Deepak Paramanand

Visionary
DISC Type : Ds

Head of Artificial Intelligence at Opus 2

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Deepak Paramanand is the Head of AI at Opus 2, with over 20 years of experience building novel AI products at firms like JPMorgan Chase and Microsoft. His work, which spans three continents, has been evaluated by Tech Nation to be contributing £500M in value to the UKs AI economy. Colleagues describe him as creative and determined.

Outside of his professional life, Deepak has a passion for mentoring the next generation of product managers. He grew up in India with a love for trains, a passion he later applied professionally at Hitachi. He is also a self-described "champion marshmallow stacker" and enjoys speaking on podcasts about technology and leadership.

Deepak can speak four languages and, with a sense of humor, claims he can "nod vigorously in 40 others. "

Personality Overview

Risk Tolerant

Direct & Assertive

Objective Evaluator

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.  They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Topics They Care About

AI in Legaltech
As the current Head of AI at Opus 2, he is actively innovating and shaping the application of artificial intelligence within the legal technology sector.
Ethical AI
He has delivered keynotes on "Doing AI, Ethically" and believes empathy, diversity, and inclusion are critical for building responsible AI products.
Research to Product
A core theme of his career is transforming cutting-edge research, such as LLMs and GANs, into commercially successful products at companies like JPMorgan and Microsoft.

Media Appearances

Opus 2 makes key engineering and AI hires to accelerate delivery .... Featured in Opus 2 (official news site)

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Work History

9-2025
Head of Artificial Intelligence at Opus 2
9-2021 - 8-2025
Director of Artificial Intelligence at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
4-2020 - 9-2021
Product Lead at Hitachi Europe
6-2018 - 4-2020
Sr Product Manager at Microsoft
7-2017 - 6-2018
Sr Product Manager at Intralinks

Education

1999 - 2003
Bachelors of Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University

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Insights For Selling To Deepak

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • You can spend time on BANT (or other qualification methodology) but keep it to the point
  • Ask them at the end if they see a strong value prop in your product; expect an honest answer
  • Let them know of potential risks but suggest mitigation methods alongside

DONT's

  • Don't go over them unless you are left with no other option
  • Don't take their patience for granted, avoid long-winding sermons
  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Deepak is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Deepak

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Deepak move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Deepak take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Deepak

Personality Compatibility


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