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Senior Manager – Strategic Initiatives @ WeRize | Ex-InsuranceDekho, OYO, ICICI Bank | MDI Gurgaon | Iowa State University

About

Senior Technical Program & Strategy Manager with ~6 years of experience driving large-scale digital initiatives, data pipelines, and core risk/lending operations across high-growth Fintech and Banking. Currently Senior Manager - Strategic Initiatives at WeRize, leading Credit & Risk strategic programs, 0-bucket delinquency strategy, and automated data infrastructure. Proven track record combining rapid technical prototyping (Python, SQL in PostgreSQL/Snowflake, Google Apps Script pipelines) with cross-functional leadership (Engineering, Product, Ops, C-Suite) to scale multi-crore portfolios and deliver significant operational cost savings. Key Focus Areas: • Technical Program Management & Agile Roadmaps (PRDs/BRDs, System Scoping) • Data Automation & Prototyping (Python, Advanced SQL, REST APIs, Sentinel Pipelines) • Risk & Lending Strategy (0-Bucket Delinquency, Bureau Data Integration, Credit Policy) • Cross-Functional Leadership & P&L Ownership Alum: MDI Gurgaon (MBA) | University of Wisconsin-Parkside (MS) | RVCE (B.E.)

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

antigravity

claude code

claude

gemini

notebooklm

ChatGPT

Work experience

Senior Manager Strategic Initiatives at WeRize, Jul 2026 - Present · 3 mos, • Leading cross-functional 0-bucket collection and risk intervention strategy targeting a 50% reduction in forward-flow NPAs. • Built Regex & LLM-assisted address parsing workflows, benchmarking against CRIF/CIBIL datasets to revamp onboarding data hygiene. • Architected scheduled sentinel data pipelines (Python/Apps Script/SQL) syncing collections data across 30+ ops personnel.

Manager Strategic Initiatives at WeRize, Jul 2025 - Jul 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

Revenue Manager at OYO, Apr 2025 - Jun 2025 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Program Manager at InsuranceDekho, Feb 2023 - Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, • Managed renewal business across Health & Life verticals, driving 25%+ of total company annual revenue. • Deployed automated Python OCR/PDF parser for 65k+ policy documents, slashing TAT by 40% (Saved 80+ hrs/mo). • Recipient of the Bar Raiser Award (2023) for Q3FY24 retention growth.

Management Trainee at ICICI Bank, Jun 2022 - Feb 2023 · 9 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Working with the International Borrowings Group under IFIG Department

Research Assistant at Iowa State University, Aug 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 y 10 mo, Ames Iowa

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Marketing, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon

Master of Science - MS, Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Public links

github: https://github.com/ashwanth1992