15+ years of experience in partnerships, business development and consulting across diverse industries such as e-commerce, digital marketing, and content streaming. Diverse cultural experiences working with partners and managing teams across APAC. Effective leader with an aptitude to manage XFN teams and contribute to a performance driven culture.
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Co-Founder And CeoHomebody Jun 2023 - PresentSingaporeAt Homebody, we’re reinventing homeware for the modern, conscious consumer by merging innovative design with sustainability. Our debut collection showcases elegant, toxin-free, and multifunctional cookware that seamlessly combines style, health, and functionality.Our mission is simple but powerful: to create exceptional products, prioritize the well-being of both our customers and the planet, and foster a vibrant, inclusive community of homebodies.Follow us on: instagram.com/lets.homebody -
Head Of Strategic Partnerships And Business Development, Southeast AsiaShopify Sep 2021 - Aug 2023SingaporeLed a team of BDMs and Technical Partnerships Managers, owning and executing on the business strategy and growth for the region.Built and launched local partnerships with government, superapps, logistics and marketplaces- Established a multi-year partnership between Shopify and Grab, largest superapp in SEA- Worked with Singapore Govt to add Shopify as a platform on one of the most coveted grants - PSG- Established local partnerships to help Shopify create better product market fit and acquire new enterprise merchants in verticals such as Logistics - NinjaVan, Janio, J&T Express, Marketing - Google, Meta and Payments - Grab, iPay88, GoPayRepresented Shopify in various external industry events such as FT panels, Partner Events and Shopify’s marquee events such as Commerce Day etc -
Head Of Business Development, AsiaSpotify Sep 2019 - Sep 2021SingaporeLed a team of BDM and SPMs to scale Spotify’s distribution in SEA & S.Korea through partnerships.Played a pivotal role to shape strategy of the business & also people and culture- Created a strong long term business strategy to diversify partnership business beyond Telcos to OEMs, Superapps, Marketplaces and E-Wallet and created significant impact on business by growing upper funnel metrics-Created an innovative business model (global first) to test out a Smartphone pay per registration partnership with OEMs to accelerate Spotify user growth and engagement- In a span of a year, my role expanded to also head South Korea business development along with SEA, built out the market GTM and launched the first foundational partnership with LG U+ (one of the largest Telcos in the market)- Extensive experience in hiring, coaching and growing team members, working across XFN teams in different geos and influencing leadership in partner organizations to bring onboard new partners with complex deal structures -
Brand(Youtube) Go-To-Market Lead, Southeast AsiaGoogle Nov 2018 - Sep 2019SingaporeStrategy Lead for YouTube advertising business in Southeast Asia in the areas of pricing, competitive positioning, building strategic narrative and improvement of sales process -
Head Of Apps And Business Development, Online PartnershipsGoogle Oct 2017 - Nov 2018- Led a team of Partner Managers and BDMs to transform the mobile app business in India to a high growth business- Passionate about coaching and growing team members and have consistently been rated much above average in the Manager Feedback Surveys -
Business Development Lead, Online PartnershipsGoogle Nov 2016 - Oct 2017- Won two Gold Awards for conceptualizing and leading a global project for consequent years - Helped with monetization strategy and grew business for some of the largest digital companies in India -
Senior Account Manager, Online PartnershipsGoogle May 2014 - Oct 2016GurgaonConsistently been one of the highest performer in India new business OPG team for several quarters -
Account ManagerMicrosoft 2013 - 2014 -
ConsultantDeloitte 2010 - 2012Gurgaon, IndiaTechnology Consulting, Supply Chain Management, Product Design and Business Development across industries such as FMCG, Retail and Manufacturing -
Software EngineerInfosys Technologies Ltd 2007 - 2009Pune Area, IndiaCustomization and Technical Support to international banks which use Finacle (Infosys’ Propriety Banking Product)
Gitanjali Das(Gd) Education Details
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Master Of Business Administration (Mba) -
Electronics
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