Varun Rajkumar Iyer Email & Phone Number

Southborough, Ma, Us

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Setup new direct to consumer business for a US based insurer launching 4 products on a cloud based digital platform (EIS)Defined product roadmap, led feature prioritization and business requirements across entire insurance value chainConceptualized, designed and built a multi-channel self service customer experience working with UX researchers and designersDesigned an event based claims intake system providing superior experience and auto adjudication for faster claims resolutionExperience in working with agency partners to setup integrations based on business requirementsWorked with 3rd party partners to setup multi channel payment processing and payment system migration to a new platformKey outcomes resulted in 100% increase in speed to market, 30% lower operating costs with auto adjudication for 65% claims Built relationships with 5 business stakeholders for Cognizant, establishing Cognizant as consulting partner of choice for future roll out of life, dental and vision productsContributed to solution design and functional architect for RFPs and client presentations at the practice level, helping position Cognizant as a consulting partner across engagements

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Responsible for product go-to-market strategy, budgeting, marketing and catastrophe operations for an AI /ML based claims product Homeowners insurance. Completed product beta leading a team of 40+ members including 10+ data scientists, 3 industry advisors and 6 Cognizant clientsCreated marketing plan for launch at ITC 2019Managed 10+ vendor partners, part of product ecosystemWorked on evaluation, synergy assessment and executive presentation for 3 acquisitions with corporate development teamKey Highlights:Part of team that signed up 6 Beta Customers (including 1 new client logo for Cognizant) - highest amongst all incubated ventures within CognizantWon the award for “Most Impactful Venture” at Cognizant’s Annual Global Planning Summit in 2019

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Led a team of 5 associates for a $500 Million global SBU, assisting the salesteam in pursuing opportunities, solution building, pricing, preparing business cases and preparing high quality executive level presentations and proposals. Performed market research, trend analysis, company and competition analysis feeding critical information for account planning and bid strategy. Extensive knowledge on Cognizant capabilities across practice specific solutions, case experiences and major acquisitionsShowcased ability to understand and work with situations involving ambiguity and to build solution presentations having clear articulation and messaging in a quick, efficient manner. Brought in significant and critical insights from internal and external research that has proved useful for client profiling and competitive intelligence gathering

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Undertook General Management courses covering basics in Corporate Finance, Economics, Cost Management, Quantitative methods, Organizational Behavior, Human Resources, Operations, IT, Marketing & StrategyUnderwent specialization courses covering all aspects of Finance including Valuation, Derivatives, Financial Risk Management, Merger & Acquisitions, Strategic Cost Management, International Finance, Project Finance, Managing Banks & Financial Institutions, Treasury & Debt ManagementAdvanced specialization courses in Finance at NYU Stern, included Valuation & International MarketsWorked for Colors Foundation, an NGO providing vocational training for women to setup their operations in Baroda, covering areas of Costing, Marketing, and Quality & Organizational Structure.Member of the Alumni Committee

New York, Ny, Us

Advanced management program covering areas of Valuation, International Finance, Risk Management in Emerging Markets, European Crisis and Hedge Funds.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Onsite Co-ordinator for a 20 member team for a global investment bank, managing IT operations in areas of trades processing, asset transfers, bond processing, statement generation and tax reporting

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Worked in offshore in as a team member and a project lead in 6 different development and production support projects across wealth management and payment card domains

Post Graduate Program In Management(Pgpm), Finance

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical Engineering