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Sarthak BaijalSB

Sarthak Baijal

Venture builder and strategist

€517/day
Dubai City, AE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Sarthak

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Hindi

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Dubai City (up to 50km)

Experience

  • V Group,
    Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    October 2021 - January 2025 (3 years and 3 months)
    Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
    • Led a global finance automation and operating model transformation across 5 divisions, delivering $2.5M in annual cost savings.
    • Redesigned payroll workflows and compliance processes for 44,000 seafarers across 5 geographies, improving processing efficiency by 60%.
    • Centralized global credit control operations, driving 40% efficiency gains, reducing manual errors, and improving cash flow outcomes.
    • Streamlined management reporting and supported entity rationalization across 200 entities, reducing governance and legal risk.
    • Acted as strategy-to-execution bridge between finance, operations, and leadership, translating transformation priorities into shipped outcomes.
  • 21 Art Democracy,
    Co-Founder & CEO
    E-COMMERCE
    May 2020 - September 2021 (1 year and 4 months)
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    • Built and launched a multi-sided e-commerce marketplace connecting 800+ artists with consumers, scaling the catalog to 40,000+ SKUs.
    • Designed automated onboarding and discovery workflows, reaching six-figure revenue in Year 1.
    • Grew a creator community from 0 to 800 members through workshops, partnerships, and community-led growth initiatives.
    • Built and managed a 10-member team across onboarding, content, and community, strengthening organic engagement and supply quality.
    • Integrated product, brand, growth, and operations into a single execution engine for rapid experimentation and scale-up.
  • Vartalaap Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.,
    Co-Founder & CEO
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    September 2016 - September 2021 (5 years)
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    • Founded and scaled a 30-member branding and growth consulting firm serving 70+ clients, achieving 95% client retention and cash-flow positivity within the first year.
    • Built end-to-end growth and brand programs across strategy, positioning, sales enablement, content, and design, improving client engagement by 40%.
    • Designed and ran client acquisition, account management, and upsell engines, driving repeat revenue and long term partnerships.
    • Built team structures, delivery rhythms, and performance systems that improved operational efficiency and retention by 40%.
    • Owned P&L, pricing, hiring, delivery quality, and growth strategy, operating as full-stack venture builder and operator.

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Education

  • MBA
    Indian Institute of Management
    2026
    MBA
  • BBA
    Center for Management Studies
    2019
    BBA

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