Nov 2021 – May 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Singapore

• Phase 1: Product head of Indeed Education
• Led two talented PM leads & a cross-functional team of ~30 to build and scale our vision of “helping people get better jobs through education”
• We built an education marketplace (largest coverage of certifications & licenses for US) and grew it to 1M monthly visitors
• Crafted a vision to help career-switchers end to end via 1:1 coaching sessions, community guidance, education and job opportunities. Started experiments to validate our hypotheses
• Phase 2: Product head of Growth teams focusing on demand-driven paid acquisition, landing page optimization & reactivation
• Led rapid explorations of different opportunities to craft experimentation roadmaps for growth
• Guided and supported the PM leads to form teams, build relationships, craft product strategy and get buy-ins from leadership and stakeholders

Jun 2019 – Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Singapore

• SPH is Singapore's leading media organization that owns many newspaper titles.
• My team & I were responsible for:
• Building a gamification based Loyalty and Rewards platform to drive users down the engagement funnel for The Straits Times & Lianhe Zaobao
• Driving product strategy, growth and monetization of vernacular publications Tamil Murasu & Berita Harian
• Launching the first version of Maanavar Murasu - an e-learning tool for primary students to learn Tamil
• Co-creating the product/content strategy & driving monetization/user engagement experiments for the business publication - The Business Times

Jun 2017 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• At Bing Search Ads team, I was responsible for Product Ads.
• Grew revenue by running multiple algorithm experiments & launching ads on multiple surfaces
• Drove user outcomes by launching experiences like 'shopping tab', 'ratings & reviews' and improving matching quality
• Drove advertiser outcomes like improving click volume & ROAS

Jul 2016 – May 2017 · 10 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Responsible for Social Channel of FreshDesk.

Mar 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Led a team of product managers responsible for
• Property Discovery Experience across various touch points like Search, Property Recommendations & Property Alert Mailers.
• Customer service workflows
• Assisted buying service

Jun 2013 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Responsible for Firstnaukri.com - the campus hiring vertical of Naukri.com.
• The broad objective was to discover, launch and scale solutions that
• improve efficiency of recruiters in campus hiring
• improve employability and visibility of students from partner campuses
• and
• match jobseekers with relevant jobs in the open job site

Jun 2011 – May 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos

May 2010 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

Mar 2008 – Mar 2009 · 1 yr

• Developed a multi-channel digital video recorder.

Dec 2006 – Feb 2008 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Developed a Linux based Digital Signage Solution for the Indian Market.The solution was adopted by one of the leading OOH companies in India
• Experienced the 'entrepreneurship roller coaster ride' before the startup boom in India

Mar 2004 – Nov 2006 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Developed device drivers, file system(s), Power Management modules, multimedia systems, GUI and Application Software for Portable Media Players and Recorders.
• Devised Algorithms to Optimize JPEG and Mpeg4 Encoders/Decoders for ARM Core.

Jun 2003 – Dec 2003 · 6 mos