Portrait of Roottuja Gatllewar, marketing and product leader
Located in Mumbai, available worldwide

Marketing & Product Leader — GTM, Brand, Digital Transformation

Roottuja Gatllewar

9+ years driving go-to-market strategy, product growth, and digital transformation across SaaS, HealthTech, Biotech, and InsurTech. I apply consumer psychology, neuromarketing, and AI to sharpen product experiences and scale revenue — then lead cross-functional teams to ship it.

  • GTM Strategy
  • Product Growth
  • Neuromarketing
  • AI Systems
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Strategy that ships

What I do

Go-To-Market Strategy

Positioning, competitive messaging, and value-prop refinement for new service lines and products — from payer-provider personas to UAE and India localization rollouts.

Product & Growth

Owning product marketing, funnel analytics, pricing tiers, and post-sale digital journeys. Launched 15 at-home diagnostics products unlocking a $20M+ revenue opportunity.

Brand & Content Engines

Inbound and SEO-led content systems, gated assets, ABM playbooks, and brand narrative work that compounds — 70% organic traffic growth and 3X organic demo requests.

Teams & Cross-Functional Leadership

Built marketing functions from zero, led a 15-member in-house team plus 6 agencies, and delivered with 10+ partner teams across R&D, logistics, and CX.

About Roottuja

Who am I?

I'm a marketing and product leader who sits where business reasoning meets human-centered innovation. Across biotech, clinical SaaS, and insurtech I've built marketing functions from the ground up, opened new product categories, and turned messy, ambiguous mandates into GTM roadmaps teams can execute.

Global footprint

US

United States

Studied biotech; built GTM muscle

IN

India

Led teams, launched products, founded

AE

UAE

Advised market entry & partnerships

I'm not bound by one geography or one way of thinking. I've lived abroad, experienced different cultures, and absorbed the cadence of markets across the US, India, and the UAE. That pluralistic lens shapes how I lead: I listen before I decide, adapt before I impose, and build bridges between stakeholders who don't always speak the same professional language.

My sweet spot lives at the convergence of four disciplines — applied sciences, technology, management, and design thinking. I move between hypothesis and execution, between user empathy and commercial rigor, without losing momentum.

Convergence zone

Applied Sciences
Technology
Management
Design Thinking

Marketing discipline isn't a slogan for me; it's a default. I operate with a user-first, growth mindset, take robust ownership of outcomes, and bring an unwavering work ethic to every mandate. I'm comfortable taking calculated risks, and I chase excellence relentlessly.

Operating principles

  • User-first & growth mindset
  • Robust ownership mentality
  • Unwavering work ethic
  • Intercultural outlook
  • Calculated risk-taking
  • Relentless pursuit of excellence

Leadership competencies

  • Business Reasoning
  • Opportunity Realization
  • Implementation Management
  • Influential Communication
  • Team Leadership
  • Cross-Cultural Effectiveness
  • Ethical Management

Education

  • Georgetown University

    M.S. Biotechnology — Bio-Business Track, Bioscience Management

    Washington, D.C. · 2016

  • Stony Brook University

    B.S. Biological Sciences — Dean's List 2009–2012

    New York · 2013

Good to know

  • Industries

    SaaS (B2B & B2C), HealthTech, Biotech, InsurTech, DTx, E-Commerce

  • AI fluency

    Expert across 100+ AI applications

  • Languages

    English, Hindi and Marathi

  • Markets

    Studied and worked across the US, India and UAE

  • Founder track

    Co-founded a spiritual mental-health platform as Chief Product Officer

Selected projects

All projects — 2016 to now

01

Positioning an Insurtech CLM Platform for Investors

Tecforz Innovations · Consultant, GTM Strategy & Branding

Defined product positioning and value propositions for payer and provider personas on an NHCX-compliant contract lifecycle platform with geo-spatial cost prediction. Built the GTM roadmap, the UAE and India localization plan, and the investor narrative and product vision deck used in fundraising.

  • GTM Strategy
  • Brand & Content
  • Investor narrative
  • 2-market rollout plan
  • Brand strategy
  • Product vision deck

02

Launching Gen AI, Data & Test Automation Service Lines

Techment Technology · Director, Marketing, Brand & Content

Owned end-to-end GTM for new Gen AI, data engineering, test automation, and offshore service lines — positioning, competitive messaging, and value-prop refinement, supported by ABM playbooks and interactive sales decks for priority accounts.

  • GTM Strategy
  • Product Marketing
  • Leadership
  • 35% service line adoption
  • Higher sales productivity
  • ABM playbooks
  • Growth playbook

03

Shifting Techment to an Inbound Growth Engine

Techment Technology · Director, Marketing, Brand & Content

Replaced outbound dependence with an SEO-led inbound motion using Ahrefs, SEMrush, and Notion CMS — blog strategy, gated whitepapers and case studies, and optimized landing pages. Layered in integrated email, paid search, and LinkedIn lead gen.

