Nikhil Godbole

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years in customer experience leadership.
  • Achieved 78% chatbot deflection rate.
  • Best CX Leader 2024 at World CX Summit.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Customer Experience Leader in Fintech and Travel Tech sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyCoachingCustomer ExperienceCustomer Support

Other Skills

Director levelBlossom Flower Therapy EssenceCustomer SuccessTeam LeadershipCredit CardsBankingProblem SolvingCommunicationFinTechStakeholder ManagementCustomer Service ManagementTravel ManagementGlobal Distribution Systems (GDS)SugarCRMSocial Media

About

With 20+ years of leadership experience across Fintech (Neo Banking) and Travel Tech, I bring a proven track record of building high-impact customer service organizations that scale, perform, and delight. Former Head of Customer Support at Jupiter Money and Ex Vice President - Customer Care at Cleartrip (Flipkart Group), I specialize in: ๐Ÿงฉ Designing customer-centric operating models (B2C & B2B) ๐Ÿค– Implementing AI-led automation (achieved 78% chatbot deflection rate) ๐Ÿ“Š Driving CSAT, NPS, FCR, OCR and cost-to-serve metrics ๐Ÿ’ผ Leading P&L-driven support with focus on ARPAC/AU efficiency ๐ŸŒ Managing cross-regional teams (India & Middle East: UAE, KSA, Egypt, etc.) Iโ€™m deeply passionate about transforming customer support into a growth engineโ€”through strategic leadership, automation, and talent development. My approach blends data, empathy, and intelligent design to deliver both customer satisfaction and business results. ๐Ÿ† Recognitions: Best CX Leader (2024, World CX Summit) Best in Class Chat Support (2023, CX Awards) Featured in CEO Insights, Quantic Connect, Freshworks Case Studies ๐Ÿ’ก Now exploring leadership opportunities where I can partner with visionary teams to elevate customer experience and scale high-performing support functions globally. ๐Ÿ“ฉ Open to: Head of Customer Experience | VP โ€“ Customer Support | CX Transformation Leader | Global Support Strategy Roles

Experience

23 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Jupiter

Head of Customer Service

Jun 2022 โ€“ Aug 2025 ยท 3 yrs 2 mos ยท Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ยท On-site

  • ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐Œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ), ๐๐๐ˆ, ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐Š๐˜๐‚, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  (๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐จ๐š๐ง๐ฌ) ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
  • ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:
  • o Achieved top Customer Satisfaction (๐‚๐’๐€๐“) scores and industry-leading First Call Resolution (๐…๐‚๐‘)
  • rates through customer-centric strategies, streamlined workflows, and enhanced agent training.
  • ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ & ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐๐ง๐‹) ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ:
  • o Optimized operational costs by managing ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ/๐€๐‘๐๐€๐‚, ensuring cost-effective resource
  • allocation and driving profitability.
  • ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
  • o Led Inside Sales initiatives, exceeding revenue targets via cross-selling and upselling, and
  • implemented retention programs to reduce churn and boost customer lifetime value.
  • ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ:
  • o Built high-performing, cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and innovation. Maintained an
  • eNPS of over 70% for four years, reflecting a highly engaged workforce.
Customer SuccessCoachingCustomer SupportTeam LeadershipCredit CardsBanking+6

Cleartrip.com

7 roles

Vice President Customer Care

Promoted

Apr 2021 โ€“ May 2022 ยท 1 yr 1 mo

  • ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ:
  • o Managed Voice, Email, and Chat Operations (B2C & B2B) for Air, Hotel, Trains, Packages, and Local Activities.
  • o Optimized KPIs: Net Promoter Score (๐๐๐’), One Call Resolution (๐Ž๐‚๐‘), Case Reopen Rate (%), ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ญ๐จ-๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ, and ๐„๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ž (%).
  • o Oversaw Hotel Backend Fulfilment, including Booking Reconfirmation, Cancellation, Refunds, and Sold-Out Scenarios.
  • ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž:
  • o Led Training and Quality programs for Customer Service and Air Fulfilment teams, ensuring global standards.
  • ๐๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:
  • o Directed Phone Sales across India and the Middle East (UAE, KSA, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman), achieving revenue targets.
  • ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ:
  • o Supervised Ticketing Operations, ensuring SLA compliance, optimizing AHT, and improving Productivity.
  • o Managed Cancellation & Refunds, and led Refund Recovery to minimize revenue leakage.
  • o Oversaw Untraced Operations (Risk Control Unit) to mitigate risks and ensure operational integrity.
Customer SuccessCustomer SupportProblem SolvingCommunicationCustomer ExperienceTravel Management+1

