Nikhil Mehrotra has joined Zscaler as Senior Director of Marketing.
In his new role, he will lead Zscaler’s marketing strategy in India, driving brand growth, demand generation, field marketing, partner engagement, and go-to-market initiatives to accelerate the company’s expansion in one of its fastest-growing markets.
Prior to joining Zscaler, he spent nearly nine years at Nutanix, where he held several leadership positions. Most recently, he served as Director, Field Marketing – India, leading marketing for the India business as part of the India leadership team and driving integrated campaigns to support business growth. Earlier, as Head of Enterprise Marketing, APJ, he led strategic marketing initiatives across Asia Pacific and Japan, partnering with regional sales leaders on pipeline creation, acceleration programs, and account-based marketing for strategic enterprise customers. Before that, as Global Accounts Marketing Manager, he drove global account-based marketing programs across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas while strengthening joint marketing initiatives with global system integrators.
Before Nutanix, he spent more than five years at Dell EMC in multiple marketing leadership roles. As Channel Program Manager – Asia Pacific & Japan, he led partner marketing programs across the region and managed major partner engagement initiatives. Earlier, he served as Partner Marketing Lead – India and Manager, Field Marketing – India & SAARC, where he was responsible for field marketing, partner engagement, demand generation, and regional go-to-market execution.
He also served as Head of Marketing at vCustomer, leading the company’s marketing function and brand initiatives.
Earlier in his career, he was Marketing Manager at Nokia Siemens Networks, where he managed the global customer reference program and worked closely with sales teams to develop customer success stories and marketing assets.
He began building his enterprise technology marketing expertise during more than three years with Microsoft, serving as Program Manager and Regional Marketing Manager. In these roles, he managed campaign planning, marketing budgets, localization of global campaigns, customer engagement programs, partner marketing initiatives, and regional go-to-market strategies. Prior to that, while at Webchutney Studio Pvt. Ltd., he worked closely with Microsoft as a Marketing Coordinator, supporting marketing campaigns, events, and product launches. He started his professional journey as a Client Partner at Webchutney.
With more than 20 years of experience spanning enterprise technology marketing, field marketing, account-based marketing, partner marketing, demand generation, channel programs, and go-to-market strategy, Nikhil brings extensive expertise in building high-impact marketing organizations and accelerating business growth across India and international markets.