Headline

Business Strategy & Growth Leader | Scaling Operations & Product Impact | Founder’s Office Experience | Driving Zero-to-One Scaling in Startups

About

I am a Strategic Operations & Growth Leader with 6+ years of experience building, scaling, and transforming startups across EdTech, Const-Tech, and consumer products. My expertise lies in driving zero-to-one product journeys, Strategic Operational Excellence, Stakeholder Management, Program Management, and Large-scale Program Execution. Current Role – ByteXL Leading Strategy & Growth, managing 30+ full-time team and delivering tech education programs for 10,000+ students across multiple engineering streams. Designed and scaled KPI-driven performance models, placement-readiness initiatives, and platform adoption frameworks. Driving university partnerships, academic delivery excellence, and operational efficiency at scale. Entrepreneurial Leadership – Sqilco (CEO) Built an industry-led skilling platform, connecting students with mentors & real-world projects. Spearheaded program design, go-to-market, partnerships, and execution, creating a new model for employability-focused learning. Founder’s Office – AccioJob Worked closely with founders to shape product strategy, growth levers, and cross-functional execution. Owned initiatives around launching new program, learning outcomes, and scaling placement-focused programs. Founding Team – Project Hero (ConstrucTech) Cracked one of India’s toughest unstructured markets (construction workforce). Scaled the platform to 400K+ users in 8 months via rapid experiments, GTM, and product-market fit initiatives. Enabled a $3.2M seed fundraise, directly collaborating with CEO & COO on strategy and operations. Early Career – PM & Analytics Roles WittyFeed (Product Analytics): Built strong foundations in data-driven product strategy, user behavior insights, and growth analytics. Program Manager: Directed end-to-end program management, delivery, and stakeholder coordination, ensuring execution aligned with business objectives and strategic goals. Community Impact Speaker, Judge, and Mentor at 60+ hackathons & events PAN India, enabling young innovators, developers, and entrepreneurs. Core Strengths: Zero-to-One Scaling | Strategy & Growth | Founder’s Office | EdTech Strategy | Startup Operations | Program Management | GTM | Stakeholder Management | Product-Led Growth | Data-Driven Decision Making | Fundraising Enablement | Leadership & People Management | Program Delivery Excellence 📧 gurtejsinghmrt8@gmail.com 🌐 Portfolio: http://gurtejsingh.strikingly.com

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

gemini

notion

Vercel AI SDK

Zapier

Work experience

Building Operation at HomeRun, Apr 2026 - Present · 6 mos

Senior Manager - Strategy & Growth at byteXL, May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr

Chief Executive Officer at Sqilco, Jan 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos, Currently in Early Stage (zero to one journey)

Founder’s Office - PM Strategy & Growth at AccioJob, Sep 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, - Problem Solver wearing multiple Hats around Product & Strategy - Working closely with the Co-founders and solving key product, organizational, Product and Tech-curriculum level challenges. - Working with cross-functional partners, prioritising high-impact activities, and keeping complex projects moving forward. - Evaluating and improving current processes, creating QC, metrics and KRAs - Always on top of things and having a go-getter attitude.

Ex-Founding Team Member at Project Hero, Aug 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, - Leveraged data-driven insights to design and execute high-priority product-driven programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams of product engineers, growth specialists, and operations professionals to develop and implement strategic product strategies aimed at market penetration and growth. - Led multiple initiatives to ensure exceptional product-market fit, working closely with CEO, COO, CTO, VPs and stakeholders across various functions within the organization to align goals and deliver impactful solutions. - Conducted comprehensive research and business analysis, harnessing data to assess the feasibility and business impact of potential product ideas. Provided valuable insights that informed decision-making and facilitated the successful conversion of ideas into actionable projects, resulting in the acquisition of over 400K+ users (workers) on the product through a series of strategic experiments. -Streamlined and optimized product processes, leveraging expertise in operations management to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in ground team execution - Deeply engaged with understanding customer needs, competitive offerings, and emerging trends, providing strategic guidance on best practices and driving innovation within the organization. - Established robust quality control processes, ensuring seamless execution and maintaining high standards for product delivery. - Managed and inspired a team of 20 dynamic individuals + Product Owner for the In-house Product (Admin-Panel) - Delivered data-driven recommendations and insights to leadership, leveraging comprehensive analysis and technical acumen to inform strategic decision-making. Effectively communicated the strategic narrative for the product operations business.. 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: Build and launched the Product Processes in 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 (currently in its 0-1 phase)

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science Engineering, Lovely Professional University

Completed 10th and 12th Grade, Computer Science, Army Public School (APS)