Oct 2020 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Category Head for Airtel’s Mobility business: Postpaid, International Roaming, Devices, 5G and Innovations.
• Led a $1B+ business catering to high value customers and delivering excellence in consumer experience.
• 5G rollout strategy, Device innovations, Future of mobility.

Aug 2016 – Oct 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Hongkong, Shenzhen, Gurgaon

• HMD is an exclusive global brand licensee for Nokia phones. I was part of the founding team and held a key global leadership role.
• Owner of Global Smartphone portfolio: Market sizing, Opportunity analysis, Competitor analysis, Product portfolio development, Business planning and Business management.
• Product Head for Smartphones: Product propositions, Product definitions, key Investments / trade-offs, BOM planning.
• Secured $230M funding from Qualcomm and Google as part of Series A2 fund raise.
• Global lead for Qualcomm strategic partnership and commercials.

May 2016 – Aug 2016 · 3 mos · Bangalore

• Marketing / Category head for Ola Prime, the premium sedan business for Ola.
• Led a team of 18 including Product, Demand, Supply, Innovations (in partnership with Ola Labs), Business planning and overall P&L.
• Hand-picked to join founding team of HMD so left Ola after a short stint.

Aug 2013 – May 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Gurgaon · On-site

• Category head for Lumia products in India: Led a cross-functional team comprising Product, Marketing, Sales Operations, Developer, Technical Sales, PR, Finance, Supply Chain and Legal
• Head of Product Marketing and Product Management across all business units.
• Grew Lumia to 10% market share in a highly competitive market.
• Led Marketing planning and investment decisions.

Oct 2011 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Responsible for Product Management for all Nokia devices launched in India.
• Acting Head of Product Marketing team from August 2012 onwards.
• Competitive Analysis, Out-of-Box Experience, Customization, Product Launch, Product Quality.
• Understand the Voice of Customer (VOC) and work closely with global business units to translate it into compelling device offerings.
• Define positioning, product experiences, services & content and control device quality through life-cycle.
• Media engagements at press meets.
• Create relevant lifecycle plans to sustain lifetime ROI.

Jan 2011 – Sep 2011 · 8 mos

• Overall responsibility of Roadmapping, Planning and Execution of software for Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices.
• Key focus on customer retention and product life-cycle management through addition of key features and improvements.
• Global operational setup with core team working out of Finland, UK, Denmark and India.

Dec 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr

• Planning and delivery of device SW based on agreed schedules, content and key user experiences
• Identification and implementation of Key improvements to increase user retention for Nokia touch devices
• Responsible for prioritizing and co-ordinating functional teams in areas such as product integration, releasing, requirements management, fault management and testing
• In all, 19 products and variants in 52.50 Device Family under my responsibility

Jun 2008 – Dec 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Responsible for product integration management for 2 Device Families: Nokia 5800 Xpress Music and its variants, and the Nokia N95 family.
• Overall technical responsibilities for all product SW deliverables, project management for integration and releasing, content prioritization for product releases, communication with SW suppliers for driving content/improvements, task force management for resolution of complex epidemic issues
• Project management for integration towards new production releases for N95, N95 8GB, N82 and 5800 Xpress Music
• Multi-geographic collaboration for execution of releases, virtual team management
• Winner of innovation award from EVP of S60

Oct 2007 – Jun 2008 · 8 mos

• Responsible for Communications & Networking area integration for various S60 devices including N73, N81, N95, N95 8GB, N82
• Ramped-up team at Bangalore to 40. Participated in recruitments, conducted class-room trainings and on-the-job mentoring

Aug 2003 – Oct 2007 · 4 yrs 2 mos

• Introduced processes for configurations usage across different business units at Nokia
• Involved in driving and roll out of Binary Variation system, across all Symbian teams in Nokia
• Involved in low level debugging and first bootup of various products across S60 platforms

Oct 2000 – Jul 2003 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad, India

• Feasibility, Design, Implementation of Nokia’s NMS Tool Controller which configured 20,000 nodes for (carrier) Sonera’s mobile network