Akash Prasad

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COO · Technical program management · cross-team delivery

Lumen Bio
Gurugram, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
13+ years experience
IIM Bangalore
English, Hindi
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I lead technical program management at Lumen Bio in Gurugram. Brought support first-response time from 24 hours to under 1. Launched operations in 6 cities. Before that: Intuit and Capgemini. I read too many books about cities.

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Hiring a founding program manager for the TPM team - Gurugram

Role
Founding program manager
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid
Compensation
₹24-60 LPA
Team
TPM, 8 people
Start
Within two months
Must have
Has run operations at a similar scale Comfortable with numbers and process Good judgment about what not to build
Process
Intro call, technical deep dive, team chat

Comp ₹18-63 LPA. One technical chat and a paid trial day. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

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Experience

  1. COO
    Jan 2025 - Present
    Lumen Bio · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
    • Rebuilt the planning process the company still runs every quarter.
    • Ran the TPM program across 9 teams to launch on schedule.
    • Launched operations in 26 cities.
  2. Program Manager
    Sep 2021 - Jan 2025
    Intuit · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
    • Brought support first-response time from 19 hours to under 1.
  3. Operations Manager
    Jul 2019 - Sep 2021
    Capgemini · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
    • Rebuilt the planning process the company still runs every quarter.
  4. Program Manager
    Feb 2017 - Jul 2019
    Nykaa · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
    • Launched operations in 4 cities.
    • Rebuilt the planning process the company still runs every quarter.
  5. Operations Associate
    May 2013 - Jan 2017
    Cognizant · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Gurugram, India
    • Built the privacy programme for launches in 6 countries.

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Education

  1. IIM Bangalore
    MBA, Business Administration
    2011 - 2013
  2. IIT Hyderabad
    B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
    2006 - 2010

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