Varun Maheshwari

Associate Partner

Gurgaon, Haryana, India13 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 12+ years in digital transformation leadership.
  • Expert in strategic partnerships and technology adoption.
  • Passionate about revolutionizing education access.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Tech Leader specializing in digital transformation and strategic partnerships in the education sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyStrategic Partnerships

Other Skills

Cross-functional Team LeadershipPlatform PartnershipsBuilding New BusinessDigital TransformationDeveloper RelationsMarketingIT StrategyProject ManagementWeb Content WritingMarket ResearchRequirements AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceBusiness AnalysisTeam ManagementManagement

About

Seasoned tech Leader with 12+ years of excellence in driving digital transformation and forging strategic partnerships across the education landscape. I specialise in orchestrating large-scale technology adoptions across complex public and private institutional ecosystems. ​ As a visionary strategist, I have a proven track record of influencing C-suite decision-makers and government policy-makers to redefine national educational landscapes. My focus is on creating sustainable, technology-driven ecosystems to drive measurable impact. Deeply passionate about increasing access to education and revolutionising the way people learn by creating sustainable technology-backed solutions

Experience

13 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Indigo (interglobe aviation ltd)

Associate Director - Digital

Mar 2023Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • AI Partnerships

Meta

2 roles

Strategic Partner Manager - Special Projects

Promoted

Jan 2022Feb 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Developed the Metaverse India strategy blueprint in partnership with global teams via identification and prioritization for strategic programs and foundational activities with a focus on the Developer ecosystem.
  • Undertook Multi pronged effort at building developer ecosystem, and driving immersive learning.
Business StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic PartnershipsPlatform PartnershipsBuilding New Business

Strategic Partnerships Manager - Product Partnerships

Oct 2019Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Led various internal and external stakeholders to drive developer product adoption globally and regionally.

Ey

Senior Management Consultant - Innovation and transformation strategy

Jan 2018Oct 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Business lead in strategy office of Government and Public Sector, working directly with GPS India consulting leader.
  • Responsibilities spanned from preparation for internal and external engagements, managing the business rhythm to collaborating on strategic initiatives and helping shape the GPS India team agenda.
  • > Conceptualized, established, and ran EY Wavespace - an innovation hub, immersive design studio and innovation accelerator in Mumbai, as part of the global EY Wavespace network.
  • > Established hub governance structure - staffing models, success metrics and key hub projects.
  • > As a trained session facilitator and design thinker, I steered below set of activities:
  • Executed the design, production and delivery of a digitally facilitated workshop around digital vision,
  • innovation, and design.
  • Defined strategy and design for customer experience to devise strategic solutions based on stakeholder interviews, persona creation, user needs, journey maps, and business requirements.
  • Engaged with senior client executives to help define their digital vision, strategy, and roadmap.
  • > Evangelized “Design thinking led immersive selling” concept in the firm leading to differential impact and 2.5X increased conversion rates.
  • > Chosen by the firm to help set up Innovation as a service (IaaS) practice – IaaS involves industrializing innovation to build a sustainable enterprise innovation program via several design led sprints.
  • > Generated influenced sales revenue (USD 7 MN pipeline) : Steered technology-enabled Strategy acceleration session for a USD 100 BN conglomerate.

Larsen & toubro infotech ltd.

Associate Consultant (Transformation Management office of COO)

May 2016Jan 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Spearheaded ideation, prioritisation and execution of org wide transformation initiatives:
  • o Overhauled the selection, capability buildout, IP creation and GTM management across all the service lines of the firm
  • o Drove culture of innovation and experiential selling via setting up a first of its kind “Mosaic Experience centre”.
  • Delivered implementation roadmap for Re-Imagining Customer Experience and increasing market share by enabling Digital Customer On-boarding and Self Service for a French bank in Ghana.
  • As a global strategic alliance manager for Workplace by Facebook managed Fortune 500 clients on enterprise collaboration engagements generating a pipeline of INR XY Cr within first six months of the offering launch.

Adidas group

Sr. Associate- IT Business Partner

Feb 2014Apr 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • .Liaised with other departments to agree upon a digital IT strategy that supported the business needs.
  • Successfully delivered –“Omni Channel and Endless aisle project”- revolutionizing the consumer journey by offering a seamless shopping experience leading to increase in conversion rates and customer engagement.
  • Developed reliable network of vendors to procure IT Infrastructure ensuring cost efficiency, long-term post-sales support and minimal service downtime. Managed to bring down CAPEX by 10pc YoY basis.
  • Instrumental in Go-Live of the official E-Commerce portal of brand Adidas and Reebok. Led the POC for a giant Retail Infrastructure Project-“Standard Network Implementation” in Pan India stores.
  • As the Innovation Hub SPOC, ideated and executed novel ideas garnering accolades from global colleagues.

Hcl technologies (infrastructure services division)

2 roles

Senior Analyst

Promoted

Nov 2012Jan 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Responsible for network administration and troubleshooting enterprise networks of Fortune 500 customers spread over APAC, EMEA and Pan US. Key Clients-Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Oxford University Press.
  • Developed cost benefit analysis to prioritize change requests and made recommendations to the project leadership resulting in 23% increase in revenue Year on Year.
  • Topped CSATs by understanding customers’ specific requirements, delivering the right product on time whilst building long terms partnerships.

GET

Aug 2011Oct 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

Tata teleservices ltd

Intern

Jan 2011Jun 2011 · 5 mos

Education

Great Lakes Institute of Management

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — IT Ops. and Marketing

Jan 2015Jan 2016

Punjab Technical University

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)

Jan 2007Jan 2011

Tagore Public School

High School — Science

Jan 1998Jan 2007

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