UX roadmap
• Designed positioning strategy, marketing plan & brand communication for the project

Apr 2015 – May 2015 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

• Practiced business risk assessment techniques in the software licensing industry
• Analyzed IBM, ORACLE, ADOBE licensing methodology by reviewing s/w license agreements
• Contributed to the efficient functioning of Software License Compliance (SLC) team by enhancing capabilities of audit/licensing tool (used to identify discrepancies between entitled and deployed software licences)
• Enhanced the discovery features of audit tool for additional relevance to existing/new customers
• Pro-actively worked on identifying new business opportunities for the SLC in US region

Nov 2011 – Jun 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

• Worked in the BFSI domain, developed and maintained the on-boarding and KYC (Know Your Customer) modules of CITI Private Bank's private banking web-application.
• While interacting with business analyst, gathered business requirements and prepared 'top-down' design documents for effective implementation of technology.
• Mentored new-hires in the team and conducted knowledge transfer sessions on project framework
• Promoted & led employee engagement initiatives in the project team
• Certified in Foundation of Banking and Financial Markets, by Infosys Ltd.
• Received INSTA award for excellent performance during Q3 FY14 out of a team of 40
• Pursued FastTrack training in JAVA with an overall CGPA of 4.86/5 out of 800 employees