Nisha Garg
Strategy & Ops | Haas MBA | Problem Solver | AI Enthusiast
ex-J.P. MorganI create the conditions needed for organizations to grow at scale. My career spans the social sector to big tech; my experiences connected by a simple belief: technology amplifies people; people change the world.
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At LinkedIn and Salesforce, I've built the strategies and operating cadences for $B+ global businesses across seat-based and consumption business models. I owned strategic planning and forecasting, launched GTM motions and partnerships from whitespace to execution, and led globally dispersed teams through times of ambiguity, accelerated growth, and AI / automation (oof that's a lot of Before that, I was a management consultant navigating resource constraints in billion-dollar budgets, and engaging with state officials and school boards in some of the most politically complex environments imaginable. As a Teach For America teacher, in my first year, I brought a class of recent refugees from kindergarten-level reading and math up to 3rd/4th/5th-grade-level in a single year. That's how I started my career and the bar I hold myself to every day. I'm drawn to organizations where operational rigor and mission coexist. The work is hard, the stakes are real, and we come together to build something that matters. I've managed classrooms, consultants, global and now agents. Those nine-year-olds, to this day, were my toughest crowd! Always happy to connect with anyone who thinks their best work is still ahead. If you're into these assessments: CliftonStrengths: Learner · Arranger · Strategic · Activator · Restorative; MBTI: ENFJ; Enneagram: Challenger / Helper (I've been told that's a rare )Buzzword bingo for the bots: GTM strategy, sales operations, revenue operations, go-to-market planning, quota setting, forecasting, pipeline management, business reviews, cross-functional alignment, partnership development, program design, stakeholder management, people leadership, change management, AI adoption, process optimization, strategic planning, OKR, KPI, development, negotiations, public sector, nonprofit, education, SaaS, SQL
GTM Index
- WOMEN + AIJOB
- SF Chapter Lead6M
SF Chapter Lead
Women + AI
Women + AI is an IRL-first community for non-technical women who want their share of the AI moment. What started as intimate dinner parties in SF has grown into a multi-city movement, with chapters in LA and Austin, London, and NYC on the horizon. Each event blends curated conversation, all-female panels, and a dinner-party atmosphere, making AI approachable, inspiring, and actually fun.
- LINKEDINJOB
- Dir, GTM Strategy & Ops2Y 3M
Director, GTM Strategy & Ops
LinkedIn
- Senior Mgr, GTM (GTM) Stra…2Y 7M
Senior Manager, Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy & Ops
LinkedIn
► Selected as a "Club Hero" in 2023 (awarded to less than 3% of employees across the GTM ops org) for exceptional contributions and business impact
- SALESFORCEJOB
- Mgr, Sales Strategy1Y 5M
Manager, Sales Strategy
Salesforce
► Led cross-functional team to reorganize EMEA GTM to align to market maturity; full implementation completed 1.5 months ahead of schedule, contributing to record Q3 and Q4 ARR ► Drove overhaul of sales compensation plan design to align to organizational strategy; designed roll out / enablement plan impacting 25k employees
- J.P. MORGANJOB
- Summer Associate, Investme…2M
Summer Associate, Investment Banking
J.P. Morgan
- Global Commodities Plannin…3M
Global Commodities Planning & Analysis
J.P. Morgan
- Corporate Finance3M
Corporate Finance
J.P. Morgan
- EDUCATION RESOURCE STRATEGIESJOB
- Mgr, Strategy & Operations1Y 8M
Manager, Strategy & Operations
Education Resource Strategies
Founded by former Bain consultants, ERS provides management consulting services and product development support to urban school systems to transform resource use. As a Consulting Manager I led case teams of up to 6, engaging senior leadership on long-term strategic planning, financial alignment, and KPI development. I specialized in staying through extension projects to fully operationalize initial recommendations. This experience taught me the value of anchoring every recommendation in lived realities, and the critical importance of scrutinizing simplifying assumptions.
