Ananth Iyer

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Diverse experience across multiple industries including FinTech and FMCG.
  • Strong expertise in partnerships and strategic business development.
  • Proven track record in digital marketing and advertising.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile professional with expertise in FinTech, Digital Marketing, and Strategic Partnerships.

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Skills

Core Skills

PartnershipsProduct ManagementCoachingCareer DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsNegotiationSalesMarketingMarketing StrategyKnowledge ManagementHealthcareResearchDigital MarketingAdvertisingPartner ManagementEducation

Other Skills

AnalyticsBusiness StrategyDatabase ManagementDigital MediaDigital StrategyDisplay AdvertisingE-commerceGoogle AdwordsGoogle AnalyticsMarket ResearchMobile AdvertisingMobile MarketingOnline AdvertisingOnline MarketingPPC

About

I am presently pursuing a PhD in Marketing at IIMA. I was earlier with slice (merged with North East Small Finance Bank) as Head, Third Party Products and Partnerships. Previous experience spans InsurTech (AVP- Partnerships @ Acko General Insurance), Travel (Banking Alliances @ MakeMyTrip), Payments (Food & Entertainment Category Head @ Freecharge), FMCG (MARS Chocolate) and Digital Marketing (Google) Post Graduation in Management (Marketing) from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (full time, 2 year course); Graduation in Applied Physical Sciences (Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science) from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. Roles/Domains: Alliances, Partnerships, Marketing, Sales Sector Experience: InsurTech/FinTech, Travel, FMCG, E-commerce, digital advertising. Strengths: Problem solving, negotiation, analytical abilities, comfort with ambiguity, bias for action.

Experience

Indian institute of management ahmedabad (iim ahmedabad)

PHD Student

May 2025Present · 10 mos

Slice

2 roles

Head, Third Party Products & Partnerships

Oct 2024May 2025 · 7 mos

PartnershipsProduct Management

Head Of Partnerships

Apr 2021Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos

PartnershipsProduct Management

Acko general insurance

AVP- Partnerships

Aug 2018Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos

PartnershipsBusiness Development

Makemytrip.com

Banking Alliances Manager

May 2017Aug 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

PartnershipsBusiness Development

Board infinity

Career Coach

Jan 2017May 2025 · 8 yrs 4 mos

  • Board Infinity is a higher education career management platform.
  • I coach students on resume writing, mock interviews, group discussions & role clarity.
CoachingCareer Development

Freecharge

2 roles

Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Promoted

Oct 2016May 2017 · 7 mos

  • Responsible for driving growth across Food & Entertainment and Retail verticals while working closely with merchant partners in the online and offline space.
  • Closed deals with some of the largest QSR chains, grocery chains and lifestyle brands in India, resulting in new user acquisition for the partners and category growth for FreeCharge.
  • Worked with the CEO and CBO on creating category operating plan, marketing roadmap and other strategic initiatives.
Strategic PartnershipsBusiness Development

Manager, Strategic Partnerships

Jun 2016Oct 2016 · 4 mos

  • Negotiated deals including commercials, campaign launches and promotion plans with merchants across the F&E and Retail verticals (offline and online).
  • Involved in planning promotion budgets for the category, linked to transaction growth.
  • Piloted new initiatives with key partners resulting in new user growth for merchants.
Strategic PartnershipsNegotiation

Mars

Management Trainee (Chocolate Division)

Jun 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Managed sales of MARS chocolates for Mysore and coastal Karnataka (territory size of INR 50 lac) leading a team of 2 Sales Officers and 8 channel partners
  • Partnered with key customers for category growth and in-store visibility through BTL execution focused strategic tie-ups
  • Launched a mobile application to manage workflow and reporting of Modern Trade merchandizers
  • Built a GTM plan for MARS to tie up with e-commerce players
SalesMarketing

Amazon

Business Development Intern

Aug 2014Oct 2014 · 2 mos · Bangalore

  • Developed a monetization strategy for Junglee.com by boosting the online visibility of sellers across the web.
Business DevelopmentMarketing Strategy

Institute of applied dermatology, kasaragod, kerala

DOCC Intern

Mar 2014Apr 2014 · 1 mo · Kasaragod, Kerala

  • Project scope: Structuring the Knowledge Management Process for Integrative Medicine in Non-Filarial Skin Diseases
  • Developed a first of its kind Ayurveda-Allopathy mapping model, resulting in an integrated diagnosis process for non-filarial skin diseases
  • Built a database to validate the mapping by storing information of patients during first examination & 4 subsequent follow-up stages
  • Made final prescription of medicine easier for 100+ skin patients coming to IAD every year with chronic dermatological diseases
Knowledge ManagementHealthcare

Google

3 roles

Partner Manager Associate, YouTube EDU

Jan 2013Mar 2013 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Managed partner relations for the Education vertical on YouTube resulting in 700 new education videos being added to YouTube
  • Conceptualized, planned & organized a YouTube EDU Workshop for teachers from top 30 schools across Delhi/NCR
  • Evangelized adoption of EDU channels in classroom teaching & demonstrated YouTube features like Playlists & Hangouts on Air
Partner ManagementEducation

Associate Account Strategist

Promoted

Jun 2011May 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Planned & managed Google AdWords ad campaigns for top spending Travel advertisers across Desktop, Mobile & Tablet devices
  • Aligned Google Search & Display Network advertising strategy to meet client goals of increasing website traffic & ad to sales conversions
  • Improved clients’ ROI on ad spend by increasing clickthrough to website by 50%, while bringing costs down by 25%
  • Proposed & implemented a $5 Million international expansion for Hotels.com’s Hotel themed campaigns to European markets
  • Drove client adoption of new Google products like Sitelinks and Google+ extensions, converting 50% more ad clicks to sales
Digital MarketingAdvertising

AdWords Representative

Jun 2010Jun 2011 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Education

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad)

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Marketing

May 2025Present

SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

PGDM — Marketing

Jan 2013Jan 2015

Université Paris-Dauphine

Management

Jan 2014Jan 2014

St. Stephen's College, Delhi

B.Sc — Applied Physical Sciences

Jan 2007Jan 2010

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