Shamsheer Khan S

About

Strategy and operations leader with 17+ years of experience across AI programs, PMO, operating-model redesign, market analysis, and executive reporting. Led transformation and governance work for McKinsey, fintech, logistics, manufacturing, and pharma clients, and co-founded a fintech startup as CEO.

Experience

• Independent Consultant
  Nuhud Corporate Consulting · Remote (Dubai / India)
  Jun 2026 – Present

  Supported an AI product initiative for a pharma manufacturer at Cheyyar SIPCOT, covering scope, workplan and stakeholder reporting. Built demand, capacity and market analyses for manufacturing clients, supporting decisions across portfolios of about INR 50–70 crore. Identified potential efficiency gains of 12–18% from capacity, routing and operating constraints. Set up workstream trackers, milestone reporting and action registers for client stakeholders.

• Co-Founder & CEO
  Zetiify Private Limited · India
  Aug 2025 – May 2026

  Built the business model, market thesis, financial model and investor proposition for a founder–investor platform; supported INR 3.5 crore in pre-seed fundraising. Defined requirements and roadmap for an AI-enabled fintech product. Created pipeline stages, lead qualification and weekly reporting for management visibility. Led a multidisciplinary team across product, research and operations through weekly priorities and milestone reviews.

• Principal Consultant
  Lyracorp Consultancy · GCC & India (Remote)
  Aug 2024 – Jul 2025

  Directed a USD 0.31M transformation for a regional 3PL provider covering routing efficiency, partner SLA governance, throughput and implementation tracking. Supervised and reviewed the work of 10 consultants, setting quality standards for research and client deliverables. Delivered market, demand and capacity analyses for manufacturing clients across portfolios of about INR 50–70 crore.

• Senior Workflow Planner
  McKinsey & Company
  Sep 2010 – Aug 2024

  Supported 5 AI projects, including McKinsey’s internal AI platform Lilli, through planning, coordination and milestone governance. Planned and governed work across 100+ strategic programs: scheduling, research synthesis, executive reporting and risk tracking. Supported GCC-linked McKinsey client engagements remotely from 2016 (client names confidential under NDA). Led capacity planning, routing analysis and stakeholder updates on a five-year cross-border mandate for an Asian technology conglomerate, with zero missed deadlines. Built data models, KPI trackers and board-level presentations. Two-time “Best of Best” award winner; nominated for excellence in 11 consecutive years.

• Internal Audit Manager
  Shriram Finance Limited · Chennai
  Oct 2009 – Mar 2010

  Audited commercial agreements, regulatory compliance and statutory controls; presented corrective-action recommendations to audit committees.

• Associate Consultant, AI Support
  Yahoo · Bangalore
  Aug 2008 – Dec 2008

  Part of the AI support team that trained Yahoo’s search engine, supplying the evaluation data and feedback used to improve results.

Education

• 
  B.E.

  Anna University Chennai

  Awarded by Anna University

  Computer Science

  Computer Science
• AC
  PG Diploma

  Accredian

  Product management

  Product management

Skills

Languages

Courses & certifications

• Business Intelligence for Consultants
• Effective Leadership
• Agile Project Management
• Strategic Thinking · PMI

🏆 Achievements & awards

• Best of Best

  Two-time award winner at McKinsey & Company.