Justin Paul

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led SAP's first corporate accelerator in APJ region.
Managed SAP account for Asia at Microsoft.
Extensive experience in product management and strategic marketing.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong focus on product management and strategic partnerships.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementStakeholder ManagementBusiness InsightsCorporate Strategy

Other Skills

Business Case PreparationBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCSR advisoryCapacity BuildingChargebeeCommunicationContent StrategyCorporate CommunicationsCorporate Social ResponsibilityCorporate SustainabilityCreative WritingEmployee EngagementEmployee GrievanceEmployee Relations

About

Strategic management professional with experience in the enterprise software industry spread across Enterprise Sales, Product Management, Program Management, Open Innovation, Executive Communications, and Strategic Marketing functions, assisting organizations and leaders to scale their businesses through technology and process interventions. As a Product Management enthusiast, Justin has worked extensively with various Product Management communities within SAP to drive industry-wide thought leadership. Justin is the founding program manager for SAP Startup Studio, the early-stage startup co-innovation engagement at SAP Labs India aimed at nurturing a vibrant ecosystem of B2B startups that could complement SAP’s product portfolio. In his current stint with Microsoft, he leads the relationship and business for SAP account for Asia region.

Experience

Microsoft

Account Director - SAP SE for Asia

Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

In my current role as part of the Global Account team for SAP SE, I am responsible for managing the relationship and business with SAP as a customer for the Asia region across all solution areas of SAP.

Sap labs india

7 roles

Head - Innovation Office & Product Leadership, SAP Labs India

Promoted

Feb 2023 – Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Head - SAP Startup Studio & Strategic Programs

Promoted

Nov 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

PresentationsProduct ManagementProduct StrategyBusiness Case PreparationMarket AnalysisStakeholder Management+6

Senior Project Consultant - Development, SAP CX Product Engineering

Aug 2021 – Nov 2021 · 3 mos

PresentationsBusiness Case PreparationStakeholder ManagementCommunicationContent StrategyBusiness Insights+1

Program Lead - SAP Startup Studio & Industry Relations

Promoted

Dec 2019 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

Led the content strategy and management for various industry/startup ecosystem events for MD SAP Labs India
Contributed to the engagement with the startup ecosystem in alignment with the road maps laid out for Labs India.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams such as regional marketing, product management &engineering, Pre-sales, and Account Teams to drive a comprehensive SAP co-innovation-led joint Go-To-Market strategy for B2B startups.
An advisor to LoBs and various internal forums on the thought leadership topics to focus and facilitate/own the content management
Liaison with various industry/trade bodies, academia, and government agencies to identify viable opportunities to drive thought leadership for SAP Labs India.
Interface for SAP India Government Relations (GR) team and work with various LoBs on the various topics aligned
Coordination and execution of cross-unit projects and special tasks as well as cooperation cross SLI
Developed project scope, timelines, and action plans for executive support team projects including management reporting

PresentationsBusiness Case PreparationMarket AnalysisStakeholder ManagementCommunicationMarketing+4

Project Lead - Great Places To Work (GPTW) 2018 - 19

Aug 2018 – Dec 2018 · 4 mos

Led the project team for SAP Labs India’s GPTW entry for 2018 - 19 and ensured to retain the ‘No.1’ title for SAP Labs India.

PresentationsBusiness Case PreparationMarket AnalysisStakeholder ManagementCommunicationMarketing+4

Founding Program Manager - SAP Startup Studio

Promoted

Jun 2016 – Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Founding program manager and leader for SAP’s first corporate accelerator in the APJ region. Helped over 12 startup partners to co-innovate successfully with SAP and generated an influenced revenue of ~1MN Euros for SAP.

Stakeholder ManagementCommunicationMarketingContent StrategyStrategy ConsultingCorporate Strategy

Marketing and Communications Specialist

Jul 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

Spearheading the Industry/Government interactions for SAP Labs India. Positioned SAP as a key thought leader across various domains such as IoT, Industry4.0, AI and others.

PresentationsBusiness Case PreparationMarket AnalysisStakeholder ManagementCommunicationMarketing+4

Nasscom foundation

Assistant Manager, National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) & MyKartavya (Volunteering platform)

Jan 2013 – Jul 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Drive the South India operations for NASSCOM Foundation's National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) programme and also championed strategic volunteering through MyKartavya programme, which is the corporate volunteering offering for NASSCOM member companies.

PresentationsBusiness Case PreparationMarket AnalysisStakeholder ManagementCommunicationMarketing+3

Tech mahindra foundation

Senior Executive - CSR

Jun 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Responsible for championing and driving the CSR initiatives for Tech Mahindra, Bangalore. Carried out social projects implementation, volunteer engagement, employee engagement and networking with Governmental and Non Governmental agencies. Involved in monitoring 15 Ngos and 16 community projects across Bangalore.

Stakeholder Management