  • Growth & Demand Gen
  • Brand & Content
  • 70% organic growth
  • 45% more qualified leads
  • 30% rise in qualified leads
  • 20% higher open rates

04

Rebuilding the Techment Website Experience

Techment Technology · Director, Marketing, Brand & Content

Overhauled site UX in Webflow using Hotjar behaviour data, integrated Google Analytics and cookie tracking, and introduced lead capture loops, lead locking, and MQL tracking to improve conversion and attribution.

  • UX & Digital Experience
  • Growth & Demand Gen
  • 50% traffic increase
  • 30% higher engagement
  • Better attribution
  • Segment insights

05

Building Microsoft & Tricentis Partner Programs

Techment Technology · Director, Marketing, Brand & Content

Built the Microsoft and Tricentis partner accounts from the ground up and co-developed partner GTM programs with Oracle and Tricentis — joint webinars, whitepapers, ABM outreach, and co-branded campaigns. Led booth strategy and post-event drip campaigns across Oracle Cloud World, Tricentis World Tour, and the Workers Compensation Conference.

  • Partnerships & Events
  • GTM Strategy
  • 40% pipeline uplift
  • 25% more event-driven leads
  • Faster pipeline velocity
  • Co-branded campaigns

06

Building Octalsoft's Marketing Function From Zero

Octalsoft Glorant LLC · Director, Marketing, Brand & Content

Stood up the entire marketing department in under three months for 10 AI/ML-powered eClinical SaaS products, then implemented Zoho CRM, MoEngage, and ConvertFlow for end-to-end funnel automation.

  • Leadership
  • Growth & Demand Gen
  • GTM Strategy
  • >90% marketing effectiveness lift
  • 21% conversion uplift
  • 60% sales productivity boost
  • Function built in <3 months

07

Event-Led GTM Across Global Clinical Trial Expos

Octalsoft Glorant LLC · Director, Marketing, Brand & Content

Drove an event-led GTM motion across four global clinical trial expos with demo stations, lead scoring, and post-event nurture sequences, plus targeted LinkedIn ABM campaigns in strategic accounts — leaving behind lasting playbooks for sales and brand.

  • Partnerships & Events
  • GTM Strategy
  • $5.5M new revenue
  • 95 SQA leads added
  • 30% faster deal velocity
  • 4 global expos

08

Product Marketing & Sales Enablement for 5 SaaS Products

Octalsoft Glorant LLC · Director, Marketing, Brand & Content

Created 100+ multi-format product marketing assets and 30+ enablement tools including battle cards and comparison sheets, alongside a content engine of 60+ SEO blogs and 10+ competitive toolkits.

  • Product Marketing
  • Brand & Content
  • 30% faster onboarding
  • 25% faster rep response
  • 3X organic demo requests
  • 100+ assets

09

Brand Cultivation & Website Revamp at Octalsoft

Octalsoft Glorant LLC · Director, Marketing, Brand & Content

Led visual and narrative brand campaigns — corporate film, client, user, and employee video testimonials, and conceptual brand shoots — while revamping the website UX and piloting referral, loyalty, and webinar programs.

  • Brand & Content
  • UX & Digital Experience
  • 344% traffic growth
  • 4X MQLs
  • >60% demo request uplift
  • 75% brand success rate

10

Launching India's First At-Home Self-Collection Kits

LifeCell International · Head of Marketing & Product Experience

Launched India's first self-collection diagnostic kits across men's health, women's health, sexual health, and consumer genomics, along with the digital onboarding flow behind them — fast-tracked to Head of Marketing in 10 months on the strength of this work.

  • Product Marketing
  • GTM Strategy
  • UX & Digital Experience
  • 40% less consultation drop-off
  • New category launched
  • Promoted in 10 months
  • Post-sale CX redesign

11

Ecommerce Restructure & Personalized Dashboard

LifeCell International · Head of Marketing & Product Experience

Led the full ecommerce website restructure and redesign with new product detail pages, then spearheaded smart diagnostic reports, a feature-rich personalized dashboard, rewards, referrals, subscriptions, loyalty, and a unified web portal experience.

  • UX & Digital Experience
  • Product Marketing
  • 6X traffic growth
  • 48% self-serve conversion
  • 3X online sales
  • NPS +20 pts

12

Full-Funnel Growth & Lifecycle Engine

LifeCell International · Head of Marketing & Product Experience

Launched a performance growth engine across paid, social, and content, plus a segmentation-led email engine covering onboarding, nurture, and lifecycle campaigns in MoEngage — supported by 2,000+ funnel-stage assets.

