Jun 2023 – Jul 2023 · 1 mo · Singapore, Singapore · Hybrid

• India Launch Advisor for Nas Team. Enjoyed working with Nuseir and Alex

Jan 2023 – Jul 2023 · 6 mos

• Reimagined the future of education with personalized experiences for students, parents, and tutors across all BYJUS platforms

Aug 2020 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Led several product teams during Covid including the growth team, class experience, activation, expansion, information architecture, acquisition, and engagement.
• Launched multiple ed-tech products during covid, including Byjus Live Classes Two Teacher Model , Akash Byjus Products, and Byjus Learn Web.
• Launched multiple acquisition products like Free Trial Classes and Mini Learning Programmes to scale growth and reduced acquisition cost
• Built several platform products, including tutor systems, content systems, video platforms, and ML systems, while driving the overall product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Byjus Live Classes.
• Hired and led a team of 50+ members across product management, design, and analytics, growing the PM organization from ~11 to over 70 PMs in 2 years.

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Kochi, Kerala, India · Hybrid

• Joined the mission to ensure people will Eat the best only—pure, organic, authentic and non adulterated food

Jan 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Remote

Jul 2017 – Sep 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Employee ID - #1
• Led Product Management for Paytm's foray into Wealth Management through Paytm Money.
• Product Managed 0 to 100 product version of Paytm Money and grew Mutual Funds user base from 0 to 7 million+ in 3 years, capturing 40%+ market share for new SIPs.
• Joined on Day 0 when company was in Stealth Mode inside Paytm.
• Hired , Coached and led a team of 18+ Product Managers and managed a 200+ person engineering team at Paytm Money.
• Launched multiple wealth management products including Mutual Funds, Digital Gold, NPS, Stock Broking, and backend systems.
• System Setup and Innovation: Established product management systems, processes, and hiring frameworks, and developed a robust payment platform handling 10 million+ transactions.

May 2017 – Jun 2017 · 1 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

• Worked with a crew from UK on the India episode of the popular Channel 4 travel show Great Canal Journeys on Recce and Shooting across India with famous British actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales.
• Read more about the show at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canal_Journeys

Jun 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Led and built the product-led growth function at Practo, spanning 7 countries and 7 products and grew traffic by 9X through controlled growth experiments and launched new products in multiple countries including - Brasil, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Chile and India

Aug 2014 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Spearheaded the growth and launch of various Practo products, including Practo.com, Practo Consult (online consultation), Practo Healthfeed (content platform), Practo Ray (SaaS for doctors), Practo Order (online pharmacy), and Practo Diagnostics.
• Hired and led a team of over 20 members focused on driving Product Led Growth at Practo.

Apr 2014 – Aug 2014 · 4 mos

• As the first product manager, built the complete e-commerce platform, overseeing both front-end and back-end when the business grew from a 5-member startup team with under 1000 products to becoming one of India's largest e-commerce portals in terms of traffic and revenue.
• Leadership and Team Management: Led a team of 5 Product Managers and analysts, driving product management and consumer experience across multiple modules.
• Comprehensive Consumer Experience Oversight: Managed all consumer-facing touchpoints, including search and browse, payment partnerships, cataloging tools, CMS, search experience, promotion tools, front-end analytics, segmented marketing, organic traffic, and content marketing initiatives.
• Acquisition: Contributed to the growth and exit of HomeShop18 E-Commerce, which was subsequently acquired by Reliance Retail.

Apr 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

Sep 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos

Jan 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• Investment and Advice to startups across industries/ sectors with passionate founders to help them in their entrepreneurial journey.
• Some Startups with seed/ pre-seed investments
• iTraveller {Product & Growth Advisor} (Exited- Acquired by LastMinute.com)
• GoKwik ($ 35 million USD from Think Investments, Sequoia Capital India, Matrix Partners India)
• AirMeet ($ 35M USD Series B from Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India)
• Vyapaar ($ 30M USD in funding led by WestBridge Capital)
• Atmana (Seed round from Y Combinator and Goodwater Capital)
• Omnivio (Seed round from Caret Capital, Blume)
• + Other Stealth Investments
• If you have an interesting idea and are looking for angel investors/ product or a growth advisor, do connect at invest@lijoisac.com

Jan 2010 – Present · 16 yrs 2 mos · Kochi, Kerala, India · Remote

• Board Member since inception.
• Award Winning, Tour Operator in Kerala
• Won 10 consecutive awards from TripAdvisor including Hall of Fame
• Approved by Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India and Department of Tourism, Govt of Kerala

May 2009 – Sep 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos · Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Integration with Flipkart: Integrated weRead into the books section of Flipkart and Infibeam, enhancing their platform.
• Product Management and Acquisition: Successfully product managed weRead, leading to its acquisition by Flipkart, marking their first acquisition.
• User Growth: Scaled weRead to over 4 million users on facebook and developed the Ratings & Reviews API that was integrated by multiple ecommerce companies

May 2006 – Apr 2009 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

• Successfully conceptualized, launched and scaled iShare, a video and music community platform, from scratch (0 to 1 product). Scaled the platform to over 4 million monthly active users.
• Pioneered the first product in India to legally offer music from major players like T Series and HMV.

Aug 2002 – Jul 2004 · 1 yr 11 mos · Chennai Area, India · On-site

• ASP.NET Web development using .NET framework and C# programming language based on MVC design pattern
• ‘Agile’ SDLC methodology.
• Test driven development towards programming.

Jan 2002 – Jun 2002 · 5 mos · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India · On-site

• Created a software for Rocket Propulsion System to simulate conditions in Space which was used in various Satellite Launch Vehicles