Saransh Rai

Growth & Operations Strategist

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About

Growth & Operations Strategist with over 4 years of experience driving retention, automation, and revenue growth across SaaS and insurance-tech. Proven ability to deliver measurable business impact, reducing operational time by 40%, improving pipeline efficiency by 11%, and boosting lead conversion by 18% through strategic product, process, and GTM innovations. Adept at securing large enterprise deals and optimizing customer experience to achieve scalable growth and enhance business value.

Work Experience

Solution Manager

Wipro

Jul 2023 - Dec 2024

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

Managed strategy, growth, delivery assurance, transformation, and pre-sales activities, securing significant cybersecurity contracts and enhancing customer satisfaction.

  • Secured over $9M in annual revenue from cybersecurity contracts with multinational corporations globally.
  • Built and successfully rolled out an On-Demand Premium Support service, generating $50,000 in annual revenue.
  • Crafted tailored product solutions for key client RFPs, securing 3 enterprise deals within 15 months by aligning features with compliance and operational needs.
  • Partnered with delivery and sales teams to develop a streamlined solution, achieving a 32% reduction in delivery costs for the central SOC team.
  • Spearheaded the development of a unified OT/IoT and IDAM integrated practice, enhancing delivery consistency and contributing to an 11% year-over-year rise in customer satisfaction.
  • Received the "Being an Ally" award for strong partnership and strategic involvement in driving deal closures.

Founder's Office

Renegade Insurance

Jan 2025 - Jun 2024

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

Led strategic initiatives in retention, growth, product strategy, automation, and customer satisfaction, delivering significant business impact within the insurance-tech sector.

  • Drove $120K in new business revenue last quarter by executing a targeted Auto Quotes cross-sell campaign.
  • Spearheaded the Quote Assist and Referral Handoff Program, optimizing lead flow, improving agent response time by 35%, and boosting quote-to-bind conversion by 18%.
  • Developed and implemented Renegade University, saving 600+ man-hours QoQ and delivering $180K in annual savings through automated onboarding and product training.
  • Owned the go-to-market strategy for the Trucking segment, expanding commercial pipeline by 15% QoQ and generating $400K in new business revenue.
  • Defined and launched the Remarket Request feature, reducing manual processing time by 40% and increasing renewal efficiency for agents.
  • Redesigned the Renewal & Cancellation Pipeline, reducing policy lapse by 11% through early customer engagement strategies and pipeline redesign.
  • Segmented customers by Lifetime Value (LTV) on Salesforce, enabling personalized engagement strategies that improved renewal rates.

Assistant Manager

Worth Infra Industries Limited

Jun 2019 - Sep 2020

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

Managed new vendor development and operations, optimizing inventory, procurement, and production efficiency.

  • Streamlined raw material inventory management, reducing material costs by 15% by developing new vendors and classifying them by lead time and location.
  • Reduced procurement lead time by 28% through the development of a local vendor for fly ash raw material.
  • Achieved a record production output of 2,988 blocks per shift through efficient resource planning.

Education

MBA

IIM Mumbai (NITIE Mumbai)

Jul 2021 - Jun 2023

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

M.Tech

IIT Roorkee

Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

Roorkee, Uttarakhand, IN

B.E

SGSITS, Indore

Aug 2013 - Jun 2017

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, IN

Certificates

Product Management

University of Maryland

Complete SQL Bootcamp

Business Acumen for Managers

Figma - UI/UX Design Essential

Six Sigma

University System of Georgia

Projects

Mapping, Benchmarking and Optimizing the Milk Supply Chain

May 2022 - Aug 2022

As an Ace Intern at Zydus Wellness, this project focused on enhancing the efficiency of the milk supply chain through systematic mapping, benchmarking, and optimization strategies.

Awards

Being an Ally award

Wipro

Dec 2024

Awarded in recognition of strong partnership and strategic involvement in driving deal closures.

Publications

Compost Generation from Municipal Solid Waste

National Conference under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)

Presented a paper at a National Conference under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), a Government of India project supported by the World Bank.

Skills

Data Analysis

  • SQL
  • Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder Management

Project Management

Revenue Optimization

GTM Strategy

Product Roadmap

Agile Development

User Experience