About
Sumant is a partner at MBA Prep Mentor, where he helps aspiring MBA candidates prepare for their applications, interviews, and career goals. He is also a career coach at Board Infinity, where he guides and advises top tier B-school students on resume, interview, and GD preparation, and helps them build fruitful careers post MBA.
With over 10 years of experience in product management and business analytics, Sumant has a proven track record of building and launching innovative and user-centric products in the domains of online advertising, web communities, and company reviews and salaries. He has led initiatives of gamification, personalisation, and brand marketing, focusing on the jobseeker audience, at AmbitionBox, India's #1 platform for company reviews and salaries. He has also worked with Media.Net, Khoros, and Direct-i, managing cross-functional teams and delivering value to internal and external stakeholders. He is skilled in problem solving, data analysis, market research, product design, development, and launch, digital marketing, analytics, change management, and UI/UX.
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Experience
Education
Indian Institute of Management, CalcuttaPGDM2016
Vellore Institute of TechnologyB. Tech2011
Skills
Agile Development / Agile Methodology
Excel
Mentoring/ Coaching
User Experience (UX)
Talent Acquisition
Accomplishments
Projects
Building Video ads product @Media.Net
Completion Date : Jun 2016
-Market research for most useful and revenue effective features
-Requirements gathering from Publishers and analysis of functional/non-functional reqs
-Prioritize features as per business goals, feature set comparison and coming up with MVP
-Create project plan, setting timelines and deliverable/action items for respective teams
-Coordinate with multi-functional teams and ensuring smooth delivery
-Define and analyze metrics for the success of the product
-Manage delays and serving as a SME, a single POC for all project delivery teams in case of issues/queries
Peter England Forum Pravesh Feasibility study
Completion Date : Sep 2015
-Conducted a detailed feasibility study of the upcoming Peter England store at Forum mall, Kolkata
-Coordinated field visits for team of 9 for demographic study of walk-in pockets encompassing 8 sq km
-Collected 50 survey responses; Assessed demand in nearby region for approx 3500 people
-Analysed income levels and expenditure of prospective customers using surrogates measures
-Visited around 30 apparel stores; Estimated sales per sq. ft from past sales in similar branded shops
-Segmented catchment area to identify prospective customers using income levels and surrogates
MyGadi.com (Market Entry Operations Strategy)
Completion Date : Jan 2015
- Strategized business solutions for a start-up web portal in the field of buying, selling and after
sales service of old and new cars including car finance, insurance, road service, body & paint services
- Benchmarked 5 competitors on 7 parameters of marketing, promotional and positioning strategies
- Designed and conducted a survey; customized a unique value proposition using survey results
- Conducted field visits to garages to gauge customer expectations and possible franchise models
along with possible third party tie-ups
Publications
Webinar on Product Management
Publication Date : Dec 2019
Languages
English
Hindi
Punjabi
About
Sumant is a partner at MBA Prep Mentor, where he helps aspiring MBA candidates prepare for their applications, interviews, and career goals. He is also a career coach at Board Infinity, where he guides and advises top tier B-school students on resume, interview, and GD preparation, and helps them build fruitful careers post MBA.
With over 10 years of experience in product management and business analytics, Sumant has a proven track record of building and launching innovative and user-centric products in the domains of online advertising, web communities, and company reviews and salaries. He has led initiatives of gamification, personalisation, and brand marketing, focusing on the jobseeker audience, at AmbitionBox, India's #1 platform for company reviews and salaries. He has also worked with Media.Net, Khoros, and Direct-i, managing cross-functional teams and delivering value to internal and external stakeholders. He is skilled in problem solving, data analysis, market research, product design, development, and launch, digital marketing, analytics, change management, and UI/UX.
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