Headline

Growth /Chief of Staff | Ex-Bain | India & SEA Head | Fintech, Healthcare l XLRI Jamshedpur

About

I help growth-stage companies scale — through sharper GTM strategy, high-leverage partnerships, and cross-functional execution. Currently heading India & SEA at MPOWER Financing (pre-IPO US fintech) — managing $80M in AUM, leading a 180+ partner network, and delivering $10M/month in loan offer acceptance. Fast-tracked to Associate Director in 1 year. Before this, I ran the Founder's Office, cut digital CAC 4x, and represented MPOWER in 16+ investor meetings. Before fintech, I spent ~5 years in management consulting — at Bain & Company post-MBA (XLRI, CAT 99.5%ile) and ZS Associates before that. 10+ PE diligences, C-suite workshops, and full-potential strategy projects across India, EMEA, and the US. What I bring to a Series B/C/D+ company: the operator instinct to execute + the consulting rigor to structure ambiguity. Open to Chief of Staff, Growth, and Strategic Partnerships roles in India & SEA. Additionally, I have always been helping my peers with job search - as Placecommer and in lateral placements. Thought of creating an AI powered interview-prep tool for Senior Business Roles. Link: https://interview-prep-tool.up.railway.app/ Do check it out and let me know if there is any feedback!

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

elevenlabs

gemini

openai

railway

Work experience

Associate Director - Head of Business Development - India & South-East Asia at MPOWER Financing, Dec 2025 - Present · 9 mos, On-site, Managing the Strategic Partnerships Team for the Indian & South-East Asian market for MPOWER. Working with 300+ partners to ensure financial access for the most high promising students in their journey to obtain international education and improve their socio-economic circumstances. Revenue ownership of loan orgination of ~$100M in AUM from this market

Senior Manager - Head of India - Business Development / B2B Sales & Partnerships at MPOWER Financing, Jan 2025 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr, Hybrid, Managing the Strategic Partnerships Team for the Indian market for MPOWER. Working with 200+ partners to ensure financial access for the most high promising students in their journey to obtain international education and improve their socio-economic circumstances

Chief of Staff at MPOWER Financing, Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo, On-site, Leading the India office of the Corporate Strategy Team to enable high-promise global citizens to further their academic and financial aspirations because socioeconomic mobility should be borderless

Consultant at Bain & Company, May 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 y 6 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Projects & Initiatives Undertaken: #1) Full potential and future strategy for a Dubai-based real estate developer's hospitality and residential assets #2) Ran multiple Due Diligence projects for marquee Private Equity / Venture Capital funds on assets pharma manufacturing, IT Services, specialty chemicals, Engineering R&D for India & global geographies #3) Part of team that worked on published India-based Bain reports (India PE Report 2022, Rise of Digital Bazaars) #4) Formation of multiple PoVs on Consumer Tech, Generative AI impact for IT Services #5) Cost reduction project for an Indian manufacturing player in pharma space #6) Customer experience enhancement for an international conglomerate in their global textile & fertilizers business units #7) 10-year sector strategy for a EMEA government think-tank in building materials & construction space #8) Revenue growth projects for an Indian IT giant through skill transformation

Project Management Office Intern at Unacademy, Jan 2021 - Mar 2021 · 3 mos, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Part-time internship with the Strategy Team of Project Management at Unacademy, alongisde finishing the last term of B-school

Summer Associate at Bain & Company, Apr 2020 - Jun 2020 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 1st Year MBA Sumer Internship Project Deliverables: #1) Customer Experience Transformation of a major Indian automobile giant #2) Formulation of a post-Covid strategy for a Global IT MNC Achievements: Offered a PPO to join full time at Bain & Company, post B-school graduation in 2021

Decision Analytics Associate at ZS, Nov 2017 - May 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area, • Worked as a Decision Analytics Associate in the ZS Medical Affairs space • Provided end-to-end solutions such as field force effectiveness studies, team restructuring, team strategy setting for client Medical Affairs personnel • Market research survey building and analysis leading to actionable insights and recommendations for 9 client disease area teams across 3 Fortune 500 Pharma companies • Undertook strategy projects as well for Fortune 500 clients • Pitched a project to simulate market research in real-time • Pitched clients for business development to team leads

Education

PGDM, Business Management, XLRI Jamshedpur

Engineer's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Public links

github: https://github.com/ghosh29soham94-tech