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Shiv Shankar

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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 7 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led a team of 100+ in Edtech sales.
  • Increased activation and recharge rates significantly.
  • Expert in product management and business development.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile leader in Telecommunications and Edtech with strong sales and product management expertise.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sales ExcellencePeople ManagementProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentProject ManagementB2b SalesTeam LeadershipCustomer Lifecycle ManagementProduct MarketingCustomer Experience Management

Other Skills

Agency SalesAnalytical SkillsB2B2CBrand ManagementBusiness AnalyticsBusiness Case PreparationBusiness StrategyBusiness-to-Business (B2B)C++Channel Strategy DevelopmentConsumer BehaviourCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Data AnalysisDigital MarketingEdtech Sales

About

I am a Generalist Leader with a diverse set of experience. From starting my career as C++ Developer to working in Customer Acquisition, Engagement, Retention, Business Development, Start ups and now leading the Platform Based Sales Channel at Jio for Product, Growth & GTM. I enjoy making decisions based on hard data and customer insights. I love to build & guide team. I am looking to explore new and challenging roles.

Experience

Foundit

General Manager

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Head of Inside Sales.
  • Leading inside sales team of 100+ agents who help students take admission at various universities and help professionals upskill themselves.
  • Liasing with Universities and various organisations.
Edtech SalesPeople ManagementInside SalesSales ExcellenceEstablishing Strategic PartnershipsNegotiation

Jio

National Program Manager

Jun 2021Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • Digital Platform based Freelancer channel program- Product, Strategy, Growth Strategy, and field Operations- with a team of 22 state SPOCs.
  • Ensuring Partner Engagement & Retention through digital channels CleverTap, WhatsApp, SMS & OBD Calling
  • Creating Incentive Schemes to increase new Partner Onboarding; Customer recharge, activation, and MNP
  • Creating requirement pipeline and priority to update App with new features to increase JA engagement.
  • Aligning with Product Managers to ensure smooth and fully functional app update rollouts.
  • Increased activation from channel by 50% and recharges by 60% in 12 months.
Product ManagementProgram ManagementBusiness DevelopmentGrowth StrategiesBusiness Case PreparationAnalytical Skills+5

Bluetown

Growth & Analytics, India

Feb 2019Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Delhi Area, India · On-site

  • Creating B2G product and sales plan for as per customer's requirement and budget while ensuring profit and faster breakeven.
  • Preparing Business Plan- Financial and Strategic analysis to select Project, Partners, and new Geography.
  • Watching, Evaluating and preparing bid for Tender- Deciding on partners and Coordinating.
  • Managing Operations of Global Network Operations Centre G-Noc (Including India, Ghana, Tanzania)
  • Creating Responsibility Matrix and Gantt Chart and Cashflow Schedule for each project
  • Preparing Project wise Technical and Financial Governance Plan- and ensuring adherence.
  • Brought down project breakeven from ~20 months to ~13 months.
Project ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Case PreparationAnalytical SkillsProblem SolvingP&L Forecasting+3

Travelyaari (mantis technologies pvt. ltd.)

National B2B sales Manager- Corporate and Travel Agent

May 2018Feb 2019 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Heading National B2B Sales team, 16.5 Cr Revenue, 8000+ Travel Agents, and National Corporate Business vertical, 4 Cr Revenue, 300+ clients across country. Team of 46 Sales Executives (direct + matrix)
  • Ensuring Zero Bad Debt, Stock Maintenance, New Client Acquisition from cold calls to presentation and IT team co-ordination.
  • GTM, Sales Pitch, Target and sales scheme design to motivate and engage the travel agents.
  • Developing product and Processes based on Market Research; Wireframing & coordinating dev process
Business-to-Business (B2B)Team LeadershipB2B2CProblem SolvingTravel IndustryAgency Sales+2

Aircel

Team Leader (Customer Lifecycle Management)

Jul 2016May 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bihar, India

  • Managing a portfolio of 60 Lakh customer base and 500Cr annual revenue in Bihar & Jharkhand.
  • Designing and Executing Product and Schemes to ensure circle meets its revenue targets.
  • Leveraging levers of Avg Rev Per User, Traffic Market Share and Retention of customers to achieve Revenue Targets.
  • Scaled up Unlimited Calling packs from 2,000/day (Oct’17) to 20,000/day (Dec ‘17); Rate Cutter packs(22,000/day) in Feb’17 to 60,000/day (Oct’17)
  • Driven Segmented Best Offer penetration (SOMA) from 8% in Jun ’16 to 30% in Dec ’17.
  • Reduced Net Churn of >=90 days AON customers from 5.8% in Oct’16 to 4.4% in Oct’17.
Team LeadershipAnalytical SkillsProblem SolvingP&L ManagementCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Telecommunications+1

