Siddhant Sharma

Strategic leader with extensive experience leveraging analytics and machine learning to drive business growth in the financial services industry. Skilled in building data-driven solutions that optimize decision-making, increase revenue, and enhance marketing efficiency. Successfully led global teams to execute high-impact strategies and manage lead generation for customer acquisition channels

Work Experience

Senior Manager, Marketing Strategy and Analytics for US Commercial Card Portfolio, American Express

  • Spearheaded growth strategy for US SME commercial card acquisition, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive over $100M in revenue growth through multiple initiatives.
  • Led a 7-member global team managing $400M Field prospect acquisition channel for the US commercial market, using NPV-based targeting to optimize lead selection.
  • Tripled Field Sales team's adoption rate of analytics-sourced leads (15% to 50%) driving a $12M revenue increase.
  • Enhanced targeting strategy by integrating a data quality framework, effectively identifying high-return leads and generating an estimated benefit of $6M.

 

Manager, Marketing Strategy and Analytics for US Commercial Card Portfolio, American Express

  • Developed risk model for default prediction and implemented segmentation strategies to  identify resilient businesses during the COVID pandemic, increasing Tele channel  application approval rates from 73% to 81%
  • Developed a model to optimize calling sequences for sales teams, significantly enhancing  efficiency by prioritizing contact orders for business-associated phone numbers, leading  to a 15% increase in net response rate
  • Developed a dynamic modelling strategy to route leads based on sales reps’ expertise, generating $10M incremental revenue.

 

Assistant Manager, Data Analytics for International Commercial Card Portfolio, American Express

  • Evaluated and secured senior leadership approval for the ROI of re-launching the Direct  Mail channel for commercial prospect acquisition, contributing $30M to annual revenue
  • Developed a modelling strategy to identify Business cookies across Amex Digital platforms with over 60% accuracy, resulting in a $10M+ annual revenue boost through a 60%  increase in application rates and significant marketing cost savings.  
  • Redesigned suppression rules to identify targetable businesses out of 150M+ prospects for Direct Mail, generating a $13M+ (40% lift) annual revenue impact

 

Business Analyst, Data Analytics for International Commercial Card Portfolio, American Express

  • Implemented a Merchant recommender system to effectively prioritize merchants for  commercial customers in the Canadian market, yielding an estimated benefit of ~$500K.
  • Developed cross-channel targeting strategies for Digital, Tele, and Direct Mail channels,  significantly increasing prospect conversion rates and achieving cost savings of ~$2M
  • Evaluated the effectiveness of early tenure treatments by sales reps to corporate  customers and developed a model to strategically assign treatments to optimal customer  segments, resulting in an estimated benefit of ~$700K.
  • Optimized Consumer-to-business card cross-sell incentives by analysing past strategies  and assessing incentive levels and spend thresholds for profitability. Successfully  identified affluent segments for targeted offers, achieving an estimated benefit of $1.5M.

 

Business Associate, Data Analytics and marketing solutions for the pharmaceutical domain, Axtria India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Implemented a promotional response model to estimate the impact of promotional  efforts on sales for a $71 million multichannel marketing campaign in the  Pharmaceutical domain. 
  • Applied Ad stock transformation to model the diminishing returns effect of the promotion  on sales.  
  • Established a data intake and quality management platform using SQL and integration  services to enhance operational efficiency for Promotional Response Modelling (PRM)  across 45 marketing channel partners. 
Accomplishments
  • Performace Award: Received over 15 quarterly performance awards at American Express for leadership  and exceptional project delivery. 
  • Scholarship: Received the Donor Scholarship at IIT Kanpur for achieving the highest CGPA in the  first year.  
  • Academic Excellence: Achieved a branch change at IIT Kanpur based on academic excellence, an honour accorded to only 6 out of 674 students.
  • Merit: Awarded a Certificate of Merit in Mathematics by CBSE for being in the top 0.1% of  candidates, AISSE-2007.  
  • National Olympiad: Achieved Rank 14 in the National Mathematical Olympiad, 2005 
Education

B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur 

M.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur 

Certificates
  • Machine Learning, Data Science, and Generative AI with Python, Udemy
  • Machine Learning A-Z: AI, Python & R + ChatGPT Prize [2024], Udemy 
  • Harvard Leadership Program (in collaboration with American Express
Co/Extra-curricular

 M.Tech Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur 

  • Focused on Numerical & Experimental Analysis of the Failure of Electric Poles in Unnao District. 
  • Conducted extensive research on the failure mechanisms of cement concrete poles  in clayey soil under lateral loads, incorporating both experimental analysis and  numerical modelling. The research helped assess the impact of soil-structure  interaction on pole stability. 

Extra-Curricular  

  • Served as a Teaching Assistant in 2014, organizing lectures and shaping course  policies for a class of 100 students.
  • Held the position of Senior Executive in Show Management for the college’s Cultural  and Technical Festival in 2012.
  • Won 1st Prize in the Dance-Drama Competition at Galaxy’11, an inter-hostel cultural  event.

