Arul Bala Kathiresan Sankaran has joined Publicis Production as Vice President, where he has taken on responsibility for driving strategic initiatives, strengthening operational excellence, and supporting the company’s digital production and delivery capabilities.
Sankaran has shared the development through a LinkedIn update.
Prior to joining Publicis Production, Sankaran served as Director – Digital Operations at Tag from March 2023 to April 2026, based in the New York City Metropolitan Area. Before that, he was Deputy General Manager – Global Commercial Dev IT at Viatris from April 2022 to March 2023, where he led global platforms including Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Salesforce HealthCloud across multiple international markets. Earlier, he worked at Tag as Senior Manager from July 2020 to April 2022, leading digital teams for life sciences accounts and overseeing the scaling of global content factory and managed services operations.
Before Tag, Sankaran spent nearly seven years at RxPrism Health Systems in a series of leadership positions. He served as Director – Global Delivery | IT Operations from June 2016 to June 2020, overseeing digital product development and service delivery for global pharmaceutical clients. Prior to that, he held the role of Associate Director – Business Strategy and Customer Engagement from June 2015 to May 2016 and Senior Manager – Business Strategy and Customer Engagement from November 2013 to May 2015.
Earlier in his career, Sankaran worked as Senior Service Delivery Manager at Tata Consultancy Services from December 2012 to October 2013. He then joined Indegene Lifesystems as Client Service Manager | Project Management from May 2012 to November 2012, overseeing digital and e-learning projects for global pharmaceutical clients.
Prior to that, he spent over four years at Ad2Pro Media Solutions, first serving as Operations Manager from February 2008 to April 2011 and later as Project Manager | Account Management Team from April 2011 to August 2012.
Sankaran also held leadership roles at Macmillan India – Ad Studio, where he served as Team Leader from August 2006 to February 2008 after starting his career as a Junior Graphic Designer at Macmillan from March 2004 to July 2005. Between these roles, he worked as Graphic Designer at RR Donnelley from August 2005 to July 2006, handling image editing and creative production for international clients.