Airtel

4 roles

Product Marketing Manager (Customer Lifecycle)

Mar 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Product manager in U&R team.
  • Rolling out mass and segmented TT and DA offers to 2.6 Cr customer base to engage and upsell them.
  • Monitoring and controlling churn by reducing dormancy and increasing winback of inactive customers.
  • Increasing customized customer offer (R-offer) penetration and recharges. (Dec’15-18%, May’16-22%)
  • Strengthening On-net community with mass and seg DA (DA mins contri- Jan’16- 5.5%, May ’16- 12%)
  • Increased Local Mobile TMS of Airtel against market from Sep’15 - 34.4% to Mar’16- 37.02%.
  • Designing segmented STV tariff offers to customers based on geography, ARPU & consumption.
  • Maintained the take rate even when the prices of segmented Rate Cutters was doubled.
Problem SolvingTelecommunicationsProduct Marketing

Product Marketing Manager (Acquisition)

Promoted

Sep 2014Jun 2015 · 9 mos

  • Product Manager (Acquisition Team)
  • Launching and Driving Data FRs, increased acquisition by 650% (Sep’14- 25,000, Jul’15- 190,000).
  • Increasing activation by HV Data FRs (>1GB); increased by 56% (Sep’14- 25,000, Jul’15- 39,000).
  • Engaging data customers and retailers thru Smart Phone Promoters and Smart Phone Retail Programs.
Problem SolvingTelecommunicationsProduct Marketing

Zonal Customer Experience Head

Jan 2014Sep 2014 · 8 mos

  • Responsible for managing processes and Customer Experience of Dhanbad zone (customer base- 30L)
  • Led a team of fourteen members responsible for Onboarding, Collection & Retention of Customers.
  • Improved same day prepaid activation efficiency from 48% in Jan ‘14 to 62% in Aug ‘14
Team LeadershipProblem SolvingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)TelecommunicationsCustomer Experience Management

Young Leader

Jun 2013Dec 2013 · 6 mos

  • Trainee rotated over Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Roles.
Problem SolvingTelecommunications

Tata motors

Summer Intern

Apr 2012Jun 2012 · 2 mos · Bangladesh

  • Analyzing primary and secondary Consumer Behavior- schools and the parents towards school buses
  • Developing framework with weighted average of relevant factors to prioritize the schools
  • Developed Sales pitch for the schools and prepared Operating Economics for the launch of the buses
  • Got rewarded a PPI Pre Placement Interview offer and an “Exceptional” rating for the project
  • The project got nominated for Best Summer Internship Project at Tata Motors Interns batch of 2012
Problem Solving

Marketing association of xlri

Executive Committee Member

Jul 2011Feb 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos · Jamshedpur Area, India

  • Digital Media Manager for the MAXI across platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Blog)
  • FB of MAXI entered Limca Book of records for highest viewership and YouTube crossed 550k visits.
  • Head & Coordinator, Admin team of 30 members for first ever National MAXI Fair
  • Event Head for First International Surrogate Advertising based contest Legalize 3.0
  • Creator and Event Head of First Ever Consumer Behavior based product modification event Revize
  • Designed case study and simulation for Clairvoyant, domain event for Ensemble
  • Conceptualized and organized Ambush Marketing based event in campus Ambush
  • Marketing Association crossed 550,000 hits.

United online, inc.

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2008May 2011 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Software Developer and SPOC for Cross-functional teams for various Email Development modules.
  • Automated import of Address book for users from various email providers and saved $100,000 P.A.
  • Automated Filtering of Repeated Spam and thus reduced 30% of the spam complaints from users
  • Got rating of “Exceeds Expectation” in Annual Review of performance in Email-Development Team

Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

PGDBM

Jan 2011Jan 2013

GrowthX®

Fellow — Product and Growth Strategy

Aug 2022Nov 2023

National Institute of Technology Warangal

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jun 2004May 2008

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