Sr. Director - Customer Care

Apr 2020 โ€“ Apr 2021 ยท 1 yr

Customer SupportCommunication

Director Customer Care

Apr 2018 โ€“ Apr 2020 ยท 2 yrs

Customer SupportCommunication

General Manager - Customer Service

Promoted

Apr 2015 โ€“ Mar 2018 ยท 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Responsible for Enhancing the overall Customer Experience by generating positive outcome with every Internal and External Customer Interaction.
Customer SupportCommunication

Dy. General Manager - Operations

Sep 2010 โ€“ Mar 2015 ยท 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Responsible for exceeding Customer expectations via phone, Email and Social media response management.
  • Understanding customer behavior and develop tools to increase the overall customer happiness Index.
Customer SupportCommunication

Sr.Manager - Operations

Jun 2009 โ€“ Sep 2010 ยท 1 yr 3 mos

  • Leading a team of experts from all aspects of an Online Travel Industry.
  • Customer Service being the forte followed by Risk Control Unit and Backend Travel agency Operations.
Customer SupportCommunication

Operations Manager

May 2007 โ€“ May 2009 ยท 2 yrs

  • Managed Air/Hotel/Train Customer Service operations with a Team size of 70+ (Asst. Managers, Team Leaders, subject Matter Experts, Executives, Trainees)
  • Also managing Online Fraud Management (Risk Control Unit) with industry specific targets towards Online Fraud.
Customer SupportCommunication

Meandit.in

Builder

Apr 2019 โ€“ Present ยท 7 yrs 1 mo ยท Bengaluru ยท On-site

  • ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  the founding team on business strategy, product positioning, and go-to-market planning.
  • ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  on customer acquisition, retention, and brand building approaches for early user growth.
  • ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  establish operational processes and performance metrics to ensure scalable growth.
  • Conducting regular strategy reviews and offering guidance on leadership development and decision making.
Director levelCoachingBlossom Flower Therapy EssenceBusiness Strategy

Infosys bpo

Lead

May 2006 โ€“ May 2007 ยท 1 yr ยท Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Leading a Team of Technical associates and servicing for North America Verizon Customers
Customer SupportCommunication

Exl service

2 roles

Assistant Manager

Promoted

Nov 2003 โ€“ May 2006 ยท 2 yrs 6 mos

Customer SupportCommunication

Technical Lead

Nov 2002 โ€“ Oct 2003 ยท 11 mos

  • Leading a Team of Technical associates and servicing for Dell Computers
Customer SupportProblem SolvingCommunication

Icfai business school

Network Engineer

Mar 2002 โ€“ Oct 2002 ยท 7 mos

Customer SupportProblem SolvingCommunication

Education

Mahatma Gandhi University

Bachelor's degree โ€” Aviation Hospitality & Travel Management

Jan 2014 โ€“ Jan 2017

Shikshan Prasarak Mandalis Sir Parshurambhau College Arts, Science & Commerce Tilak Road Pune 30

Bachelor's degree โ€” Computer Science

Jun 1998 โ€“ Jun 2002

M.H High School & Junior College

Higher Secondary School Certificate โ€” Science

Jan 1996 โ€“ Jan 1998

S.E.S

Seconday School Certificate

Jan 1994 โ€“ Jan 1996

Raigad Military School

Jan 1993 โ€“ Jan 1994

A.K Joshi English Medium School

Jan 1987 โ€“ Jan 1993

Indian School, Salmiya

Jan 1985 โ€“ Jan 1987

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