Parshant Sharma
Data Scientist And Business Analytics
Gurugram
Summary
Client Engagement | Data Scientist | Project Manager | Strategy & Insights PROFILE:
A well-rounded professional with 20+ years of experience in building strong partnerships with clients to create value for them by aligning company goals with client needs and deep market understanding. Experience includes Data Science, Management Consulting, P&L Management, Business/ Market Research, Business Analytics, Client Management, Strategy & Insights, Training & Development, Sales & Marketing, and Team Management.
I am recognized as a strategic thinker and an assertive hands-on driver passionate about project completion, work ethics, and timely delivery. I have demonstrated ability to approach projects both operationally and analytically. Extensive experience in analytics delivery, through the entire life cycle of analytics engagements.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
SENIOR ENGAGEMENT MANAGER
Absolutdata Research and Analytics Solutions Pvt. Ltd
2018.05 - Current
- In my current role at Absolutdata, I lead delivery and operations for the consulting and analytics engagements with the clear responsibility of managing and helping grow revenues profitably
- I also have a client service orientation with the ability to influence the client's decision-making process, improving the overall client engagement
- As a delivery lead, I enable revenue growth by identifying opportunities to scale existing projects, develop new solutions for the client, drive productivity improvements and efficiency to enhance profit margins
- Aligned closely with Account Sales teams to own pre-sales activities such as scoping, solutioning, SOW development and project staffing
- Supervised the development of client-specific implementation proposals, SOWs, staffing plans, engaging with SMEs across the organization to gain consensus on an acceptable proposal
- Drove client-specific business planning, forecasting, budgeting, and measurements while engaging with clients to identify opportunities to institutionalize analytics across client organizations
- Work effectively with peer groups in sales & marketing, capability teams and enabling functions to drive higher value to add to clients
- Participate in the delivery process to scope client needs and consult the client to frame up solution and delivery approach
- Anticipated needs and position training, support and other solutions that may be needed for a successful customer experience
- Proactively identified and mitigate risks to customer success, be it through the addition of new products and services, strategy & planning, or escalation
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams and optimizing customer journeys by applying growth principles to drive performance
- Led team for analytics delivery and guide them in the data synthesis process, solution designs and creation of actionable insights, implications, and recommendations to address client's business issues and identify incremental business opportunities
- Managed and streamlined project across the lifecycle with account-level escalations/ interventions as needed to ensure seamless delivery
- Initiated automation in the ETL/Visualization for various projects to achieve innovation and efficiency
- Forged relationships with new clients for cutting-edge analytics while meeting revenue targets for the company
PRACTICE HEAD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS, GlobalData Plc
2016.06 - 2018.03
- Oversaw operations for Global Retail team, Online Pricing and Menu Intelligence, and Financial Services teams
- Leveraged data mining and analytics to offer deeper insights for clients
- Headed and executed the biggest global retail project for the company, thereby creating process manuals, setting up quality checks, and creating the final data set for clients
- Benchmarked and redesigned existing processes to improve quality, and efficiency
- Managed and delivered qualitative and quantitative research and analysis projects in retail banking, wealth management, insurance, and payments sectors
- Utilizing primary research as an effective tool to validate the information collected and for analyses
- Effectively managed a team of 35 members in Consumer Products function
HEAD/PROJECT MANAGER
Consumer Products Kline India Research & Consulting Pvt. Ltd
2008.01 - 2015.10
- Headed operations of firm’s consumer products practice in India – the largest practice of the firm
- Undertook activities related to:
- Execution of syndicated studies from inception to finish
- P&L management of consumer products – India and deciding pricing, policies, client contracts, sales strategies, pre-survey calls & customized consultations
- Planning, staffing, budgeting; defining scope of study, and reporting
- Set-up projects and delivering high-quality reports to clients (Notable nature of projects includes market sizing, competitive analysis, business intelligence, cost structure analysis, entry level strategy, analysis of consumer and market segments, and trade channel marketing)
- Served as an active part of team for initiating new concepts for syndicated studies; introduced new topics with billings up to $250,000 in 2014 and handled projects with an yearly billings of almost $7-8 million
MANAGER
Evalueserve.com Pvt. Ltd
2003.08 - 2008.01
- Secured three new big-ticket clients for the company
- Managed various projects encompassing secondary & primary research, questionnaire designing, quality check of data, presentation of data to clients using different analysis mediums including reports, SPSS, cross tabs, PowerPoint presentations, etc
- Handled activities related to market-sizing covering brand perception management, customer loyalty & experience, usage & attitude, employee motivation & engagement, event effectiveness and new concept testing
- Implemented processes & practices to enhance productivity, organized orientation programs & training for new employees on handling interviews
- Efficiently completed unstructured, structured, profiling, and quantitative & qualitative projects and carried out face-to-face interviews
Education
POST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN DATA SCIENCE AND BUSINESS - Data Science And Business Analytics
Great Lakes
Gurgaon 2020.06 - 2021.08
Master of Science - Computer Science
MDU, Rohtak
MDU Rohtak 2002.06 - 2004.07
Skills
Cross-team collaboration across multiple workstreamsundefined
Accomplishments
· Received People's Choice Award in 2021 for being recognized and voted as the best manager globally
· Received 2 Einstein Awards consecutively for two years (2020, 2021)in recognition of seamless project execution and quality delivery
· Key Speaker at the CHPA event in New Jersey, USA in 2010 and CosmoProf
· Received Best Team Award for successfully handling Evalueserve’s Biggest Project in 2005
Timeline
POST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN DATA SCIENCE AND BUSINESS - Data Science And Business Analytics
Great Lakes
2020.06 - 2021.08
SENIOR ENGAGEMENT MANAGER
Absolutdata Research and Analytics Solutions Pvt. Ltd
2018.05 - Current
PRACTICE HEAD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS, GlobalData Plc
2016.06 - 2018.03
HEAD/PROJECT MANAGER
Consumer Products Kline India Research & Consulting Pvt. Ltd
2008.01 - 2015.10
MANAGER
Evalueserve.com Pvt. Ltd
2003.08 - 2008.01
Master of Science - Computer Science
MDU, Rohtak
2002.06 - 2004.07
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