Gangadhara S

Group Manager at Microsoft Corporation / Ex Nuance / Ex Oracle

Role
Group Manager, Customer Operation at Microsoft
Location
Bengaluru, KA, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Gangadhara S

With over 17 years of diverse industry experience, I specialize in managing complex…

Experience

  1. Group Manager, Customer Operation

    Microsoft

    Aug 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

    As Group Manager, I lead a high-performing customer operations team supporting the Americas region, driving process efficiency, customer satisfaction, and post-sales excellence. With over 17 years of industry experience, I bring a strategic lens to customer lifecycle management, onboarding, and renewal operations. My role spans people leadership, process transformation, stakeholder engagement, and capability building.Key Contributions:🤝 Driving customer onboarding and satisfaction by mentoring team members to take ownership, make data-driven decisions, and proactively resolve issues. Developed productivity tracking and performance reporting systems to highlight actionable insights and improve SLA adherence across customer operations. Introduced a buddy system to accelerate onboarding and support learning; established detailed work instructions and playbooks to enable operational independence.🧠 Leading strategic projects in collaboration with the GPM team to improve automation, reduce dependency on vendor teams, and re-engineer processes with a focus on internal capability building. Responsible for internal communications during leadership visits—driving pre- and post-engagement strategy and supporting departmental visibility. Empowering the team to collaborate cross-regionally by improving connections with global stakeholders (including Costa Rica and APAC teams), thereby enhancing knowledge-sharing and delivery consistency.

Education

  • Visvesvaraya Technological University

    Master of Business Administration - MBA

    2006 — 2018

  • University of Mysore

    B.com

    2004 — 2006

  • Indian Institute of Management Nagpur

    Senior Management Program

    2023 — 2025

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