Summary
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Manish Prakash

Manish Prakash

Gurugram

Summary

  • A highly accomplished and results-driven business professional with over 14 years of expertise across industries in a multi geographic setup.
  • Led business development and growth initiatives across India and SEA through strategic partnerships, driving topline growth and successful product launches.
  • Skilled in quantifying value propositions, expanding into new markets, and enhancing market penetration.
  • Passionate about building meaningful relationships, exploring new opportunities, and driving impactful results.

Work History

Director of Strategic Partnerships

Flutter International (NYSE: FLUT)
02.2024 - Current
  • Manage the P&L and overall growth of Junglee Games Portfolio.
  • Working with Product and Central teams to acquire users, manage retention and generate Revenue.
  • Lead the new initiatives from the Business lens for Product evolution, User Acquisition and Brand collaborations.


Key Results:

  • 65% reduction in CAC at a scale of USD 86 Mn annual spends.
  • 70% reduction in payment costs, saving USD 0.7Mn annually.
  • Spearheaded Silver Medal position for Junglee Poker

Head of Partnerships - India and SEA

Match Group (NYSE: MTCH)
03.2022 - 12.2023
  • Managing P&L for APAC region, achieving $25 Mn in FY 22-23.
  • Spearheaded strategic initiatives to expand market presence and drive revenue growth in India and SEA, resulting in a 22% increase in annual sales (YoY).
  • Launched automatic order flow system of Tinder Gift Card purchases, improving fulfilment turnaround by 70%.
  • Negotiated and closed multi-million-dollar contracts and long-term partnerships with major clients.


Stakeholder Management

  • Effectively influence and communicate with key internal stakeholders, including regional country heads, brands and strategic teams at HQ (including Finance, Legal, Sales, Engineering, Marketing, and Product teams).
  • Managed key strategic partnerships with regional stakeholders, leading to a 20% increase in cross-selling opportunities.

Senior Strategic Partner Manager

PhonePe Private Ltd
05.2018 - 03.2022
  • Led the Enterprise offline business contributing more than INR 2000 Crore ($250 Mn) in GMV annually (FY 21- 22).
  • Onboarded key strategic partners, increasing Offline Digital Transactions by 35%.
  • Closed high-value partnership deals with the Biggest Enterprise logos like GMR, GVK, Aditya Birla Group, Adani Airports etc.
  • Set up the monetization business resulting in INR 2Cr+ in revenue within the first Quarter, currently contributing to >1000Cr to the topline.

Senior Manager - International Business

Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA)
12.2015 - 05.2018
  • Early Member of Alibaba Mobiles Business Group (UC Web Pvt Ltd) to set up Monetization business in India.
  • Defined Go to market and launched 3 new products: UC Browser, UC News and 9Apps contributing 105 Mn MAU.
  • Generated $6Mn Yearly revenue (FY 17-18) through direct monetization deals with leading advertisers and 4A Agencies.

Strategic Alliances Manager

One Mobikwik Systems Pvt Ltd.
02.2015 - 11.2015

Business Development Manager

Mogae Media Pvt Ltd (Airtel)
05.2014 - 01.2015

Senior Systems Engineer

Infosys Technologies Ltd.
10.2009 - 06.2012
  • Led a team of 4 engineers on maintenance of database for GAP Inc, USA.
  • Provided support on Oracle App modules like Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Purchase Order (PO) and Accounts Payables (AR) for Exterran USA.

Accomplishments

  • 1 amongst only 3 to be promoted within an year in Tinder (Match Group), ever
  • Single handedly conceptualized the Airport project at PhonePe, enabling digital payments across GMR, GVK and Adani led airports, leading Digital India initiative for Airports Authority of India.
  • Spearheaded Monetisation for Alibaba Group, promoted with higher responsibility to set up Agency Revenue business in India within 11 months of Joining the company.
  • Youngest to be promoted and Sent to Client Onsite as Senior System Engineer, at Infosys

Skills

  • Leadership Experience
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business Development
  • Program Management
  • Communication skills
  • Relationship Management
  • Business Strategy
  • Data-driven decision making

Education

MBA - Marketing and Information Technology (IT)

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Rohtak, India
02.2014

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

M.A.I.T, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Delhi, India
05.2009

Certification

  • Google Project Management, Specialization issued by Coursera: September 2021: Credentials: F6JXC8P87ZJF
  • Fundamentals of Digital Marketing issued by Google: August 2022: Credentials: 4JW L4J BMR

Awards

  • Gold Medal - Cricket (IIM Lucknow): Captain of the Gold Medal winning Cricket team at Varchasva ’13 (a PAN India Cricket Tournament): March 2013
  • Gold Medal - Cricket (IIM Rohtak): Captain of the Gold Medal winning Cricket team at Infusion ’14 (a PAN India Cricket Tournament): December 2013

Interests

Travelling

All kind of Sports

Foodie and Fitness

Playstation

All things Gadgets

Timeline

Director of Strategic Partnerships

Flutter International (NYSE: FLUT)
02.2024 - Current

Head of Partnerships - India and SEA

Match Group (NYSE: MTCH)
03.2022 - 12.2023

Senior Strategic Partner Manager

PhonePe Private Ltd
05.2018 - 03.2022

Senior Manager - International Business

Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA)
12.2015 - 05.2018

Strategic Alliances Manager

One Mobikwik Systems Pvt Ltd.
02.2015 - 11.2015

Business Development Manager

Mogae Media Pvt Ltd (Airtel)
05.2014 - 01.2015

Senior Systems Engineer

Infosys Technologies Ltd.
10.2009 - 06.2012

MBA - Marketing and Information Technology (IT)

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

M.A.I.T, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Manish Prakash