Surjo Sankar Sarkar

Business Development Executive

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland10 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Achieved 73% YoY growth in ad revenue portfolio at Google.
  • Recognized with multiple awards for outstanding performance and contributions.
  • Demonstrated strong leadership in managing large-scale projects and teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Ad-Tech and B2B marketing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic PartnershipsSales & Customer SuccessSales & MarketingKey Account Development

Other Skills

Account ManagementAnalytical SkillsB2B Marketing StrategyB2C MarketingBudgetingBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCommunicationCommunity EngagementComplex Problem SolvingContent MarketingCorporate CommunicationsCross- Functional CollaborationData AnalysisData Driven Decision Making

About

Surjo is a management graduate from IIM Indore with an overall work ex of 6.5+ years in multiple sectors and positions. A creative person with a very positive outlook on life, Surjo is passionate about music, playing guitar, sports, technology, automobiles, learning about business cases and critical thinking. He aspires to become a thought leader in the domain of marketing & strategy in the future. He is currently working on Strategy & Partnerships in the Sellside division of Google. He works with top publishers and agency channel partners to grow revenues through ad monetization & blue ocean strategies through utilization of Google's products. Previously he was with Amazon where his responsibility was to help the next million sellers on amazon.in & develop them through consultation & inculcating growth strategies Prior to that he worked at Trident Limited where he was a Key Account Manager for one the largest strategic accounts of the company for their worldwide procurement of home textiles. His well rounded buy side and sell side experiences shape him to thrive in ad-tech, internet-enabled retail & product marketing spaces. At IIM Indore, he displayed a harmonious balance between academics and extra co-curricular activities. A former member of the Placement Committee, Fest Coordinator, Sponsorship Verticals and Industry Interaction cells, he has displayed leadership, dedication and grit throughout his college life. Having worked with organizations ranging from research institutions, NGOs & corporations, he had a holistic understanding of research, business, and creative models, with a strong appreciation for socially relevant and responsible activities. He thrives in a high performance, purpose-driven environment, where he is empowered to take strategic decisions for the growth of the brand.

Experience

Google

2 roles

Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager

Promoted

Apr 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Spearheaded strategic partnerships with sell-side ad monetization agencies & top sensitive publishers to unlock new revenue streams and maximize publisher success across Google's ad platforms (Adsense, Admanager & Admob).
  • 1. Managing a Multi Million Dollar portfolio encompassing double digit partners across all sellside formats to drive ad revenue growth
  • 2. Grew my portfolio by 73% YoY across all sellside product categories with some partners growing 100%+ YoY in 2024
  • 3. Built diversification & pivot strategies with partners to proactively navigate ambiguity, increasing adoption
  • 4. Excelled at building strong C level relations with partners, resulting in exception client experience & 100% Customer Satisfaction & high NPS scores.
  • 5. Brainstormed & executed a new business line for the pod in 2024, which contributes significantly to current pod revenues
  • 6. Leads Web Gaming Pillar for APAC, bringing structure & driving revenue ownership for partners in this space
  • 7. Created the 2024/25 Pod & Product Plans, Account Plans, Logging Pipeline & Prioritizing Strategic Opportunities
  • 8. Accountability to protect the ecosystem, conducting periodic clean-ups; improving partners’ Quality Scores
  • Achievements & Highlights:
  • 1. Received the "Global VP Spotlight Award in H2’24" for extraordinary performance and customer success
  • 2. Closed 3 major One-Google Joint Business Plans with Partners in collaboration with other SBUs of Google
  • 3. Awarded the People Champ 2024 Award for outstanding contributions towards team events, activities & morale
Sales & Customer SuccessComplex Problem SolvingEstablishing Strategic PartnershipsCross- Functional CollaborationData Driven Decision MakingGo-to-market Strategy+2

Strategic Partner Development Manager

Aug 2022Apr 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Monetizing the world's information thus making it accessible & useful to all.
  • 1. Empowered partners to innovative products that improve their value proposition & stickiness with users
  • 2. Accountability to protect the ecosystem, conducting periodic clean-ups; improving partners’ Quality Scores
  • 3. Published the first APAC Case Study of a new ad format adaptation thru collaboration with News Partnerships
  • 4. Managed sensitive partners in news media & built trust with CXOs, Revenues Heads to boost compliant business
  • Achievements & Highlights:
  • 1. Won “Hunter of the Year 2023” award from the Director of Sellside India, for exemplary business contribution
  • 2. Winner of 3 Sales Contest Awards for Pitching New Ad Formats, Increasing Adoption & co-pitches with GCP

