Aviraj Gunjal

About Aviraj Gunjal

Growth is an underlying passion that drives Aviraj’s business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit. Aviraj has strong experience with big brand consulting firms like Marsh & McLennan Companies and startups companies like Happay (VA Tech Ventures) & Vertex Mobisoft. He brings this expertise to companies who are looking for a change in growth trajectory, innovation, planning, client engagement, strategy, product management, enterprise account management and analytics. His philosophies are: Embrace Change, Innovate, Unlearn to Learn New Things, Take Risk\'s, Strategic Approach, Proactive Client Engagement, Metric-driven, Through Research, Feedback and Course Correction, People and Stakeholder Engagement, Empathy and Gratitude for right decision making. His profile involves closely working with C-Suit executives and his work have been highly acclaimed at the CXO levels. His skills set is best utilized for senior management (leadership) roles, who strive for strategic planning, execution, collaboration, team building, consulting, optimization, innovation and result oriented. Aviraj is equipped with strong communication, interpersonal and problem solving skills. He maintains the highest level of work ethics, energy and integrity. Let’s connect to see where we can collaborate, be it exploring new opportunities for full time roles, contract basis, micro-consulting or long term project. a••••••••@gmail.com + 91••••••••69

Experience

1. Enterprise Business, Sales and Strategic Partnerships, Banking and Products

   PayU

   May 2020 — Present

   Define and execute appropriate sales strategies that includes customized solutioning, technical discussions, business development, marketing, tech-ops, legal deliberations and sales support programs to maximize sales and profitability. Providing Consultancy around payments and commerce, both internally and externally, to evangelize PayU’s solution capabilities and vision. Managing and mentoring teams to execute PayU’s next-gen payment solutions, across India and Global markets by collaborating with merchants from BFSI sector, financial institutions, ecommerce players, OTT platforms, travel segments, aggregators, social networks/ messaging platforms etc. for mobile and web solutions. Collaborating with leadership team to set revenue goals and company strategy; implementing a sales plan to drive revenue growth and profitability. Managing relevant tools and sales collateral. Collaborating with country heads to influence product asks and strategic directions for India and Global business, Building and defining the scope for products and functions. Keeping abreast with latest regulatory changes in payment and digital ecosystem specific to the countries and the necessary product developments - by hands on exploration and through cross-collaboration with teams across organization.

Education

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

  2005 — 2009

• Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) SSU

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and Marketing

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• Innovation Development
• Market Research
• English
• Equity Research
• Product Development
• Business Strategy
• Research
• Digital Strategy
• Investment Strategies
• Risk Consulting
• Strategic Planning
• Windows
• Project Management
• Corporate Communications
• Business Analytics
• C++
• Team Management
• Product Design
• C
• Management Consulting