- Principal Associate1Y 11M
Principal Associate
Education Resource Strategies
- Associate2Y 3M
Associate
Education Resource Strategies
- EDUCATION PIONEERSJOB
- Analyst Fellow9M
Analyst Fellow
Education Pioneers
► Selected for 10-month fellowship (awarded to less than 5% of 1600-person applicant pool)
- TEACH FOR AMERICAJOB
- 2010 Corps Member2Y 1M
2010 Corps Member
Teach For America
► Developed and executed curricula for 150 students, resulting in an average growth of 1.6 years -- the highest average growth recorded in the schools' history. Personal note reflecting back from present day: I have yet to take on a more challenging role (I'll remove this if I ever find this no longer true). Elements of my teaching experience permeate through my approach as an outcome-driven and learning-focused people manager and strategic partner. I am always happy to talk about this transformative experience and how it has impacted my career at each step.
- Job: J.P. Morgan — Global Commodities Planning & Analysis · 2009-05 – 2009-08 · 3 mo
- Job: Education Resource Strategies — Manager, Strategy & Operations · 2016-12 – 2018-08 · 1y 8mo — Founded by former Bain consultants, ERS provides management consulting services and product development support to urban school systems to transform resource use. As a Consulting Manager I led case teams of up to 6, engaging senior leadership on long-term strategic planning, financial alignment, and KPI development. I specialized in staying through extension projects to fully operationalize initial recommendations. This experience taught me the value of anchoring every recommendation in lived realities, and the critical importance of scrutinizing simplifying assumptions.
- Job: Women + AI — SF Chapter Lead · 2026-04 – present · 4 mo — Women + AI is an IRL-first community for non-technical women who want their share of the AI moment. What started as intimate dinner parties in SF has grown into a multi-city movement, with chapters in LA and Austin, London, and NYC on the horizon. Each event blends curated conversation, all-female panels, and a dinner-party atmosphere, making AI approachable, inspiring, and actually fun.
- Job: Teach For America — 2010 Corps Member · 2010-05 – 2012-06 · 2y 1mo — ► Developed and executed curricula for 150 students, resulting in an average growth of 1.6 years -- the highest average growth recorded in the schools' history. Personal note reflecting back from present day: I have yet to take on a more challenging role (I'll remove this if I ever find this no longer true). Elements of my teaching experience permeate through my approach as an outcome-driven and learning-focused people manager and strategic partner. I am always happy to talk about this transformative experience and how it has impacted my career at each step.
- Job: Education Resource Strategies — Associate · 2012-09 – 2014-12 · 2y 3mo
- Job: Education Resource Strategies — Principal Associate · 2015-01 – 2016-12 · 1y 11mo
- Job: LinkedIn — Director, GTM Strategy & Ops · 2024-07 – present · 2y 1mo
- Job: Salesforce — Manager, Sales Strategy · 2020-06 – 2021-11 · 1y 5mo — ► Led cross-functional team to reorganize EMEA GTM to align to market maturity; full implementation completed 1.5 months ahead of schedule, contributing to record Q3 and Q4 ARR ► Drove overhaul of sales compensation plan design to align to organizational strategy; designed roll out / enablement plan impacting 25k employees
- Job: J.P. Morgan — Summer Associate, Investment Banking · 2019-06 – 2019-08 · 2 mo
- Job: LinkedIn — Senior Manager, Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy & Ops · 2021-11 – 2024-06 · 2y 7mo — ► Selected as a "Club Hero" in 2023 (awarded to less than 3% of employees across the GTM ops org) for exceptional contributions and business impact
- Job: Education Pioneers — Analyst Fellow · 2012-09 – 2013-06 · 9 mo — ► Selected for 10-month fellowship (awarded to less than 5% of 1600-person applicant pool)
- Job: J.P. Morgan — Corporate Finance · 2008-05 – 2008-08 · 3 mo
- School: University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business — Master of Business Administration - MBA
- School: Barnard College — B.A., Economics, Spanish
- School: Columbia University in the City of New York — B.A., Economics
- School: Hopkins School — High School Diploma
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