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Poonam Bhagchandani

Customer Success Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 8 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years in Customer Success and Program Management.
  • Led revenue growth from $2M to $10M+ in 3.5 years.
  • Expertise in cybersecurity and AI-driven strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Customer Success leader in the SaaS and Cybersecurity sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Customer SuccessCybersecurityBusiness GrowthBusiness DevelopmentMarketingProgram ManagementBid Management

Other Skills

Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCyber Threat Hunting (CTH)Cyber OperationsDigital TransformationCustomer Relationship ManagementTeam LeadershipMarket AnalysisSales EnablementDigital MarketingProposal ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder EngagementTelecommunications

About

I am Poonam Bhagchandani, a highly experienced professional in the field of Customer Success and Program Management. With over 20 years of industry experience, I have had the privilege of making significant contributions to various organizations. Currently, I hold the position of Senior Strategic Customer Success Manager at Zscaler, a renowned cybersecurity company. Handling BFSI & Retail customers. Throughout my career, I have specialized in developing and implementing customer-focused strategies that prioritize ROI and value creation for my clients. My technical expertise in the cybersecurity space has allowed me to guide customers towards achieving their goals and objectives, earning me a solid reputation in the industry. I have had the opportunity to work closely with key accounts in the Telecom, banking, and retail sectors, helping them navigate the complex landscape of cybersecurity with confidence. Prior to joining Zscaler, I served as the Head of Customer Success Team at Sumologic, a pioneering company in Observability and Security Analytics. During my tenure, I played a crucial role in driving the India business from a revenue of 2 M USD to an impressive 10M+ USD in just 3.5 years. In addition, was responsible for TAM, PS and Partner TAM teams in India. My commitment to customer obsession and my ability to understand and address unique customer needs have been the keys to my success. I possess exceptional program management skills, ensuring the seamless execution and delivery of customer success initiatives. As a visionary coach to a high-performing team, I strive to ensure the success of our largest customers. Drawing on my extensive experience, I bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to help our team make a positive impact on customer success efforts. Whether it is building long-term revenue streams or exceeding customer expectations, I am dedicated to delivering exceptional results at every step. I am fueled by a passion for innovation and a relentless pursuit of excellence, always pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the field of customer success. I look forward to the opportunity of working with you and making a positive impact on your organization's growth and success.

Experience

21 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
1 yr 6 mos
Current Experience

Cloudflare

Principal customer success manager

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Zscaler

Senior customer success manager (strategic Customers)

Feb 2024Nov 2024 · 9 mos · Singapore · On-site

Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeCybersecurityCyber Threat Hunting (CTH)Cyber Operations+2

Sumo logic

Head of CS(India)

Jun 2020Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • In this director level position of customer success I Own customer relationships for $10M+ USD book of business. Responsible for driving enablement, adoption, retention, and expansion within the Sumo Logic customer base.
  • I'm in the role of Head of Customer Success for India, overseeing both the Technical Account Management and Professional Services teams reporting to me directly.
  • President club Achiever for 2022-2023.

Nextgen healthcare

Sr Manager

Oct 2019Jun 2020 · 8 mos

Tech mahindra

2 roles

Group Manager

Mar 2018Oct 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangalore

  • Understanding of market segments, product/ solution, audience, and buyer/ user segments
  • articulating business problem and outcomes, creating value propositions, translating technical
  • capabilities and features to business terms
  • Sales enablement and communicating the value proposition to customer facing teams to support
  • selling
  • Working closely with Marketing team on Social media, digital and inbound and outbound marketing,
  • marketing measurements with the objective of lead generation and conversion.
  • Presentations to key stakeholders in customer organization
  • New use case evaluation and creation of business case
  • Participation in analyst meetings, reviews
  • Competitive benchmarking and differentiation
  • Thought leadership
  • Represent in customer visits and in publications (blogs, whitepapers)
  • Support leaders/ participate in industry events
  • Drive product launches and releases
  • Internal communication and buzz on key solutions newsletter, mailers, infographics
Market AnalysisSales EnablementDigital MarketingBusiness DevelopmentMarketing

