Saurabh Jha

Associate Partner

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

16 years of experience in healthcare business development.
Expert in building partnerships in the pharmaceutical industry.
Strong track record in strategic planning and project management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare Business Development Expert with extensive experience in strategic partnerships and market entry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyProject ManagementStakeholder EngagementAccount ManagementMarket Research

Other Skills

Alternate ChannelsAnalysisAnalyticsBenchmarkingBrand PerformanceBusiness AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningCompetitive AnalysisCompetitive IntelligenceConsultingCross-functional Team LeadershipEmerging MarketsForecastingGo-to-Market Strategy

About

Professional worked across business development Partnership & alliances, Consulting, B2B across business segments, focused on healthcare with 16 years of experience. Skilled in business strategy, corporate planning, presales and project deliveries. For past 7-8 years, a layer to add with, building wide network of clientele across eCommerce clients in Indian Pharmaceutical industry and recent foray into the Dairy, Bread, Frozen, Meat and Tobacco business.

Experience

Flipkart

3 roles

Associate Director - Buy Head - DBEFM (Dairy, Bread, Egg, Frozen and Meat) and Pharma Business

Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos

Leading business, buy decisions and relationship management with brands in Pharmaceuticals, DBEFM (Dairy, Bread, Egg, Frozen and Meat category),

Business StrategyProject ManagementStakeholder Engagement

Associate Director - Pharma Partnership and Business Alliances

Promoted

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs

Stakeholder EngagementVendor ManagementBusiness StrategyHyperlocalOnline MarketplaceGo-to-Market Strategy+4

Head - Pharma Partnership & Alliances

Apr 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

Working towards building a long term, trust, value based partnership and alliances with stakeholders in the pharmaceutical space. Ensuring "Flipkart Health Plus" as the partner of choice for all our patient/ customers as well as for the healthcare stakeholders.

Presentation SkillsStakeholder EngagementVendor ManagementBusiness StrategyGo-to-Market StrategyBusiness Alliances+3

Abbott

National Accounts Manager, Head - Ecommerce and Organized Pharmacy chains

Mar 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Heading ChanneLEAP for all online Pharmacy players and organized retail pharmacy chains.

Presentation SkillsStakeholder EngagementVendor ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness AlliancesBrand Performance+5

Medlife.com

2 roles

Associate Director - Pharma Corporate Buisness

Promoted

Dec 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

Presentation SkillsStakeholder EngagementVendor ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness AlliancesAccount Management+3

Deputy General Manager- Pharma Corporate Business

Jan 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

Driving the Pharmaceutical B2B for new and recurring business towards long term associations for all possible business opportunities
Identify patient-centric programs in therapy specific Chronic segment and build new business opportunities in Pharma space
Liaoning towards procurement and alliances across the country with Pharmaceutical firms
Heading the internal market research efforts and external association for strategy building in E-Pharmacy segment across India:
 Leading the Data monetization – Identify and build research products for Pharmaceutical
 Revenue recognition, team hiring, resource management
 Major client interactions for new business ideas

Stakeholder EngagementVendor ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness AlliancesQualitative ResearchAccount Management+2

Iqvia

2 roles

Project Manager/ Consultant

Promoted

Oct 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Management Consulting and Market Research - Healthcare
Strategic Planning
Market Research / Consulting
Client management
Project management and Team handling
Pre-sales
Market Entry Strategy and strategic growth recommendations - Product and Service Industry
Business Advisory
Understanding Client requirements, Proposal drafting, Report Budgeting, and project wise resource allocation.
Defining research objectives for the Marketing Division after thorough consultation with the top management and accordingly designing the research plan.
Deploying suitable market research tools
New market opportunities for growth, Market entry strategies, Market Potential, and Sizing Analysis, Forecasting, Pricing strategies, Competitive Benchmarking, Improvements in Marketing effectiveness, Customer Segmentation/Profiling, Business planning, Emerging technology evaluation

Presentation SkillsStakeholder EngagementBusiness StrategyBusiness AlliancesQualitative ResearchStrategic Initiatives+5

Associate Consultant

Dec 2013 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

Healthcare Consulting

Vendor ManagementBusiness StrategyGo-to-Market StrategyQualitative ResearchHealth Policy

Marketsandmarkets

Associate Manager- Healthcare

Aug 2012 – Aug 2013 · 1 yr · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Leading Healthcare Team for regional and global Consulting, research and Syndicated reports. Business Development and Pre-sales along with Project management and Project execution.

Qualitative Research