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Sourav Kumar Jena

Researcher · DISC type Cs
Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Strategy at Kore.ai
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Strategy at Kore. ai, Sourav is focused on building a $200M+ growth engine through hyperscalers and other partners. His career includes strategic roles at both AWS and Microsoft, and he holds degrees from XLRI Jamshedpur and Manipal Institute of Technology.

He approaches problems with a "builder’s mindset, " looking for creative angles that turn abstract strategy into tangible results.

Souravs unique approach involves running co-market and co-sell activities in parallel with the co-build phase, rather than treating them as sequential steps.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Strategy
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Sourav shows up

ROI Seeker
Process Focused
Detail Oriented

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. Being observant comes to them naturally. They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach.

Priorities

Topics Sourav cares about

Partner Ecosystems
His career at Microsoft, AWS, and Kore. ai has been dedicated to building and scaling revenue engines through strategic partnerships with hyperscalers and ISVs.
AI Growth Strategy
He works for a leading AI company and publicly discusses how a technology stack serves as a "strategic moat" in the competitive AI landscape.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Strategy
Kore.ai
8-2024 - 9-2025
Vice President Strategic Partnerships
Kore.ai
4-2022 - 8-2024
Senior Strategic Account Manager
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
7-2021 - 4-2022
Strategic Client Manager
Microsoft
6-2017 - 7-2021
Enterprise Account Executive
Microsoft
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Media appearances

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Education
2015 - 2017
Education details unavailable
XLRI Jamshedpur
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Engineering (BE)
Manipal Institute of Technology
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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