Profile

About Balbir

Balbir operates where complex products need both strategic framing and execution discipline, especially in search, catalog, data, and AI-heavy environments.

Positioning

Trusted when the system is messy, cross-functional, and commercially important.

Balbir works where operational complexity, data quality, and product expectations collide. His edge is building clarity: what matters, what to sequence, and what the system should optimize for.

Head of Data Strategy Raptor Supplies Limited Delhi, India

Operating style

Strategy-first, execution-grounded.

Comfortable with ambiguity, close to architecture, and focused on turning cross-functional work into momentum instead of meetings.

Where the leverage comes from

  • Connecting data quality, product decisions, and execution pacing.
  • Framing search and AI work as operating systems, not isolated features.
  • Helping leadership teams make cleaner decisions under complexity.

Method

How the work is approached

A repeatable way of moving from operating friction to system design to delivery momentum.

01

Diagnose the operating friction

Find where data breaks, where users lose confidence, and where teams are compensating manually.

02

Design the intelligence layer

Define the structure, signals, and product logic required to make the system meaningfully smarter.

03

Sequence for adoption

Translate strategy into a delivery rhythm teams can actually execute without losing sight of outcomes.

Experience

Leadership path

Roles across product, R&D, and data strategy that shape a practical approach to AI and platform work.

01

Current

Head of Data Strategy

Raptor Supplies Limited

Role

Driving the strategy for catalog intelligence, search quality, and AI-enabled decision systems across the MRO domain.

02

Previously

Head of R&D

Product and platform teams

Role

Led experimentation, product discovery, and technical execution across data-heavy initiatives with cross-functional teams.

03

Earlier

Technical Product Manager

Data-driven software initiatives

Role

Owned delivery for internal platforms, automation programs, and customer-facing capabilities with clear outcome tracking.

Strengths

Capabilities

A blend of strategic framing, product judgment, and hands-on execution depth.

Capability map

Data strategyAI product leadershipSearch relevanceCatalog intelligenceRoadmap executionCross-functional leadership

Search as a systems problem

Frames relevance, taxonomy, and data quality as one operating problem instead of disconnected tickets.

Leadership with working depth

Comfortable moving between strategy, product shape, delivery structure, and the technical tradeoffs underneath.

Credibility in complex domains

Best in environments where the product is messy, the data is uneven, and the path to improvement is not obvious.

Contact

Connect

Open to leadership conversations, advisory work, and high-context product problems.

Contact

Start a conversation

Best for leadership roles, advisory opportunities, or product and data problems that need both strategic clarity and execution depth.

Typical topics

Leadership roles · advisory work · search, data, AI, and execution systems

Best starting point

A short note with the problem space, team context, and what needs untangling.