Jivraj Karwa

Jivraj Karwa

Strategy consultant with 6+ years of experience advising CXOs across fintech, health-tech, and legal-tech, regulatory-tech sectors. Proven track record of driving business turnarounds, product growth, and inorganic strategy. Deep expertise in LLM/AI enablement strategy and delivery. Dual-degree holder from IIT Bombay with strong analytical rigor and cross-functional leadership.

Work Experience:

6.8 Years

Industry:

Consulting | Technology

Function:

Consulting & Strategy | General Management | Project & Program Management

Work Experience

FischerJordan (US Based Boutique Management Consultancy) | Mumbai

  • Senior Roles: Engagement Manager & Senior Associate
    • Strategy & Delivery 
      • Led enterprise-wide strategy transformations, turnarounds, and GTM plays across fintech health-tech, legal-tech, and regulatory-tech sector clients .
      • Advised CXO-level clients through LLM adoption, M&A targeting, and margin uplift initiatives with measurable outcomes (Select projects: Delivered 3-5% market share growth at a regulatory-tech client, (Select projects: Delivered 3-5% market share growth at a RegTech client, developed resource planning strategy at Fintech client reducing cost by 3-4%).
      • Built firm-level frameworks for AI opportunity mapping, partner evaluation, and growth levers across emerging sectors. 
      • Authored investment and strategic materials for client-side M&A and corporate finance decisioning.
    • AI Capability Building & Commercialization 
      • Scaled FischerJordan’s LLM/AI consulting practice; Delivered 3+ high-value engagements driving $40k+ in topline for the firm.
      • Structured, sold, and delivered custom LLM/AI tooling for the U.S.-based startups; positioned the firm as a differentiated player in the space.
    • Leadership & Ownership 
      • Managed $75–100K monthly run-rate P&L; implemented strategic initiatives such as sales planning, skill based staffing, and delivery redesign to achieve 30–40% revenue growth and 20–30% margin expansion From H1 to H2 2024.
      • Spearheaded India operations—Managed 15-member team, led hiring, appraisals, and cross-border staffing across consulting and tech functions.
      • Institutionalized leadership culture via structured onboarding, performance systems, and firm offsite design.
    • Client Development & Sales 
      • Closed $100K+ in new business across strategy and LLM/AI consulting verticals.
      • Built and scaled a lead-gen channel using LLM-enabled targeting—grew annual revenue from $23K (2023) to $38K (2024) (65% YoY growth).
         
  • Early Roles: Associate Consultant, Senior Analyst and Analyst
    • Market & Growth Strategy 
      • Drove core strategy work across legal-tech, fintech, and DEI sectors—covering pricing, growth planning, and opportunity sizing.
      • Evaluated M&A targets, performed competitive benchmarking, and built long-term investment theses (including one successful acquisition).
      • Created GTM blueprints and operational models supporting 3-year+ strategic plans for both high-growth and turnaround contexts.
    • Analytics & Product Thinking 
      • Delivered deep-dive sales and customer diagnostics to uncover process inefficiencies and Product-Market-Fit gaps.
      • Designed and deployed tools to automate client-side analyses (e.g., fuzzy matching algorithm in R).
      • Identified 10+ revenue leakage points for a fintech client and built pricing architecture that unlocked 2.5% revenue uplift.
    • Internal Contributions & Thought Leadership 
      • Co-authored a whitepaper applying thermodynamic theory to M&A valuation; published and submitted for peer review.
      • Produced content on GDP growth and inflation’s effect on U.S. lending featured across firm’s media and training platforms.
      • Piloted mentorship programs and knowledge sessions to increase team integration and capability-building.
         

MergerWare (SaaS based enterprise M&A platform management & execution of M&A deals) | Bangalore

  • Strategy Consultant to CEO
    • Created investor pitch and 3-year financial model to support growth-stage fundraising; outlined product differentiation in the M&A enablement space.
       

Pinky Promise (An AI/ML-powered clinic focused on sexual and reproductive health care for women) | Mumbai

  • Strategy Consultant to CEO
    • Defined competitive landscape and market positioning for an AI-based women’s reproductive health platform; advised on product roadmap and user growth strategy.
       

Blue Yonder (F.K.A JDA Software) (Supply chain software corporation) | Bangalore

  • Associate Business Consultant
    • Drove supply chain transformation for a Southeast Asian CPG firm; implemented demand planning platform to reduce product unavailability and inventory costs.
Accomplishments
Education
  • B.Tech + M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    • Master’s Thesis: Disruption Analysis in Supply Chain Networks (Advisor: Prof. Asim Tewari)
Certification
Extra-curricular
  • Student Volunteer, National Service Scheme, IIT Bombay, Mumbai 
    - Created 500+ notebooks from one-sided papers & 100+ toys from trash for kids of construction workers in campus 
    - Participated in awareness campaign for 20+ endangered species; Identified, studied and tagged 200+ species found in campus
  • Adventure Sports 
    - Completed beginner to intermediate certification courses in wind surfing (2019), surfing (2022), and scuba diving (2021, 2024) 
    - Backpacked across 4 Indian states in 2021 – Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Pondicherry