Robin Sharma

robin sharma

Strategy Manager

United Arab Emirates

Bio Summary

Entrepreneurial mindset (two short stints) with 9+ years of work experience across strategy and digital consulting with ability to build new revenue streams, design digital vision and strategy, GTM, Technology startegy and implementation, corporate restructure and cost transformation.

Employment History

McKinsey & Company

Junior Engagement Manager

McKinsey & Company

September 2023 - present

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Confidential

Independent Strategy Consultant

Confidential

February 2022 - August 2023

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Monitor Deloitte

Strategy Consultant

Monitor Deloitte

June 2019 - February 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Managed project pipeline and staffing as India PoC of the Technology Strategy team for Investment Management sector • Key Projects delivered: - Spearheaded Technology-led Transformation Strategy for $500B AUM FS clien ...see more
Société Générale

Senior Associate Consultant

Société Générale

June 2017 - March 2018

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Supported Digital Transformation strategic initiatives to transform Risk and Compliance process - Ideated and implemented a successful agile pilot-program in 5 teams utilizing continuous delivery development models ther ...see more
Oracle

Staff Consultant

Oracle

October 2015 - July 2017

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Took part in Deutsche Bank’s Digital Transformation team and owned the efforts for platform and process simplification for regulatory vertical. - Led platform integration program leading to 20% platforms cost savings a ...see more
Capgemini

Senior Software Engineer

Capgemini

June 2013 - September 2015

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Spearheaded product development activities to create Order Management System for Equities/FX and replace LVTS • Succeeded in smoothly scaling up and customising, and in saving product development costs

Selected Project Experience

Project Description:
Spearheaded Technology-led Transformation Strategy for $500B AUM FS client, starting with middle office assessment to mitigate 60+ pain-points, and outsource operations (~$24M annual) with 20% annualized operational cost savings

Industry: Financial Services

Topic(s): Technology Strategies, Program Management

Project Description:
Assessed architecture and rationalized applications for FS client to achieve ~10% cost savings and fix data issues

Industry: Financial Services

Topic(s): Cost Transformation, Technology Strategy Development

Project Description:
Designed the digital strategy for US PBM giant for customer experience focussed on AI and RPA capabilities

Industry: Insurance

Topic(s): Digital Strategy, Applications Of Artificial Intelligence

Project Description:
Led Turnaround Strategy of delayed & cost overrun ($4M) technology reform program for a FS client with recommendations across PMO, staffing, execution methodology & reporting, and updated integrated roadmap

Industry: Financial Services

Topic(s): Project Management Office (PMO), Turnaround, Agile Transformation

Project Description:
Created Strategy roadmap for a fintech with transformation recommendation for sales to service operating model

Industry: FinTech

Topic(s): Operating Model, Growth Strategy, Sales Strategy

Project Description:
Orchestrated a fintech target screening for a US bank leading to the full acquisition of the target in 5 months

Industry: FinTech

Topic(s): M&A Strategy & Due Diligence

Project Description:
Drafted growth strategy for logistics client by identifying new business opportunities & GTM for prioritized initiaitve

Industry: Logistics

Topic(s): Revenue Growth, Go-to-Market Strategy, New Business Development

Project Description:
Conducted corporate restructuring for 8000+ resourced industrial client and identified cost reduction opportunities leading to 8% SG&A cost savings, with focus on resource prioritization, segmentation, and organizational design

Industry: Industrial Goods

Topic(s): Corporate Restructuring, Cost Transformation

Project Description:
Digital Transformation strategic initiatives to transform Risk and Compliance process - Ideated and implemented a successful agile pilot-program in 5 teams utilizing continuous delivery development models thereby reducing effective time to market by 20% - Drove operations excellence by identifying gaps/opportunities to build repeatable processes - Led platform simplification program for Risk & Compliance tools leading to annualized savings of 90K manhours

Industry: Financial Services

Topic(s): Digital Transformation, Project Management Office (PMO), Agile Transformation

Project Description:
• Spearheaded product development activities to create proprietary OMS for Morgan Stanely • Succeeded in smoothly scaling up and customising, and in saving product development costs

Industry: Financial Services

Topic(s): New Product Development

Project Description:
Led digital strategy for a large Indian state around data collection and analytics on citizen census data (1.8M citizens)

Industry: Public Sector

Topic(s): Digital Strategy

Education

Master's in Business Education

Indian School of Business

2019

Language Skills

Country Experience

United Arab Emirates India USA UK

Skills

Business

Change & Implementation,

Transformation Management Office,

Digital Strategy,

Digital Transformation,

Business Process Management,

Business Process Outsourcing,

Continuous Improvement,

Digitizing Operations,

Benchmarking & Best Practice,

Business Case,

Business Unit Strategy,

Corporate Strategy,

Growth Strategy,

Operating Model,

Strategic Management,

Product Development

Information Technology

IT PMO,

IT Strategy,

IT Transformation

Industry Experience