Shantanu Jha

About Shantanu Jha

A growth-focused product leader with almost two-decade experience in leading large teams, crafting enterprise-level strategies, and driving supply chain product operations in e-commerce and cloud domains. Skilled in guiding enterprise-level strategies to success using people leadership, product development and scalable mechanisms. Noted for creating “order-out-of-chaos” frameworks and analytical mindset.

Experience

1. Director, Product and Analytics - Azure

   Microsoft

   Jun 2021 — Present · WA, US

   Product head for Azure demand systems, Analytics and DC strategic planning:Primary owner of key leadership initiatives to unblock enterprise transformations and DC planning. Responsible for analytics and platform integrations across forecasting, planning, placement, and allocation platforms.• Orchestrating a $XX B reduction response to Azure CAPEX to offset recession induced demand softening. Guiding Sr. leadership decisions by implementing an optimization framework across Single Points of Failure (SPOFs), customer critical features, and risk to demand resurgence.• Conceptualized and implemented the integration of Microsoft\'s GPU business into demand-supply planning by addressing foundational questions (\"What are we selling, and how should we measure?\"), defining key variables for demand projection, and updating systems/mechanisms to align supply planning with holistic GPU needs with scalability and reliability• Directing a $X B FY 24’ Microsoft initiative based on Gartner competitor analysis with a direct impact on revenue growth through product portfolio enhancement and supply availability. Presented vision and implementation plans to CEO-direct, driving aligned vision cross-orgs to ensure successful implementation of the vision.• Understand dependencies and critical infrastructure to manage total DC demand across multiple metros and regions within lead time • Identify, evaluate, and implement product improvements drawing on statistical methods, demand planning principles, S & OP best practices, and emerging software technology capabilities. • Drives long-term strategy for plans and drives additional forecast variability, and with longer-term planning horizons.

Education

• Institute Of Engineering and Management

  B. Tech, Electronics and Communication

  2002 — 2006

• Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

  MBA, Operations Strategy

  2011 — 2013

Skills

• Analytic Thinking
• R
• Websphere
• Product Management
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Data Analysis
• Business Analysis
• Sql
• Management
• Management Consulting
• Software Engineering
• Business Analytics
• Finance