I offer strategic product & tech consulting (as a CDO, CPO or CPTO), executive advisory, and due diligence services to PE & VC funds & their portcos across multiple sectors. The major ones are Education, Healthcare, Media, and Membership/Subscription businesses (B2B SaaS & B2C). 🌟 Corndel - Consulting across product strategy, technology, and growth. Acquired by Galileo Global Education in October 2024🌟 Third Bridge - Consulting project in the Higher Education and Healthcare sectors (private equity)🌟 Dialectica - Consulting project in the Education sector (private equity)🌟 AlphaSights - Consulting project in the Media & Broadcast sector (listed)

Member of the International Advisory Board (IAB) at The Open University Business School.

NED & Board Member at Rise, responsible for the management and governance of Rise employees, including those of the Rise-Up Academy, and the Rise Advisory Boards in North America, Europe, APAC and now in India, as well as current and future initiatives.

WIP UK is a community of 3000+ female product managers & leaders. https://www.wip-uk.com/

CPO Track is a network of 500+ product leaders and executives (unisex). https://www.cpotrack.co.uk/

Product Advisory at this Startup incubator and early-stage VC

I am a guest speaker & lecturer at several top Universities and Business Schools.-New York University (NYU) -Oxford Said Business School -Cambridge Judge Business School-Imperial College Business School -Alliance Manchester Business School

- Public speaking is a passion of mine since childhood days. I’ve nurtured this passion with a lot of care and have spoken at various global conferences & podcasts throughout my career in Product Management & Technology. https://www.mindtheproduct.com/from-po-to-cpo-how-to-drive-your-product-career-by-namrata-sarmah/-I've been a Judge at the Broadcast Digital Awards, Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards, and UK Digital Experience Awards

I joined Chief as a Founding Member in the UK. Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Chief is the only organisation specifically designed for the most powerful women executives to strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence, and pave the way to bring others with them.

Accountable for: Product Management | Product Design | Data Analytics | Market Research & Insights | MarComms & CRM | Growth | Community | Digital Transformation | New Ventures Reporting to the CEO and Member of the Executive Team, I joined INTO during a period of major organisational changes and digital transformation. Created a brand new Digital function that includes all the skills and roles required to run a digital-first business with full P&L management. Teams include:-Product Management -Product Design -Data Analytics, Market Research & Insights-CRM-Community & Growth -INTO CareerFirst (new venture) Also, Executive Sponsor for a number of ERGs.Product Launch Press Release: https://www.intoglobal.com/news/press-releases/2023/into-university-partnerships-launches-first-of-its-kind-digital-community-platform-exclusively-for-international-students

Board Member & Trustee at this Multi-Academy Trust consisting of two OFSTED 'Outstanding' rated secondary schools in London - The Compton School (Finchley), and Southgate School.

Led Product, Design, Data Science, Growth, Information Governance, and Clinical Safety-B2B SaaS Products: Patient Engagement platform used by NHS Primary Care, around 3000+ practices across the UK-B2C Mobile App: The myGP app has 3.5 million active users in the UK, and consistently rated "5 Star" on Apple & Google app stores**iPlato was acquired by Huma in December 2021**

Advisory Role in Product

Paramount is one of the Top 5 media and broadcast companies in the world. 🌎I led and managed Digital Product Management for the 'UKNEE Cluster' that comprised of digital product teams in the UK, Ireland, Nordics, Central Eastern Europe, Israel & Russia. My remit was across Paramount’s flagship brands like MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Comedy Central, BET, Spike, and Paramount Studios. -All product launches & programmes encompassing Paramount’s vast digital real estate, i.e. mobile apps, websites, VOD platforms (D2C and B2B)-Launched emerging tech initiatives in partnership with global technology leaders and startups. Projects included: Voice assistants, Blockchain, AR/VR experiences, Podcasts etc-Led a world class team of product managers, content experts, designers, data specialists, proposition managers etc. -Worked on Paramount+ (streaming platform) that has more than 80mn active subscribers globally

Mentored and advised 3 businesses in the fields of IoT, eCommerce, and Healthcare.

Babylon Health has been disrupting the healthcare industry by launching innovative products in the market with a view to 'democratise' healthcare globally. It's a doctor in your pocket - the new face of digital healthcare. Key achievements: -Launched the first ever Web offering (V1) of Babylon within the first 3 months of joining the company.-Built the Web team from scratch; hired AngularJS developers, UX designers, testers, and data scientists. Managed the entire hiring process end-to-end in the absence of a company HR. -Owned and managed the product roadmap for B2C and B2B web offerings.-Championed 'all things web' in the company by partnering with stakeholders, customers, and cross-functional teams.