  • Growth & Demand Gen
  • Product Marketing
  • 105% MoM growth
  • 11% CAC reduction
  • 35% conversion lift
  • 22% higher AOV

13

Brand Identity Revamp & Team Build-Out

LifeCell International · Head of Marketing & Product Experience

Revamped brand identity and the social media playbook while leading a 15-member in-house team and six external agencies with agile execution rituals.

  • Brand & Content
  • Leadership
  • 3X engagement lift
  • 40% higher aided recall
  • 30% faster campaign cycles
  • 15-person team

14

Opening a New D2C Diagnostics Category in India

LifeCell International · Senior Product Manager, D2C

Defined and launched 15 at-home fertility and genomics products in a sunrise category — co-creating backend algorithms and interactive dashboards for 10 products, setting tiered pricing, standardizing SOPs and validation workflows, and integrating D2C with B2B2C channels across 10+ delivery teams.

  • Product Marketing
  • GTM Strategy
  • UX & Digital Experience
  • Leadership
  • $20M+ opportunity
  • 3X faster adoption
  • 3X category growth
  • 100% SLA adherence

15

Lifecycle Email & CRM Engine for a $208M Health Brand

LifeCell International · Head of Marketing & Product Experience

Built a segmentation-led email and drip program spanning onboarding, nurture, nudge, retention, transactional, re-marketing, launch, seasonal, and survey workflows — supported by 1,000+ marketing assets and 100+ videos across the funnel.

  • Growth & Demand Gen
  • Brand & Content
  • NPS +20 points
  • 35% higher retention
  • 38% CLV growth
  • 28% lower bounce rate

16

MarTech & CRM Stack Build for Multi-Product SaaS

Octalsoft Glorant LLC · Director, Marketing

Deployed the full MarTech backbone — CRM, marketing automation, lead nurturing, and sales-cycle management — for 10 AI/ML eClinical products serving 80+ global clients, and instrumented reporting across the funnel.

  • Growth & Demand Gen
  • Product Marketing
  • 21% conversion surge
  • 60% sales efficiency gain
  • Engagement score of 60
  • 244% traffic growth

17

Digital Therapeutics Partnerships & Policy Advocacy

Wellthy Therapeutics · Manager, Partnerships & Impact Strategy

Led the impact vertical for a digital therapeutics AI platform — sourcing six enterprise partnerships across pharma, biotech, and healthcare institutions, pitching to central and state government stakeholders, and running an NCD advocacy campaign for a DTx regulatory framework in India.

  • Partnerships & Events
  • GTM Strategy
  • Strategy & Advisory
  • 6 enterprise partnerships
  • INR 40M+ MENA/UK pipeline
  • NHS England & PMJAY pitches
  • World Bank & Dubai accelerators

18

Market Entry & PPP Advisory for Public Infrastructure

Capital Fortunes · Senior Analyst, Transaction Advisory & Strategy

Built an asset-light city expansion strategy for a global shared-workspace provider, won the firm a transaction advisory mandate on Pune's High-Capacity Mass Transit Route, and pitched a state health-system upgrade plan for NCD facilities under Niti Aayog guidelines.

  • Strategy & Advisory
  • GTM Strategy
  • $655M PPP project
  • 40+ startups evaluated
  • 9 client engagement proposals
  • New healthcare unit built

19

Cross-Border M&A and Fundraise Execution in Life Sciences

Alira Health · Analyst, Transaction Advisory & Strategy

Supported six M&A and fundraising mandates across the US and EMEA — sell-side for a Stanford-incubated MedTech startup, buy-side for a $1.8B European healthcare logistics firm, and a $2.5M raise for an Israeli GI MedTech entering Europe — covering diligence, valuation, and transaction collateral.

  • Strategy & Advisory
  • 6 live mandates
  • $1.8B buy-side client
  • $2.5M fundraise
  • 8+ pitchbooks

20

Break-Free Foundation: Livelihoods for Survivors & Migrant Workers

Break-Free Foundation · Co-Founder & Chief Strategist

Co-founded an NGO training domestic violence survivors and migrant workers for remote and on-site work — leading 40+ volunteers across 11 cities, building multilingual training content in English, Hindi, Marathi, and Gujarati, and developing a free soft-skills and technical learning app for blue-collar workers.

  • Social Impact
  • Leadership
  • 40+ volunteers
  • 11 cities in Maharashtra
  • 4-language curriculum
  • Training app in build

21

Agritech Family Business: Strategy & Operations

Family-Owned Agritech Business · Strategic & Operational Contributor

Active contributor to strategy and operations for a family-owned agritech business in Pune — bringing GTM discipline, digital process design, and channel planning to a traditional operating model.

  • Strategy & Advisory
  • Leadership
  • Operating model redesign
  • Channel planning
  • Digital process design
  • Hands-on execution

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My AI stack

60+ AI applications practised

A working toolkit across marketing, product management, and product development — used daily to prototype, research, position, and scale.

