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Saurabh Kumar, PMP®,SCPM®

CEO

Delhi, India24 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in driving market awareness and revenue growth.
  • Expert in developing and executing Go-To-Market strategies.
  • Strong leadership in managing cross-functional teams and projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and eCommerce expert with a strong focus on product management and market strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementGo-to-market Strategy

Other Skills

Product DevelopmentMarket Launch PlansSales TrainingProduct IntroductionProduct ExpansionProgram ManagementRequirements AnalysisFunctional SpecificationsGlobal DeliveryPMPBusiness AnalystsNew Business DevelopmentStrategic ConsultingAccount ManagementVendor Management

About

Astute leader and a competent professional in the design/delivery of value-driven, high-performance enterprise products and solutions. Exceptional record conceptualizing innovative and scaling existing businesses across multiple product categories. Experienced deploying new business models, formulating effective GTM strategies, driving market awareness, and working with R&D with focus on product, budgets, time, and quality. Effective at building culturally diverse, team-centric operating units, with excellent business process and strategy development skills. Customer-centric with excelling at initiating profitable contracts, and partnering with business operations to increase foot print, expand market share, and generate sustainable revenue with EBITDA. 1. Strategic Planning and Leadership 2. ROI, Value Proposition & Profit Optimization 3. Product Development, Introduction & Expansion 4. Market Evaluation, Penetration & Expansion 5. New Product Planning, Architecture & Specification 6. Revitalizing Stagnant & Rapidly Declining Sales 7. Competitive Analysis, Positioning & Pricing Strategies 8. Account, Portfolio Management & Customer Retention 9. Product Refinement & Life Cycle Management 10. Performance Enhancement & Succession Planning

Experience

24 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
14 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Samsung electronics

5 roles

Sr. Director

Promoted

Mar 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Director

Mar 2017Mar 2022 · 5 yrs

  • Business Head, Samsung D2C eCommerce (Samsung Shop)

Business Head & General Manager, eCommerce & Online Business (Samsung Shop)

Mar 2016Apr 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

General Manager - Business Development & Enterprise Solutions (Mobility, Signage, IOT)

Promoted

Feb 2014Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Direct and drive all day-to-day operational Enterprise Solution initiatives all major verticals, SMB and products lines for enterprise business team. Formulate all marketing and sales planning initiatives to drive Solution-Sales across Mobility, Display, Hospitality, Printing, Healthcare and IOT. Drive cross-functional teams to define and develop Solution Specs and Collaterals like Manifesto, Roadmap, MRDs, and PRDs. Managing 6 direct and 36 second level professionals at 9 locations with Solution-driven sales targets.

DGM (Product Management, Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Partnerships)

Mar 2012Feb 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

Adobe systems

3 roles

Group Manager, International Markets and Products

Nov 2010Apr 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Accountable for all product and GTM initiatives of key Adobe products in International markets (outside of US and UK). Developed product and market launch plans designed to support aggressive sales campaigns with a dual focus on increasing market share and margin, co-led the product development cycle, created product introduction/expansion strategies, oversaw sales training initiatives, and resolved post-launch problems.
  • Responsible for delivery of 20+ products on Mobile, Social, and Cloud (part of Creative Cloud) in 23 different locales
  • Conceptualized/ Developed a Reporting Dashboard within record time and constrained budgets/ resources
  • Managed of 30+ vendors spread across 4 continents (virtual team size of 700 + engineers & QE’s)

Senior Manager – Product Strategy and Business Development (Sr. Program Manager)

Dec 2007Dec 2010 · 3 yrs

  • Facilitate and create integrated long-term strategy enabling key products to grow revenue and profitability over 3 years. Conduct business feasibility studies and prepare reports to assess financial viability, predictable cash flow & growth opportunities for products and business lines. Perform competitive intelligence and benchmarking analysis for products. Develop new products ensuring detailed product requirements are clearly defined around business objectives, product requirements are strictly adhered to and delivery schedule meets business goals.
  • Secured early customers for 3 Adobe product teams and focussed on full-scale adoption, satisfaction and consistently obtaining 20% more sales
  • Accelerated funding, revenue, development, and liquidity for a key design product. Assisted in building the right product the first time by identifying and developing the Minimum Viable Product
  • Launched new applications on Mobile and Cloud across 15 different countries in 30+ languages
  • Helped in reducing the chasm between product development and a robust sales ramp for key product suites
Product DevelopmentMarket Launch PlansSales TrainingProduct IntroductionProduct ExpansionProduct Management+1

Sr. Program Manager

Aug 2004Dec 2007 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  •  Increased the team size from 3 to 21 by delivering beyond expectations with consistent performance across the several programs.
  •  Drove the steering committee activities involving a decision to buy or build the pre-release system, entailing the operations of requirement gathering, defining scope, prioritizing and preparing a 3-year roadmap for the tool.

Hcl technologies

Business Consultant (Application Portfolio Optimization and Outsourcing)

May 2003Aug 2004 · 1 yr 3 mos

  •  Gained proficiency in conducting application portfolio analysis and developing strategies for outsourcing.
  •  Closely worked with an external consultant to design the entire APO methodology and successfully executed it for a few Fortune 500 clients.
  •  Actively involved with identifying the latest industry trends, major players, industry Standards and Best Practices in the ATM, Payment Solution and Smart Card domain.
  •  Revived a $180 Million relationship with one of the leading financial and retail technology player in the world.
  •  Started offshore-onsite relationship with one of the leading ATM vendor in world worth $80 Million over 5 years.
  •  Incremented the business potential to a tune of $10 Million with UK based banking & financial institution.
  •  Productized the service offerings by building reusable frameworks/methodologies and provided business perspective to assets like White Papers/Client Facing Presentations, Brochures.

Satyam computers services limited

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 1999Jun 2001 · 1 yr 11 mos

  •  Efficiently dealt with clients like Ashton Inc, Florida and Navia markets.com, Chennai for requirement gathering and problem tracking.
  •  Implemented control requirements changes to remove quality and system related defects and performed better through effective planning and project control.

Education

Stanford University

SCPM — Advanced Project Managament

Jan 2008Jan 2009

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

MBA

Jan 2001Jan 2003

Jamia Millia Islamia

B.Tech — Electrical and Electronics

Jan 1995Jan 1999

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