Founder · Growth Operator · Strategy Enthusiast
Jammu, India · architsagarjain@gmail.com · https://www.linkedin.com/in/archit-sagar-jain/
Big-4 consultant turned founding-team operator: risk consulting at PwC India, strategy and growth at ZenCabs, now the PGP in Technology & Business Management at Masters’ Union.
Experience
Head of Strategy & Growth (founding team), ZenCabs
Jan 2026 to Present · Jammu, India
- Helped scale an EV cab startup from launch to 30,000+ users and a ₹4 Cr annualised run-rate in six months.
- Drove monthly GMV past ₹33L across 10,000+ rides at ₹331 AOV via GTM and pricing optimisation, with marketing held at about 10% of revenue.
- Lifted fleet utilisation from 40% to 75% and revenue per car to ₹83K/month by refocusing on the top 6 demand zones; user cancellations fell 60%, from 200 to 80 a day.
- Added 200+ rides a month at zero cost by moving 5 driver shifts 2 hours later to close a 5 to 8 pm supply gap.
- Cut driver-side cancellations from 40% to 6% with 10+ onboarding and dispatch SOPs, tracked against 15+ KPIs in weekly reviews with the founder.
- Raised revenue from the bottom 55% of drivers by 70% by redesigning the driver incentive cost structure.
- Converted 27% of users into 8,100 monthly actives through voice-of-customer loops and retention plays.
- Grew the fleet from 0 to 40 cars in three months, adding 10+ a month on the market sizing and expansion case, and onboarded 43 driver partners.
Growth & Business Strategy Consultant, Shaadi Mangalam
Apr 2026 to Present · India
- Quadrupled monthly revenue from ₹2L to ₹8L (26% month on month) by building the full conversion funnel for a matrimony platform.
- Tripled monthly leads from 1,000 to 3,000 and lifted conversion from 1.4% to 4% by restructuring pricing and sales.
- Shipped 100+ product and UX fixes across sprints, redesigning the website, service journey and brand.
Risk Consulting Specialist 2 (promoted within 12 months), PwC India
Oct 2024 to Jan 2026 · Gurugram, India
- Delivered ₹6+ Cr in annual client cost savings via root-cause diagnostics and process redesign.
- Realised ₹2 Cr+ in savings by reengineering 25+ processes across procurement, HR and finance.
- Cut decision turnaround 30%+ by designing DOA matrices and approval workflows for CXOs.
- Saved 10,000+ consulting hours across 200+ consultants by co-developing an internal audit AI tool with an external AI partner.
- Achieved 50% tool adoption in six months by leading firm-level training across 10 pilot engagements.
- Won ₹80L in additional business by prioritising 8+ initiatives through opportunity assessment.
- Executed engagements worth ₹12 Cr+ for 10+ clients including Cars24, Stryker India and PIF.
- Led DOA, internal audit and SOP development across 10 functions in two international mandates (UAE and West Africa).
- Secured CXO buy-in on 20+ recommendations through structured leadership reporting and business reviews.
Business Transformation Consultant, MCCS Infra Pvt. Ltd.
Nov 2024 to Jul 2025 · India
- Unlocked ₹2 Cr in cost savings via manpower restructuring and capacity planning.
- Accelerated inbound enquiries 4.5x by driving the digital strategy and brand overhaul.
- Compressed hiring TAT 80% and halved cost per hire by redesigning hiring systems and resource allocation.
Founder & Managing Partner, Cairros
Aug 2022 to May 2024 · Pune, India
- Scaled the agency to seven-figure annual revenue in two years by owning strategy, sales and delivery end to end.
- Grew three restaurant clients 30% in revenue (7% MoM) via menu reengineering and table-turnaround operations.
- Raised a magazine client’s sales 3.5x, from ₹2L to ₹7L/month at 23% MoM over six months.
- Expanded across four sectors via rebrand, hiring and growth mandates backed by market research.
Sales & Marketing Executive (internship), Skillarena.in
Apr 2022 to Jul 2022 · Remote
- Closed ₹5L+ in course sales in three months, leading 40 interns across campus, social and referral channels.
