Deepak Batra

Co-Founder

Goa, India15 yrs 11 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Two decades of global experience in governance and strategy.
  • Expert in bridging strategic intent with operational execution.
  • Proven track record in enhancing decision quality and velocity.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Corporate Governance and Strategy expert with extensive experience in enterprise operations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategy ExecutionCorporate GovernanceEnterprise GovernanceDigital TransformationCorporate StrategyGovernment RelationsP&l ManagementCustomer ExperienceRevenue Operations

Other Skills

Performance ManagementOrganizational EffectivenessDecision-Centric PMOPerformance ImprovementAI StrategyRegulatory CoordinationGlobal PositioningData AnalyticsPerformance MarketingCommercial WorkflowsAnalyticsChange ManagementBusiness DevelopmentVenture CapitalPrivate Equity

About

I partner with Promoters, CEOs, and Leadership teams to bridge the gap between strategic intent and operational reality. With two decades of global experience across management consulting, digital leadership, and enterprise governance — spanning environments from a Series A startup to a $150B+ conglomerate — I’ve seen that failure rarely occurs at the level of strategy or vision. Outcomes are shaped in the governance layer: the overlooked mezzanine floor where prioritization is contested, ownership is clarified (or not), and decision quality and velocity are determined. This is where organizations either translate ambition into execution — or dissipate it. My focus is architecting this layer deliberately. I address ambiguous ownership, weak operational cadence, and unresolved trade-offs that erode decision quality and slow velocity — ultimately distorting capital allocation and fragmenting execution.

Experience

15 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
4 mos
Current Experience

Deepak batra

Independent Advisor

Mar 2026Present · 2 mos · Goa, India

  • Advising CEOs and leadership teams on strategy, execution, and governance. Focused on the gap between strategic intent and operational reality — where prioritization is contested, ownership is ambiguous, and decision velocity determines outcomes.
Strategy ExecutionPerformance ManagementOrganizational EffectivenessCorporate Governance

Saffron it

Co-Founder

Jan 2026Present · 4 mos · Goa, India

  • Helping global businesses and leaders develop a visual language for their vision and brand promise.

Adani enterprises limited

Head, Transition Governance

Feb 2025Nov 2025 · 9 mos

  • Architected and institutionalized enterprise governance across a 3,000+ FTE Global Capability Center supporting 25+ business units of a $150B+ conglomerate.
  • Designed a decision-centric enterprise PMO, defining ownership, prioritization logic, and capital allocation discipline across cross-business initiatives
  • Embedded structured operating cadence and executive governance forums to strengthen decision velocity and execution accountability
  • Established enterprise-wide visibility into productivity and resource deployment, identifying ~20% performance improvement opportunity
  • Directed the digital and artificial intelligence roadmap for the Global Capability Center, determining investment sequencing, value pools, and governance guardrails
  • Realigned cross-functional execution architecture, contributing to measurable improvement in customer experience outcomes
Enterprise GovernanceDecision-Centric PMODigital TransformationPerformance Improvement

Gift city

Vice President, Corporate Strategy

Jun 2024Jan 2025 · 7 mos

  • Directed the strategic roadmap and global positioning of India’s International Financial Services Centre in coordination with senior government leadership and the Prime Minister’s Office.
  • Designed a 5-year roadmap to scale Global Capability Centers within GIFT City, aligning regulatory positioning, sector prioritization, and talent strategy
  • Structured cross-ministry governance mechanisms to synchronize policy execution, regulatory coordination, and infrastructure sequencing
  • Enabled the establishment of 7 Global Capability Centers, contributing to ~5,000 employment opportunities within the International Financial Services Centre
  • Positioned GIFT City competitively against established international financial hubs through integrated policy alignment and investor engagement
Corporate StrategyRegulatory CoordinationGlobal PositioningGovernment Relations

Magicbricks

Business Head

Jun 2021Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Owned P&L for the consumer business, leading a 300+ FTE cross-functional organization spanning Product, Technology, Analytics, Performance Marketing, and Sales.
  • Launched and scaled a premium subscription monetization model for property seekers (Magicbricks Prime), achieving ~5% adoption within year one (top decile industry performance)
  • Re-designed pricing and monetization structure to deepen consumer revenue contribution and improve revenue mix
  • Established disciplined cross-functional operating cadence to strengthen conversion, retention, and execution alignment
  • Reduced customer complaint incidence from 9% to 2% of monthly orders by embedding structured customer accountability mechanisms
P&L ManagementData AnalyticsCustomer Experience

Unilodgers

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

Apr 2020May 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Directed global Revenue Operations, integrating Product, Technology, and Analytics to serve 5M+ students and 500+ property partners across the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States.
  • Delivered 50%+ revenue growth during the COVID-disrupted 2020 cycle by redesigning commercial workflows and accelerating digital adoption across international student travel
  • Digitally transformed Student Operations, tripling productivity through process standardization and technology enablement
  • Introduced an industry-first Instant Payments capability to reduce transaction friction and improve student conversion
  • Deployed integrated web-based chat functionality, increasing conversion by ~5% and strengthening customer engagement
Revenue OperationsDigital TransformationCommercial Workflows

Olx group

3 roles

Director, Real Estate

Jan 2017Apr 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Launched and scaled the Property vertical to a $4M revenue run rate within 12 months, building and leading a 120+ member sales organization and securing >10% market share in a highly competitive category.

Director, User Monetization

Mar 2016Dec 2016 · 9 mos

  • Devised and led the go-to-market strategy for monetisation, spanning pricing architecture across 12 categories, paywall design, product marketing, and communication to both businesses and individual users.
  • Directed extensive A/B experimentation and price optimization initiatives, materially improving paid conversion and strengthening marketplace revenue fundamentals.

Head, Strategy & Operations

Mar 2014Feb 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Built and led the first global analytics team based out of India, supporting operations across 40 countries.
  • Led high-impact strategic initiatives that shaped the operating fundamentals of the classifieds business globally, including:
  • Established a category-level transaction framework by analytically defining transaction intent based on user response patterns
  • Developed a structured content quality model, quantifying the impact of key attributes (images, contact information, completeness) on conversion and marketplace liquidity
  • Designed and implemented unified reporting metrics across five countries to support strategic M&A evaluation and integration

Meta

Marketing Associate Intern

Jul 2011Aug 2011 · 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Contributed to Emerging Markets strategy planning (FY15 outlook), developing monetization roadmaps and portfolio allocation models for long-tail business acquisition.
  • Defined engagement-based monetization milestones and built an LTV framework for Pages to support capital deployment decisions.

Bain & company

Manager

Apr 2007Mar 2014 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Advised senior leadership teams and private equity clients on strategy, due diligence, and transformation across multiple industries, supporting investment theses, operating model redesign, and performance acceleration initiatives.

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) — Production and Industrial Engineering

INSEAD

MBA

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