Sumith Sagar

Associate Partner

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in product marketing and pre-sales strategies.
  • Proven track record in creating effective GTM plans.
  • Strong background in Governance Risk & Compliance.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Marketing expert in the SaaS and Fintech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product MarketingMarketing StrategyMarket ResearchPre-salesSales EnablementData Analysis

Other Skills

AnalysisAnalyticsB2B MarketingB2B SoftwareBuild Strong RelationshipsBusiness AnalysisBusiness Case PreparationBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceBusiness Model ResearchBusiness StrategyBusiness-to-Business (B2B)CampaignsCase StudiesClient Interaction

About

With extensive and diversified experience in product marketing and pre-sales in the software product industry, highly skilled in creating and managing GTM strategies, enabling sales, creating marketing communication mix, and providing functional and industry expertise to win deals Experience Summary  Expertise in Governance Risk & Compliance in Banking, Financial Services, and CTRM (Agriculture products, Metals & Concentrates)  Strategize and create GTM plans and help executing them  Create Market Requirements Documents  Demonstrate products to customers and analysts  Manage proposals, RFX, and EOIs  Marketing asset creation for better communication  Client/Prospect Case Analysis; Gap and Fitment Analysis  Provide insights on market needs and clients’ requirements to product development team to enhance product features

Experience

14 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Metricstream

2 roles

Associate Director

Promoted

Apr 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

Sr. Manager Product Marketing

Jan 2021Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Colortokens, inc.

Product & Industry Marketing

Dec 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

Metricstream

3 roles

Assistant Manager, Product Marketing

Apr 2015Apr 2017 · 2 yrs

  • > Create and manage product marketing strategies using various channels i.e. email marketing, SEO, events, webinars, customer advocacy and social media
  • > Plan, organize and attend various internal and external events as part of brand marketing and pipeline building
  • > Create marketing assets and other contents such as market insights, data sheets, white papers and product gap documents
  • > Manage RFX team, review and propose appropriate product offering based to customer requirements
  • > Respond to analysts surveys to create positive impact and position the company as a market leader
  • > Present and demonstrate the product offerings to the customers/prospects
  • > Co-speak in webinars about MetricStream solutions and industry best-practices
Product MarketingMarketing Asset CreationEvent ManagementProposal ManagementProduct DemonstrationMarketing Strategy

Senior Associate Product Marketing

Promoted

Apr 2014Mar 2015 · 11 mos

  • > Propose suitable solution offerings to prospects/customers
  • > Contribute to Product Gap Analysis by providing latest market/customer requirements and doing research on market trends
  • > Plan and conduct Webinars on industry trending topics related to BFSI industry
  • > Plan and strategize email campaigns around our product offerings/industry insights/throught leadership
  • > Plan, organize and attend events across various geographies; some of the events attended include IIA conferences, organized events include MetricStream Round-tables and Special Interest Groups (mSIGs) meetings
  • > Work with Product Management on upcoming product roadmaps
Product Gap AnalysisWebinar PlanningEmail CampaignsEvent ManagementProduct MarketingMarket Research

Associate Product Marketing

Jun 2013Apr 2014 · 10 mos

  • > Respond to RFX by highlighting key features and benefits
  • > Support programs marketing including Webinars, Email Campaigns, Events, and product brochures
RFX ManagementMarketing SupportProduct Brochure DevelopmentPre-salesProduct Marketing

Surya software systems

Senior Presales Consultant

Aug 2012Feb 2013 · 6 mos · Bangalore

  • > Respond to RFI/RFPs; liaison with technical and professional services team
  • > After Sales Services- create change request proposals, requirement gathering, gap and fitment analysis
  • > Demonstrate Surya’s product offerings to prospects
  • > Create sales collaterals such as sales presentations, cold calling scripts and client case studies and newsletters for company’s website
  • > Interact with CXO level people to understand business requirements
  • > Managing business relationships with partners for data and other product integrations
  • > Attend trade shows and Product conferences to meet potential customers and grow business
RFI/RFP ManagementSales Collateral CreationClient InteractionPre-salesSales Enablement

Eka software solutions

2 roles

Presales Consultant

Promoted

Oct 2009Jul 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

  • > Research business models of prospects and gauge preliminary fitment with Eka’s products
  • > Liaison with Sales, Consulting, R&D, Engineering teams to ensure that the product features accurately reflect the expectations of prospects’
  • > Work on RFPs and RFIs – work with various teams and business heads to gather the required information / data
  • > Design the approach, strategy, and direction of discovery calls.
  • > Demonstrate Product offerings to prospects
  • > Work exhaustively on all aspects of the product – to make workflows for demo, and to stress test and smoke test product to ensure the efficiency of the product.
  • > Delving into different aspects of the Commodity Trading markets and domain, notably in the Agricultural, Metals and Energy verticals
Business Model ResearchProduct DemonstrationRFP/RFI ManagementPre-salesProduct Marketing

Market Research Executive

Jan 2009Oct 2009 · 9 mos · Bangalore

  • > Analyze website visitors’ trend, behavior and frequency with the help of tools such as Google Analytics, Onestat on daily, weekly and monthly basis
  • > Prepare comprehensive reports of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and website analysis; Create Management Dashboards and present it to the senior management periodically
  • > Hands-on, in-depth knowledge of offerings from competitive market. Also do a SWOT analysis of offerings from business competitors
  • > Conduct Primary and Secondary research to build database. Create recipients list and messaging for email marketing
Website AnalyticsSocial Media ReportingMarket ResearchData Analysis

Education

COMMITS

Master's degree — Marketing Communication

Jan 2007Jan 2009

Mysore University

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Jan 2004Jan 2007

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