Digital Marketing Executive, Equip9
Dec 2022 to Oct 2024 · Pune, India
- Improved lead conversion 40% and drove 300% profit growth via segmentation-led acquisition.
- Generated ₹30L+ in annual revenue by owning branding and client delivery for 15+ accounts.
- Halved content production turnaround by building a content engine and AI workflow agents.
- Owned delivery for brand accounts including JCB, Mahindra and SANY as the startup grew from seed stage to a 60+ member team.
Marketing Manager, Indikraft
Dec 2019 to Jan 2021 · Jammu, India
- Increased revenue 45% by launching digital order channels and onboarding 40+ artisan suppliers.
- Opened a D2C channel contributing 20% of sales by listing 100+ SKUs in the first online catalogue.
Education
PGP in Technology & Business Management, Masters’ Union
Jun 2026 to Present · Gurugram, India
BBA in Accounts & Finance and Marketing Management · CGPA 8.16 (top 10%) · Placement Coordinator, elected out of 400, Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies
Jul 2021 to Apr 2024 · Pune, India
CBSE XII 92% (Commerce with Maths), House Captain · CBSE X 94.2%, 100/100 Science, top 5 of 600, Delhi Public School
2007 to 2021 · Jammu, India
Skills
Strategy & Business: Business diagnosis & cost reduction · Problem structuring · Market sizing · Opportunity assessment · GTM & growth strategy · Pricing · Unit economics
Operations: Operating cadence & SOP design · KPI tracking & weekly business reviews · Process reengineering · Capacity planning · Fleet & supply-demand balancing
Finance: Profitability analysis · P&L ownership & budgeting · Business cases · Risk assessment & internal controls (DOA, audit)
Growth & Marketing: Conversion funnels · Retention & voice-of-customer loops · Branding · Digital strategy · Content engines
People & Stakeholders: CXO stakeholder management · Leadership reporting · Hiring systems · Leading intern & driver teams · Firm-level training
Tools: Advanced Excel · Power BI dashboarding · Process automation (N8N) · AI workflow agents · PowerPoint
Leadership & Impact
- Directed marketing for Symulate, SCMS Pune’s flagship fest wing, drawing 10,000+ footfall across three days.
- Led R&D and go-to-market for Enactus Project Zuri, creating livelihoods for 50+ women artisans.
- Organised ThinkTank competitions with 600+ participants, raising ₹1L+ in sponsorships.
Certifications
- McKinsey Forward Program Fellowship
- Design Thinking for Innovation, UVA Darden
- Brand Management, University of London
- Inbound Marketing (HubSpot)
- Google Ads Search (Google)
- Diploma in Web Development (ICPEM)
Projects
ZenCabs: EV cab startup, built for Jammu
Head of Strategy & Growth (founding team)
On the founding team of an all-electric cab fleet in Jammu: from launch to 30,000+ users and a ₹4 Cr annualised run-rate in six months.
PwC India: Risk consulting: diagnostics, process and cost
Risk Consulting Specialist 2
Fifteen months in Big-4 risk consulting: ₹6+ Cr in annual client cost savings, and an internal AI tool that saved 10,000+ consulting hours.
Cairros: Consulting & marketing agency
Founder & Managing Partner
The agency I founded at 18, during college, and scaled to seven-figure annual revenue across four sectors in two years.
MCCS Infra: Infrastructure & construction
Business Transformation Consultant
Restructured manpower and hiring for an infrastructure business, unlocking ₹2 Cr in cost savings and 4.5x inbound enquiries.
Shaadi Mangalam: Matrimony platform
Growth & Business Strategy Consultant
Built the full conversion funnel for a matrimony platform: monthly revenue up 4x, from ₹2L to ₹8L, and conversion from 1.4% to 4%.
Equip9: Construction-tech marketplace
Digital Marketing Executive
Segmentation-led acquisition for a construction-tech marketplace: 40% better lead conversion and 300% profit growth.