Senior Program Manager

Dec 2015Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

  • Work closely with the Sales Team to provide RFX/proposal support on designing multi-shore, and complex legal solutions
  • Issue resolution among the stake holders
  • Guide the teams in identifying win theme and value proposition statements
  • Individually able to project manage the entire bid management, including preparing customized, strategically and visually enhanced sales proposals (RFP/ RFI/DDQ/PQQ) and presentations.
  • Accountable for quality check and timely delivery of all outgoing proposals/attachments and reports.
  • Contribute to various aspects of bid response delivery approaches, solution design, delivery differentiators, commercials
  • Ability to own, create and deliver various reports associated to proposal status, team status, queue, performance, etc.
  • Design, develop and maintain knowledge assets and Assist in Strategic and/or Industry research
Proposal ManagementProject ManagementStakeholder EngagementProgram ManagementBid Management

Pgi

Director of Operations

Sep 2013Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos · India

  • Spearheading various activities with the assistance of large teams, reporting to the Senior Vice President- Technical Operations and working as the Business Unit Head Role responsible to provide leadership, direction and oversight to the Infrastructure Management and Customer service Unit.
  • Primary responsibility of Delivery across all Verticals in India. And Infrastructure Management for entire India Data centers.
  • Helping Sales team on technical solution front on audio, video, web conferencing, webcasting and unified communications.
  • Coordinate with the executive leadership team to develop tactical plans and manage the business and handled additional responsibility of Lead Role in managing Pre - Sales and Implementation team.
  • Developing & implementing Policies and procedures related to operations and including Organizational Plans ensuring Business Development and Growth in the Organization.
  • Developing, overseeing and managing multiple Dept. Budgets, ensuring achievement of Revenue & Expenses and mentoring direct reports in effective budget planning and tracking practices.
  • Visiting Customers frequently as part of the Delivery Review Process and assure commitment to the customer and negotiating with Vendors & Partners to achieve the best value for the Organization.
  • Significantly involved in the Business Development, Delivery Management, Knowledge Management, Competency Building, and Solution offering Development, Technical Reviews, Financial Management and People Management.

Verse innovation pvt ltd

Senior Delivery Manager

Aug 2012Sep 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Creating a Project Plan in adherence to the Software Development Process Methodology and Resource Utilization & Job Scheduling in coordination with the Project Leads, Test manager and other stake holders.
  • Acted as the Central Coordination Point to facilitate communication and synchronization across Internal Development Teams and Vendor Teams for various Projects and Business Development activities.
  • Involved in continuous Project Process Improvements, critical decision making procedures, maintaining Client-Vendor Relationship and delivered Product Demos to the Client at their premises.

Huawei

Senior Project Lead

Aug 2011Aug 2012 · 1 yr

  • Responsible for Designing solution and then sharing the same with Dev team in form of Stories & DS.
  • Tracking the issues from the sites and ensuring that the fixes are merged in the site code.
  • Responsible for breaking down the requirements into stories and also maintain the version mapping and version evolution for the CRBT product.
  • Taking care that the release goes to the site on time.
  • Responsible for doing Tech Audits, DS and TS review.
  • Responsible for evaluating if the supported documents are going along with the release
  • Responsible on maintaining the code size being released and defect density is within the threshold
  • Responsible for major RS sites, ensuring that the concerns raised by the sites during upgrades and migration are addressed
  • Handling swap (migration) from third parties.
  • Meeting sales force on future requirements and planning for the same.
  • Release version tree maintenance.

Verse innovation pvt ltd

Delivery Manager (ITIL V3 Foundation Certified)

Feb 2010Aug 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

Onmobile global ltd

Asst Delivery Manager

Jun 2007Feb 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Tata teleservices

Senior Engineer

Oct 2004Jun 2007 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Education

National Institute of Technology Surat

BE — Electronics

Jan 2001Jan 2004

Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies- Pune

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — Operations Management and Supervision

Jan 2007Jan 2009

Institute of Product Leadership

ICPM — Product management and Product Marketting

Jan 2018Jan 2019

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