Quick Look

  • Work Experience: 9.6 Years
  • Previous Roles

    Senior Manager , American Express

    Business Associate, Axtria India Pvt. Ltd. 

  • Function : Analytics & Data Science
  • Industry/Sector: BFSI
    Technology
Work Experience

Senior Manager, Marketing Strategy and Analytics for US Commercial Card Portfolio, American Express

  • Spearheaded growth strategy for US SME commercial card acquisition, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive over $100M in revenue growth through multiple initiatives.
  • Led a 7-member global team managing $400M Field prospect acquisition channel for the US commercial market, using NPV-based targeting to optimize lead selection.
  • Tripled Field Sales team's adoption rate of analytics-sourced leads (15% to 50%) driving a $12M revenue increase.
  • Enhanced targeting strategy by integrating a data quality framework, effectively identifying high-return leads and generating an estimated benefit of $6M.

 

Manager, Marketing Strategy and Analytics for US Commercial Card Portfolio, American Express

  • Developed risk model for default prediction and implemented segmentation strategies to  identify resilient businesses during the COVID pandemic, increasing Tele channel  application approval rates from 73% to 81%
  • Developed a model to optimize calling sequences for sales teams, significantly enhancing  efficiency by prioritizing contact orders for business-associated phone numbers, leading  to a 15% increase in net response rate
  • Developed a dynamic modelling strategy to route leads based on sales reps’ expertise, generating $10M incremental revenue.

 

Assistant Manager, Data Analytics for International Commercial Card Portfolio, American Express

  • Evaluated and secured senior leadership approval for the ROI of re-launching the Direct  Mail channel for commercial prospect acquisition, contributing $30M to annual revenue
  • Developed a modelling strategy to identify Business cookies across Amex Digital platforms with over 60% accuracy, resulting in a $10M+ annual revenue boost through a 60%  increase in application rates and significant marketing cost savings.  
  • Redesigned suppression rules to identify targetable businesses out of 150M+ prospects for Direct Mail, generating a $13M+ (40% lift) annual revenue impact

 

Business Analyst, Data Analytics for International Commercial Card Portfolio, American Express

  • Implemented a Merchant recommender system to effectively prioritize merchants for  commercial customers in the Canadian market, yielding an estimated benefit of ~$500K.
  • Developed cross-channel targeting strategies for Digital, Tele, and Direct Mail channels,  significantly increasing prospect conversion rates and achieving cost savings of ~$2M
  • Evaluated the effectiveness of early tenure treatments by sales reps to corporate  customers and developed a model to strategically assign treatments to optimal customer  segments, resulting in an estimated benefit of ~$700K.
  • Optimized Consumer-to-business card cross-sell incentives by analysing past strategies  and assessing incentive levels and spend thresholds for profitability. Successfully  identified affluent segments for targeted offers, achieving an estimated benefit of $1.5M.

 

Business Associate, Data Analytics and marketing solutions for the pharmaceutical domain, Axtria India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Implemented a promotional response model to estimate the impact of promotional  efforts on sales for a $71 million multichannel marketing campaign in the  Pharmaceutical domain. 
  • Applied Ad stock transformation to model the diminishing returns effect of the promotion  on sales.  
  • Established a data intake and quality management platform using SQL and integration  services to enhance operational efficiency for Promotional Response Modelling (PRM)  across 45 marketing channel partners. 
Accomplishments
  • Performace Award: Received over 15 quarterly performance awards at American Express for leadership  and exceptional project delivery. 
  • Scholarship: Received the Donor Scholarship at IIT Kanpur for achieving the highest CGPA in the  first year.  
  • Academic Excellence: Achieved a branch change at IIT Kanpur based on academic excellence, an honour accorded to only 6 out of 674 students.
  • Merit: Awarded a Certificate of Merit in Mathematics by CBSE for being in the top 0.1% of  candidates, AISSE-2007.  
  • National Olympiad: Achieved Rank 14 in the National Mathematical Olympiad, 2005 
Education

B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur 

M.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur 

Certificates
  • Machine Learning, Data Science, and Generative AI with Python, Udemy
  • Machine Learning A-Z: AI, Python & R + ChatGPT Prize [2024], Udemy 
  • Harvard Leadership Program (in collaboration with American Express
Co/Extra-curricular

 M.Tech Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur 

  • Focused on Numerical & Experimental Analysis of the Failure of Electric Poles in Unnao District. 
  • Conducted extensive research on the failure mechanisms of cement concrete poles  in clayey soil under lateral loads, incorporating both experimental analysis and  numerical modelling. The research helped assess the impact of soil-structure  interaction on pole stability. 

Extra-Curricular  

  • Served as a Teaching Assistant in 2014, organizing lectures and shaping course  policies for a class of 100 students.
  • Held the position of Senior Executive in Show Management for the college’s Cultural  and Technical Festival in 2012.
  • Won 1st Prize in the Dance-Drama Competition at Galaxy’11, an inter-hostel cultural  event.