Richa Sharma

Partnerships Manager

Delhi, Delhi, India13 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in managing strategic payment partnerships.
  • Certified investment advisor with strong relationship management skills.
  • Proven track record in business development and project management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech professional specializing in strategic partnerships and business development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic PartnershipsProject ManagementBusiness Alliances

Other Skills

Program ManagementStrategic AlliancesBuilding Business PartnershipsNew Business DevelopmentNegotiationSales and MarketingFinancial ServicesRelationship ManagementPortfolio ManagementCredit CardsWealth ManagementBankingMortgage LendingSales Channel DevelopmentSales Operations

About

As a Payments and Banking professional, my focus lies in forging strategic alliances within the industry, backed by a solid background in business relationship management. I have built strengths around identifying and nurturing strategic partnerships and an adeptness in navigating its complexities within the regulatory framework. I have gathered expertise in managing XFN relationships, streamlining project delivery and enhancing product decisions, leveraging my skills in institutional alliances and business development. Certified investment advisor. Freelance published writer

Experience

13 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
3 yrs 6 mos
Current Experience

Meta

Payment Partnerships

Oct 2022Present · 3 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Manage partnerships with Payment service providers - Banks, Fintechs and other companies in the payment space
  • Liaison with the regulator in the payments space for eficient project delivery
  • Maintain direct and active partnerships with internal and external stakeholders proactively resolving business, technical and policy issues
  • Service as an advocate on all open initiatives, leading business and project objectives
  • Identify new partners and negotiate business and technical terms
  • Inform, influence, support and execute product decisions
  • Track, analyse, influence and communicate Key Metrics
  • Program Manage and streamline delivery of feature asks as well as joint projects with Partners
Business AlliancesStrategic PartnershipsProject ManagementProgram ManagementStrategic AlliancesBuilding Business Partnerships+2

Citi

AVP

Feb 2021Sep 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Acquire, develop and strengthen Private Banking customer relationships
  • Managing over 300 relationships between existing Private banking and Citigold customers across commercial and wealth profiles
  • Certified financial advisor to develop and build on the acquired relationships
  • Sales and service to customers of financial products across, investments, insurance, Forex, commercial banking products and services.
  • AMFI, IRDA certified as of April 2021 in addition to certifications on investments, insurance, commercial products and services etc.

Kaleidofin

Deputy Vice President, Network Partnerships

Feb 2020Jul 2020 · 5 mos

  • Pitching and coordinating selling solutions to enterprises/CXO level executives
  • Managing partners - MFIs, Banks, NGOs, BCs etc to leverage their network to deliver solutions at a large scale
  • Develop and execute a strategic plan to run retention campaigns for existing customer base to convert to referral ambassadors
  • Recruit, manage and train business teams across geographies for best practices.
  • Develop and implement strategy to increase customer base and solution adoption
  • Training teams on financial literacy, selling skills, product knowledge etc.
Business Alliances

Hdfc bank

AVP Cobrands

Sep 2016Aug 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Build and direct product strategies for cobranded credit card portfolio
  • ▪ Develop and implement marketing plans and campaigns to drive growth of portfolio size, performance of port-
  • folio parameters and meet business targets (growth of card base, spends, activation, penetration, TOW etc)
  • ▪ Ensure development of marketing programs to ensure product profitability and customer retention
  • ▪ Initiate product ideas and ongoing features/benefits tailored for target segment
  • ▪ Coordinate with various teams across products and processes to spearhead product performance and maintain
  • portfolio momentum
  • ▪ Work with cobranded partner teams to ensure smooth relationship management
  • ▪ Design product collaterals and regulate placement and movement in alignment with strategies for the product.
  • ▪ Conduct regular review on market trend and study competitor activities to identify opportunities
Business Alliances

Big laundry services pvt. ltd

Head of Sales and Marketing

Jan 2016Sep 2016 · 8 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Designing Marketing campaigns, contributing to business strategy, coordinating with marketing agencies, responsible for following and enhancing sales force performance.
Business Alliances

Citibank n.a.

2 roles

Citigold Relationship Manager

Jul 2008Apr 2011 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Acquire, develop and strengthen Premier Banking customer relationships through effective relationship management in accordance with business goals to contribute to bottom-line of Premier Banking
  • Manage and develop relationships with new and existing affluent customers through professional consultative financial analysis
  • Active sourcing and prospecting of affluent customers
  • Upselling, cross-selling, providing regular market information updates and trend analysis
  • Ensure superior customer service thereby contributing to the overall customer experience of Premier Banking Requirements

RM - Emerging Channels (Credit Cards)

Aug 2006Jul 2008 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Zone manager for South India for telecalling activities for the Emerging Channel Team.
  • Relationship Manager for Telecalling Vendor based out of Chennai (Largest vendor for the channel across India in terms of number and volume) working on sales, quality, value adds, activation, RTO, etc.
  • Responsible for maintaining quality of Telecalling standards by being in touch with compliance and vendors and regularly review performance (the process was started, implemented and reviewed by self all through)
  • Responsible for budgeting, billing, tracking and ensuring timely payment within budgetary limits for all telecalling channel activities.
  • Channel coordinator for all Risk and control related activities and their reporting to unit and compliance

Ge money

Asst Manager

Jun 2005Aug 2006 · 1 yr 2 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India, New Delhi, India

  • Worked with Product team on setting up and Manage to distribute pan-India leads to sales channels for 28 cities and drive business
  • Set up, implemented and drive channels to secure leads and distribute from the Internet and Mobile platforms
  • Run a connector-servicing channel for over 700 connectors through a team meant to service their requirements
  • Drive business through a DST channel for the product, ranging from retail to big-tickets, through a team of 20 people, including team leaders, sales officers, telecallers and back-end processors.
  • Underwriting of cases for Loan against Property and Home Loans to assess feasible cases (between 2-30 lacs)

Education

National Law School of India University

Masters in Business Law — Business Law

Sep 2025Jun 2027

FORE School of Management, New Delhi

PGDBM — Marketing

Jan 2003Jan 2005

Delhi University

Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) — Food Science and Technology

Jan 1999Jan 2002

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