Parag Jain is a seasoned industry leader with over 25 years of experience in incubating and scaling businesses and driving complex transformation programs in the IT services industry. He has been a strategic advisor for major global corporations across the banking, communications, media and entertainment, retail, CPG, and consumer tech industries. Parag is a recognized industry thought leader and advisor to major Fortune 500 companies and CXOs on harnessing technology to drive transformation while establishing strategic partnerships with technology service providers.
As Executive Vice President and Global Head of the Manufacturing and Consumer Services (MCS) vertical at Zensar, Parag is responsible for strengthening and expanding Zensar’s global MCS footprint. In addition, as Chief Growth Officer, Parag is responsible for managing Zensar’s growth channels, including analyst and advisory relations, corporate alliances, net new sales, and business development.
Parag comes to Zensar from Infosys, where he was responsible for net new sales and business development for the consumer, retail, and logistics (CRL) sector globally. He was also responsible for analysis, advisory relations, and marketing for the CRL sector, besides supporting many corporate-level initiatives on sales transformation, strategic partnerships, and margin improvement. Prior to Infosys, Parag spent 17 years at TCS, where he led the growth and scaling of the media and entertainment, CPG, and distribution businesses. He also led multiple large complex IT transformation programs for TCS.
An engineering major from IIT Roorkee, Parag has completed an Advanced Management Program at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, and a Financial Leadership Program from Stanford, Graduate School of Business. Parag lives with his family in New Jersey.