Amazon

Sales Specialist & Account Management

Aug 2021Aug 2022 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • On a journey to be the Earth's Most Customer Centric Company.
  • 1. Responsible for scouting, pitching, onboarding & ensuring successful launches of high value sellers on Amazon
  • 2. Learned the core of ecom biz, engaged with cross functional teams to achieve goals aligned with Amazon values
  • 3. Launched 50+ high value sellers in 9 month across varied categories to ensure maximum selection & A-Z delight
  • 4. Contributing to INR 30 Cr of projected annual GMS with a portfolio of 10 crorepati & 30 millionaire sellers
  • 5. Was a Top 4 performer in north zone managing 14 strategic accounts with a 87% target completion rate – GIF’21
  • 6. Grew client revenues by 4x of BAU sales during festive periods for sellers & enrolling them in Amazon programs
Sales & MarketingMarket Analysis

Trident group india

Key Account Manager

Apr 2019Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Home Textiles Marketing Division - International Markets (Europe)
  • Trident Group is amongst the world's largest terry towel and bed-linen manufacturers and draws economies of scale from large capacities. Our wide range of product portfolio includes a wide variety of towels, bed sheets, blankets, dohars and bathrobes.
  • 1. Managed EU zone’s largest account & world's biggest furniture retailer, for its worldwide & domestic procurement of terry towels, bedlinen and bathrobes
  • 2. Oversaw business relations of ~€17mn annual revenue & contributed 7% to Trident’s home textile wing revenue
  • 3. Pursued new business opportunities through product innovation, research, competitor analysis & market intel
  • 4. Coordinated in cross functional teams across 4 factories & liaised with multiple production, innovation, QA and sustainability members
  • 5. Prepared business proposals, lead negotiations & presented to decision makers at C-level to convert business
  • 6. Converted 17 programs worth ~€ 13mn spanning across multiple SBUs. Another 3 programs are in the pipeline
  • 7. Increased annual business in bedlinen segment by 398% & towel segment by 8% YoY.
  • 8. Achieved 97.7% OTD (Pre-Covid) for FY’20 & was awarded Development Supplier Status in bed linen segment
  • 9. Laid foundations to grow Trident's revenue from key account for the first time in four years. Expected to close with 80% growth YoY.
Key Account Development

Career launcher

Sales and Marketing Summer Intern

Apr 2018Jun 2018 · 2 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

  • Project 1: Targeting & Go to Market Strategy for Work Ex CAT aspirants
  • 1. Conducted primary (in-depth interviews & surveys), secondary research to understand personas of MBA aspirants & their needs
  • 2. Crafted microsite to generate & nurture leads through content & email marketing; Developed 19 articles, 18 videos, 15 social media advertisement campaigns, 7 mailing campaigns, 7 offline print campaigns and a counseling presentation
  • Project 2: Brand Management
  • 1. Surveyed 644 respondents; Researched insights to map brand perception with celebrities for endorsement, via word density analysis, thematic analysis, and MS Excel analytical tools
  • 2. Conducted market research of 2645 responses to track relevant Above The Line -Below The Line advertising routes; Used Net Promoter Score tool to target high traffic cities

Idea cellular ltd

Live Project

Sep 2017Mar 2018 · 6 mos · Indore Area, India

  • Project Title: Changing Learning & Development with Technology & Digitization
  • Designed and implemented strategies to reach a 100% target usage of the digital learning platforms at Idea

Indian institute of management, indore

3 roles

Placement Coordinator

Jun 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Indore Area, India

  • 1. Placed over 1200 students that lead to 100% summers & final placements for largest batches across all IIMs
  • 2. Oversaw a 14.4% increase in CTC in finals'19, and crossed 20 LPA batch average for first time. Participated by 200+ recruiters out of which 57 prominent recruiters were new.
  • 3. Summers'18: Oversaw a 24% stipend increase to 1.54 lakhs with 37+ new companies in summers'18. Totally hosted 150+ companies.
  • 4. Finals' 18: Saw 12% increase in average CTC to 18.17 LPA and hosted 200+ companies on campus.
  • 5. Summers'17: 20% growth in avg. stipend to 1.24 lakh. Hosted 150+ companies on campus. 60 first time recruiters

