Lathish Venugopal

Strategic operations and transformation leader with 17+ years of experience driving enterprise strategy, operating model design, governance, talent strategy, and large-scale execution across global technology, analytics, and professional services organizations. Proven track record partnering with VP/SVP-level leaders to translate long-range business priorities into executable roadmaps, governance frameworks, operating cadence, and measurable business outcomes. Recognized for building high-performing operating systems that improve decision-making, execution discipline, organizational alignment, and scalability across global and matrixed environments.

Senior Manager- Strategy & Operations | Talent Marketing & Employer Branding | Data Analytics at Adobe (2021-01 – Present)

• Lead enterprise strategy and transformation for Talent Operations & Experience portfolios, translating VP/SVP priorities into multi-year roadmaps, AOPs, OKRs, governance & measurable outcomes.
• Transformed Talent Operations from a region-based FTE model to a follow-the-sun hybrid FTE + contractor model across the Americas and EMEA, delivering 82% uplift in savings and 8X productivity improvement.
• Designed and scaled governance frameworks - intake, prioritization forums, escalation paths and decision rights - improving execution discipline across global, multi-threaded programs.
• Established operating cadence through weekly reviews, MBRs and QBRs; built executive scorecards and strategic narratives that enabled VP/C-suite leaders to make faster, data-informed trade-offs.
• Lead an enterprise workforce-planning transformation for the age of AI, shaping which teams can become 100% agentic, which remain primarily human-run, and the hybrid models in between; partner with senior Engineering, Product & Design leaders.
• Partner with Talent leadership on capability gaps and targeted upskilling, integrating talent readiness, change adoption and workforce implications into transformation initiatives.

Co-founder & COO at Lanset Consulting (2019-01 – 2021-12)

Co-founded and scaled a Managed Legal Services firm serving U.S. law firms; owned operating model design, financial discipline, client delivery, and business development.

• Doubled operational scale while improving profit margins to ~35% through process optimisation, governance design, and cost management.
• Built KPI frameworks, performance tracking systems, and QBR cadences — establishing strategic planning discipline across a fast-scaling organisation.
• Led multi-disciplinary teams supporting global retail enterprise clients; owned P&L, people leadership, executive relationships, and programme governance across concurrent workstreams.
• Delivered analytics at scale — predictive modelling, workforce optimisation, and VOC-driven recommendation engines using R, Python, SQL/SSIS, and Excel/VBA.

Growth Leader & Delivery Manager at Mu Sigma (2018-01 – 2019-12)

• Led multi-disciplinary teams supporting global retail enterprise clients; owned P&L, people leadership, executive relationships, and programme governance across concurrent workstreams.
• Delivered analytics at scale — predictive modelling, workforce optimisation, and VOC-driven recommendation engines using R, Python, SQL/SSIS, and Excel/VBA.
• Supported strategic planning and transformation initiatives for Indian CPG and retail clients.
• Developed financial forecasting models, market intelligence frameworks, and executive presentations for leadership decision-making.

Senior Associate Consultant at ITC Infotech (2013-01 – 2014-12)

• Led and developed a multicultural team of account optimization specialists supporting top tier CPG clients across the North American market, driving consistent performance and engagement.
• Owned a $12M quarterly book of business across marquee clients including P&G, SC Johnson, and Kimberly Clark, consistently exceeding revenue targets and delivering an average ROI uplift of ~110% through disciplined account strategy and optimization.

Account Planner, North America- Direct Sales Org. at Google (2007-01 – 2011-12)

• Led and developed a multicultural team of account optimization specialists supporting top-tier CPG clients; owned a $12M quarterly book of business, exceeded revenue targets and delivered ~110% average ROI uplift through disciplined account strategy and optimization.
• Spent close to three years leading large-scale transformation programs for Direct Sales teams distributed across Wroclaw, Poland; Singapore; and Hyderabad, India, optimizing sales operations through data-driven interventions, change management programs and strategic leadership.
• Spearheaded global standardization and process-mapping, India Analyst and report-automation initiatives across Poland, the U.S. and Singapore, translating complex consumer data into strategic decisions that streamlined and scaled Google offerings.
• Identified incremental growth opportunities within client portfolios; built team capability in sales planning, account strategy and quantitative analysis; consistently rated Exceeds Expectations and received multiple performance awards.

Post Graduate Program in Management in Management – Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai (2013-12)

B.Com. (Hons.) in Commerce – Indian Institute of Management & Commerce, Hyderabad (2005-12)