Build & Prototype

Shipping products and interfaces without waiting on a backlog

  • Lovable logoLovable
  • Cursor logoCursor
  • Replit logoReplit
  • Bolt logoBolt
  • v0 logov0
  • Figma AI logoFigma AI
  • Framer logoFramer
  • Webflow logoWebflow
  • Windsurf logoWindsurf
  • GitHub Copilot logoGitHub Copilot
  • Devin logoDevin

Reasoning & Research

Strategy drafts, market scans, competitive teardowns

  • ChatGPT logoChatGPT
  • Claude logoClaude
  • Gemini logoGemini
  • Perplexity logoPerplexity
  • NotebookLM logoNotebookLM
  • Grok logoGrok
  • Mistral logoMistral
  • DeepSeek logoDeepSeek
  • Manus logoManus
  • Glean logoGlean
  • AlphaSense logoAlphaSense
  • Cohere logoCohere

Product & Delivery

Discovery, roadmaps, research synthesis, analytics

  • Notion AI logoNotion AI
  • Atlassian Intelligence logoAtlassian Intelligence
  • Linear logoLinear
  • Productboard logoProductboard
  • Dovetail logoDovetail
  • Maze logoMaze
  • Amplitude logoAmplitude
  • Hotjar logoHotjar
  • Miro AI logoMiro AI
  • Airtable Cobuilder logoAirtable Cobuilder
  • Granola logoGranola
  • Fathom logoFathom

Content & Creative

Narrative, campaign assets, video, and brand systems

  • Midjourney logoMidjourney
  • Runway logoRunway
  • ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
  • Canva Magic logoCanva Magic
  • Adobe Firefly logoAdobe Firefly
  • Descript logoDescript
  • Synthesia logoSynthesia
  • Jasper logoJasper
  • Gamma logoGamma
  • HeyGen logoHeyGen
  • Suno logoSuno
  • Ideogram logoIdeogram
  • Krea logoKrea
  • Luma Dream Machine logoLuma Dream Machine
  • Veo logoVeo
  • Opus Clip logoOpus Clip
  • Tome logoTome

Growth & GTM Ops

SEO, demand gen, lifecycle, and revenue automation

  • HubSpot AI logoHubSpot AI
  • Semrush logoSemrush
  • Ahrefs logoAhrefs
  • Clay logoClay
  • Apollo logoApollo
  • MoEngage logoMoEngage
  • Zapier AI logoZapier AI
  • n8n logon8n
  • Lindy logoLindy
  • Attio logoAttio
  • Writer logoWriter
  • Copy.ai logoCopy.ai

In their words

Managers, colleagues & reportees

I'm confident that you shall do well in all your pursuits. You've been a significant change agent and I truly appreciate your commitment and zeal to do nothing but the best. Great to have worked closely with you.
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
I know you will rock wherever you go, whatever you do. You are a true leader and inspiration to all of us. Thank you for your support and all the inspirational words. You are irreplaceable!!
Category Manager
Leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination. You are a living example of the same. Wishing you a lifetime of peace, happiness and prosperity. Thank you for all your support.
Category Manager
In this short span, what I was able to notice is that you were very polite and patient with me. Honestly, I'm feeling a little bad on losing an understanding intellectual head. I'm sure wherever you will go, they will be happy to have you in their team.
Illustration Specialist
Lucky to have got a chance to work with you. You will always be remembered for being an enormous source of inspiration. Good wishes for your health, wealth and well-being and all the very best for your new venture!
Product Executive
I will forever cherish the memories I have of working with such an amazing and inspiring fellow manager — really gonna miss the wonderful leadership sessions that we had, and don't forget us!
Product Executive
It was wonderful working with you. Thank you for all the support and guidance that you provided. Wishing you the best for your future endeavors!
Creative Manager
I am grateful to have worked under your leadership.
Senior Creative Manager

Certifications & earlier roles

Credentials

Select certifications

  • Product Strategy, Discovery, Experimentation & PLG

    Product School

    Ongoing

  • Agile Project Management

    Atlassian

    Ongoing

  • Generative AI for Marketing Professionals

    American Marketing Association

    Sep 2025

  • Design Thinking and Innovation (Exec Ed)

    S.P. Jain Institute of Management

    Apr 2022

Earlier experience

  • Manager — Partnerships & Strategy

    Wellthy Therapeutics (Digital Therapeutics, SaMD)

    Mumbai · 2019–2020

  • Senior Analyst — Transaction Advisory & Strategy

    Capital Fortunes

    Hyderabad · 2018–2019

  • Analyst — Transaction Advisory & Strategy

    Alira Health

    San Francisco / Boston · 2016–2017

Beyond the desk

What recharges me