Senior Core Member, IPM Industry Interaction Cell

Apr 2016Apr 2017 · 1 yr

  • 1. Organized Live Projects, Industrial Visits, Guest lectures, Workshops, Training sessions & Internships for students
  • 2. Initiated & executed an Industrial Visit in Mumbai with the help of the team, for the 3rd year IPM students. Institutions included- IDBI Bank, SEBI, HUL & RBI
  • 3. Coordinated with Dr. Sougata Poddar, University of Redlands, California for a Workshop on Game Theory

Core Member, IPM Industry Interaction Cell

May 2015Apr 2016 · 11 mos

  • Organized Live Projects, Industrial Visits, Guest lectures, Workshops, Training sessions & Internships for students

Selco foundation

Intern

Apr 2017May 2017 · 1 mo · 690, 15th Cross, 2nd Phase, J P Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560078

  • 1. Surveyed and extracted ground level data
  • 2. Analysed financial feasibility of setting up water purification plant in an Urban slum, DJ Halli, in Bangalore
  • 3. Identification of Problems faced by Slum Dwellers
  • 4. Analyzing future possibilities of interventions in Urban Communities
  • 5. Case Study Analysis on Business Planning for SMEs
  • 6. Documentation of Integrated Energy Centers across the SELCO landscape
  • 7. Documentation and recommendation to the structure of Training Institutions in India
  • 8. Recommended policies in the domain of solar sector and implementation to be carried out within Tanzania and Kenya

Ranbhoomi - sports fest

Fest Coordinator

Aug 2016Apr 2017 · 8 mos · Indore Area, India

  • 1. Overall Coordinator of the largest sports fest in Central India
  • 2. Led a team of 300 to organize 25 major sports events with a participation of 700 students & 40+ institutes
  • 3. Managed & implemented the largest sports fest in Central India with a budget of INR 11+ lakhs
  • 4. First IPM (Integrated Programme in Management) fest to integrate and implement a social initiative by partnering with i-Help & Paralympic Committee
  • 5. Invited Sharad Kumar as the Chief Guest, to empower the spirit of sports among the differently-abled

Atharv - iim indore's management & cultural fest

Core Member, Events

Jun 2016Sep 2016 · 3 mos · Indian Institute of Management Indore

  • 1. Managed and successfully implemented Pragnya, B-Quiz, Atharv’16 with a participation of 70 teams
  • 2. Procured sponsorship from companies like Times of India, Future Group, HUL Adda, Saavn, Uber & Internshala

Indian statistical institute, kolkata

Data Analytics Intern

Apr 2016May 2016 · 1 mo · Kolkata Area, India

  • 1. Studied the current changes in the consumption pattern of people with respect to mobile phone ownership across India using unit-level data from the 68th National Sample Survey data, (2011-12)
  • 2. Assessed the trends in demography which respond to a change in expenditure on the basis of their mobile phone spend

Ranbhoomi - sports fest

Sponsorship Co-Coordinator

Oct 2015Apr 2016 · 6 mos · IIM Indore

  • 1. Establish links with Corporates and Chief Guests, Get sponsorship for College Fests
  • 2. To manage relations with corporates and coordinate coverage of events.
  • 3. Procured sponsorship from companies like Mahindra, BigFM, Saavn, Sportskeeda, Zebronics, Spykar, Max, Bingo and Ask Me

Procter & gamble

Live Project

Jun 2015Jun 2015 · 0 mo · India

  • Project Title: Career Ki Hawa Badal Do, Ambi Pur
  • 1. Studied the company’s branding structures & strategies and method of reach with the customers for Ambi Pur
  • 2. Analysed the prospect of a marketing strategy aimed at promoting the firm’s latest products on social media

Institute of development studies kolkata - india

Research Intern

Apr 2015May 2015 · 1 mo · Kolkata

  • 1. Researched on labour laws and analysed the significance of Worker Force Participation Ratios and Labour Force Participation Ratios in the Indian context
  • 2. NSSO 66th, 67th and 68th round reports studied to understand the significance of WPR and LFPR rations

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Bachelor of Arts (Foundations of Management)

Jan 2014Jan 2017

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Bachelor of Arts - BA — Economics (Major)

Jan 2014Jan 2017

Calcutta Boys' School

High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

Jan 2001Jan 2014

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