I worked with Antenna International in a role that had a global remit (Americas, EMEA, Asia). Reporting to the CTO I owned/managed the vision, strategy and roadmaps of:1. The Publisher Platform (B2B)2. Big Data Analytics product suite (B2B)3. Mobile Apps (B2B2C)Key achievements: -Led the product development lifecycle from 'Ideation' to ‘Go-to-Market' by chairing several workshops and focus-groups with cross-functional teams, performing in-depth competitor analysis, market research, ROI (cost-benefit) analysis and wrote business cases to ensure that products met the strategic objectives of the company - augmenting product innovation, financial profits, and customer satisfaction. -Owned and managed the product roadmaps and budgets, backlogs and functional requirements, user stories and journeys, product design, UAT, training and product documentation; wrote business processes and checklists to drive the end-to-end delivery of products. -Partnered with Agile Software Development and Creative teams (UX, Digital Media) to ensure that products are technically and functionally robust, user-friendly, aesthetically appealing and provide a good customer experience. -Partnered with global Sales and Marketing teams to determine product pricing; trial and launch new products/features in different markets; collect customer feedback, monitor KPIs and write case studies; create new revenue streams and business models. -Established ‘strategic partnerships’ with technology companies to launch new products in various markets; managed outsourcing relationships and negotiated contracts with suppliers and vendors. -Led and mentored the team on best practices of product and project management, business process modelling, AGILE methodologies, and vendor management.

I worked with Truphone on a number of product and service re-design projects. My work involved collaboration with a multitude of teams (Product, Commercial, Legal, Sales, CS, Networks, Architecture, Development, Testing, Training and PMO) to ensure the full life-cycle delivery of strategic projects. In this role I successfully delivered the following products/services end-to-end:1. Just Landed SMS 2. EU Data Cap 3. B2B self-service portal Key achievements:-Elicitation and capture of business requirements using a range of techniques like stakeholder workshops, customer feedback surveys, white board sessions, user stories, user journeys, and support ticket analysis. -Documentation of business processes to support the delivery of new products/services; creation of Business Change Impact Assessments and end-to-end Change Plans for every project delivery. -Partnered with Sales, Marketing, and Strategy teams to review and challenge the existing products/services and planned the evolution of new line of products/services to meet the company’s strategic objectives and customer needs. -Partnered with Engineering, PMO, Legal, and Training teams to ensure that product delivery is robust and bug free, legally compliant, within budget and schedule, and with ample documentation and support processes.

-Analysed more than 9,000 SAP Business Intelligence reports (using SAP BEx Analyzer) generated by the various functional departments (Finance, Sales, Supply chain etc.) of Kellogg Company’s European businesses. -Liaised with the key stakeholders of all the functional areas across the European businesses in Italy, France, Spain etc. to determine the usability of the SAP Business Intelligence reports and their importance in other markets. -Designed catalogues of standard BI reports and distributed them across Kellogg’s European businesses using MS SharePoint.-Demonstrated excellent stakeholder management skills with project teams across the company's European operations.

-Designed, led and maintained the “Web Publishing” module; solely authored process documents, project plans, project reports, and maintained client’s document repository system. -Worked as a Client Partner for EMC Corporation in Boston (USA), served as the Wipro-EMC interface and carried out seamless communication with more than 70 product and release management teams across the Americas, EMEA and APAC.-Successfully executed more than 50 critical EMC product documentation releases which resulted in excellent customer satisfaction ratings (7/7).-Assisted the Project Manager in project management activities; mentored 7 new joiners in all aspects of the project lifecycle and deliverables. -Excellent team player, helped in organising intra/inter team level activities to encourage team-building and camaraderie amongst the project teams.

-Designed, led and maintained the “Web Publishing” module; solely authored process documents, project plans, project reports, and maintained EMC's document repository system. -Worked as a 'Client Partner' for EMC Corporation; served as the Wipro-EMC interface and carried out seamless communication with more than 70 product and release management teams across the Americas, EMEA and APAC.-Successfully executed more than 50 critical EMC product documentation releases that resulted in excellent customer satisfaction ratings (7/7).