Headline

Business Leader | Proven Track Record in Scaling Media & Gaming Businesses by 10X | Growth, Monetization (B2B & B2C) & GTM Specialist

About

Business Head with 15+ years of proven success in scaling revenue and user growth for top media and tech companies. From leading monetization strategy at Star and Zee, to building the Josh Ad suite at VerSe Innovation, to transforming AyeVee into the first interactive gamified content platform, I consistently deliver business outcomes that surpass industry benchmarks. I specialize in Product-Led Growth, Revenue Strategy, P&L Ownership, and building high-performing cross-functional teams. My approach combines data-driven decision-making with customer-centric innovation, driving 10X user growth, 30% Day-1 ROAS, and 100% reduction in user acquisition costs. Now seeking Chief Business Officer/Head of Growth roles in Media, Gaming, and E-commerce, where I can continue to build scalable businesses, enhance user engagement, and lead high-impact teams. When not working, you will find me indulging in a game of basketball/badminton, cooking or playing with my toddler son. Occasionally, I enjoy a game of chess or solve puzzles, when I find the need to tickle my left brain. Connect with me at ameyrambole@gmail.com to explore how we can work together to drive value for your organization!

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

elevenlabs

perplexity

replit

Figma Make

Granola

Work experience

Growth at YOptima, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Building the Growth Engine for YOptima

Head - Ayevee & Ayevee Connect at Asiaville, Apr 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, In my role as Head of Ayevee & Ayevee Connect at Asiaville, I spearheaded the strategic pivot of AyeVee to India's first destination for Interactive and Gamified Content. I rallied a cross-functional team of 20 across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Content, and Community building to launch a product delivering an avg. engagement time of 50 min per user per day, while growing the user base by 10X. By introducing successful monetization strategies, we achieved industry-leading metrics of 15% paid conversion rate and 30% Day-1 ROAS.

Head - Strategy - Airtel Ads at Airtel Digital, Mar 2022 - Jan 2023 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, As the Head of Supply Product & Revenue Strategy, I grew the Ad inventory across Airtel's properties online (3 apps) & offline (DTH, SMS, Voice) by 50%. I spearheaded the Product strategy to launch new and enhanced ad products (Ad SDK, ad units) to enhance the Airtel’s ad offering for advertisers and publishers.

AVP & Head of Partnerships & Growth at BitClass, Jul 2021 - Jan 2022 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Built the Strategic Partnerships function from scratch by developing multi-dimensional partnerships across Affiliate, Supply, Payment, Employee Engagement. I was also responsible for the complete business and product planning, & growth of the partnerships function by running constant growth experiments to identify the best models for scaling up and achieved an MRR of INR 1 Mn.

Associate Director - Strategy at VerSe Innovation, Apr 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Led the Business planning for existing and new business at Verse including Dailyhunt and Josh. I also lead the New Business charter at Verse which brought to life new businesses such as Josh (Short video), SMB and EdTech by identifying and capitalizing on growth opportunities through new business models, partnerships, and vertical launches. Created and steered the roadmap for the ad product for the short-video app Josh and launched the industry- leading Josh Ad product suite in an accelerated time frame.

Senior Manager - Pricing & Revenue Strategy at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, Jul 2016 - Apr 2019 · 2 y 9 mo, Mumbai, Leading pricing and ad revenue strategy for the Zee entertainment cluster of 45+ channels which included large advertiser deal structuring, business analytics, pricing and new channel launches.

Assistant Manager - Product & Revenue Strategy at Star India Pvt Ltd, May 2013 - Jul 2016 · 3 y 2 mo, Assistant Manager, Pricing and revenue strategy for the 3rd biggest channel cluster - Star Jalsha and Jalsha Movies achieving 120% targets YoY consecutively for 3 years.

Business development executive at General Mills India, Jun 2008 - May 2011 · 2 y 11 mo, Mumbai, Institutional sales of Pillsbury bakery premix products for the HoReBaCa ( Hotels, Restaurants, Bakeries, Caterers, etc.) segment. Achieved 40% growth YoY for 3 consecutive years in the Mumbai and Goa markets.

Education

PG Diploma, Business Management, Strategy, Marketing, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

B.Tech, Food Engineering and Technology, Institute Of Chemical Technology