Sr Vice President Strategic Partnerships
CurrentEduBridge is India’s leading workforce development platform that helps learners in building careers with leading corporates through training and other career building services. I have played an instrumental role in building a strong B2B partner base for EduBridge over the last 7 years through setting up a high-performance Strategic Partnerships team. Key focus areas- Identifying, Sourcing and Managing B2B Partnerships at EduBridge India through a 30-member Corporate Engagement team- Partnerships include Knowledge Partnerships, Co-certification Partnerships with Corporates and Universities, Workforce development (Hire Train and Deploy) partnerships, Recruitment Partnerships, Volunteering partnerships and CSR Partnerships.- Setting up and monitoring an end-to-end partner acquisition and servicing engine including - Lead Generation, Marketing, Pre - Sales activities, Collateral development, Pitching and Presentations, Negotiations and Closures, Contract management, Expectation setting, Partner management and Partner delight and engagement- Driving growth through key accounts, 20% y-o-y growth, wrt revenues, Key partners include Capgemini, EXL, ATOS Syntel, Citibank, Standard Chartered, AWS, IBM- Collaborating with operations teams towards problem solving, optimum program design and timely delivery-Plan and execute corporate engagement activities such as - industry exposure events for learners (Annual Skillsfactor event), partner events to drive thought leadership in the workforce development space (Inspire CSR Congress), Volunteering events, Masterclasses, Guest lectures and Alumni events (AlumniBridge)