Kishore Kumar Rajendiran

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Built products generating over $100M+ ARR.
  • Led cross-functional teams across multiple continents.
  • Expert in scaling product teams and mentoring talent.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Leader with extensive experience in risk management and product strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct LeadershipBusiness StrategyCredit RiskFraud DetectionProduct StrategyUser Experience TestingFunnel OptimizationAgile Project ManagementProduct MarketingAnalyticsMachine LearningRisk ManagementData AnalysisProduct AnalyticsWeb Analytics

Other Skills

A/B TestingCross SellingCustomer ExperienceCustomer SegmentationData IntegrationDebt CollectionDesign ThinkingE-paymentsEngineeringExperimentationFigma (Software)Fraud InvestigationsKYCKanbanMarket Expansion

About

Professional Summary a. Product Leader with 13+ years of Fintech experience across Payments, Lending, Risk Management b. Built and scaled Web & Mobile products from scratch to $100M+ ARR by using Product Led Growth principles (Self-serve onboarding, Silent KYC, Growth Loops, AB Testing) c. Led global X-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Design, Analytics, Sales, Marketing) to launch major products across US, Europe, Australia d. Experienced in scaling Product teams from scratch e. Strong People leader with deep expertise in mentoring, hiring Key Recent Positions 1. Group PM, SMB Financial Services, PayPal (May 2025 - Present) 2. Lead PM, SMB Financial Services, PayPal (Jan 2024 - May 2025) 3. Senior PM 2, Merchant Lending, PayPal (Dec 2022 - Jan 2024) 4. Senior PM 1, PayPal Working Capital, PayPal (Jan 2021 - Dec 2022)

Experience

Paypal

7 roles

Group Product Manager

Promoted

May 2025Present · 10 mos

  • GML products give SMBs, the access to the capital they need, but faster and easier than traditional loans. We own multiple Lending Products like PayPal Working Capital, PayPal Business Loan, Monthly Term Loan operating in markets across NA, EMEA, APAC. The GML products have already originated more than $20 Billion in funding to over 300k+ SMBs.
  • Key Projects
  • 1. Partnership : Grey Label Partnership with large enterprise, marketplace to offer Lending as a Service to their core captive audiences
  • 2. Expand Product offering to traditional "new to credit" by leveraging open banking capabilities for Credit risk, Fraud risk & KYC decisioning
  • 3. Geo Expansion to new markets across Europe, APAC
Product ManagementProduct LeadershipProduct StrategyCredit RiskDebt CollectionBusiness Strategy+7

Lead Product Manager

Promoted

Jan 2024May 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Key Projects
  • 1. Integrated Merchant Lending offers within PayPal Mobile App
  • 2. Face lifted merchant user Experience to simplify product offerings & improve cross selling of Financial Services suite
Product LeadershipProduct Strategy

Senior Product Manager 2

Dec 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr

User Experience (UX)Product StrategyProduct Road MappingA/B TestingExperimentationDesign Thinking+5

Senior Product Manager

Promoted

Jan 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Key Projects
  • 1. Launched Working Capital Loans to New markets in Europe
  • Led series of A/B tests to improve funnel conversions. Scaled to $XX m in Loan originations with Y% NPS in first 60 days
  • 2. PayPal Business Credit Card for US SMBs:
  • a. Launched Co-Branded Credit card to unlock engagement in traditional Low engaged merchants
  • b. Leveraged cross selling techniques, personalised ads, notifications to scale to X thousand+ card issuances in first Y days
  • c. Leveraged partnership model with white label vendor to quickly expand product offering & cut down project timelines by X%
Funnel OptimizationAgile Project ManagementKanbanProduct Requirement DefinitionFigma (Software)

Manager 1

Promoted

Jul 2019Aug 2019 · 1 mo · Greater Chennai Area

  • Key Projects: Acquisition Strategy rewrite
  • a. Developed Underwriting strategy & Line Assignment Strategy for Revolving Credit Product in UK
  • b. Increased Approval Rates by X %, Average Lines by Y % holding Credit Losses flat
  • c.Set up high performing team of 7 Analysts from scratch
  • Provisionally promoted and rolled back on resignation

Assistant Manager

Promoted

Sep 2017Jun 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Chennai Area

  • Credit Risk Analytics for Paypal Credit UK

Senior Analyst

Sep 2014Sep 2017 · 3 yrs · Greater Chennai Area

  • Built data driven strategies for resolution of Paypal Disputes, while balancing Loss exposure and adverse Customer Experience
  • Key Projects:
  • 1. Real time Tracking ID Validator:
  • a. Influenced Product roadmap for Disputes Platform through data strategy & insights to influence Opex metrics
  • b. Optimised policies for Returns Handling, Marketplace Abuse, Collusion, Buyer Protection & Seller Protection for timely & efficient handling of Customer complaints
  • c. Integrated with 3rd party shipping aggregator for Real Time validation of Tracking Numbers for case adjudication
  • d. Developed an adaptive strategy to map custom input values on shippers to improve match rates for shipper identification
  • e. Leveraged Real Time tracking validation to optimise case routing to improve Automation % & reduce Inbound calls
  • f. Opex savings of $Xmillions per annum from improved efficiencies
  • 2. Resolution Center Rewrite
  • a. Influenced Product roadmap for overhauling Paypal Resolution Center, Case Management Tool through data insights
  • b. Improved trust between Merchants & Customers through new features like Fraud Protection, Real time Chat, Partial refunds, Return Shipment
  • c. Ran experimentations to establish benefits from new feature launches
  • d. Delivered Opex savings of $XX Millions per annum by improving Automation %, Agent Handling time, NPS, Fraud Loss $
  • 3. Seller Protection Loss Optimisation: Leveraged Seller transaction and disputes data to create tiered strategy to optimise Seller Protection costs incurred towards covering Merchant's disputes from Chargeback, Billing disputes etc...

Uber

Risk Product Strategy

Aug 2019Jan 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area · On-site

  • Part of UberMoney Team, leveraging Analytics to balance Risk Detection & delightful Customer Experience at scale across Rides, Eats
  • Key projects:
  • 1. Rearchitected Uber's Risk Engine platform to accelerate response to Flash Fraud attacks by preempting potential Fraud vectors
  • a. Saved $XXM in annual Fraud losses
  • b. Reduced Fraud arrest time from X Days to Y Hours
  • c. Introduced Governance modules to safeguard platform from unexpected side effects - Anomaly Detection, Rule Versioning, Access Controls, Unit Test Mandates
  • d. Simplified UX & learning curve for platform users through multiple features like Paginations , Search , Filter etc..
  • 2. Leveraged Uber Account data to identify specific segments to offer Micro Credit solutions to Uber Riders to reduce Trip cancellations and increase GMV
SQLAnalyticsPythonMachine Learning

Credit suisse

Risk Analyst

Jun 2012Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Part of Market Risk Management, responsible for capturing all necessary risks emanating from FX and Interest Rates derivative products trading
SQLPythonProduct AnalyticsWeb Analytics

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Metallurgical Engineering

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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