Gaurav Prakash

Co-Founder

Hyderabad, Telangana, India14 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led innovative HR technology initiatives at Microsoft.
  • Co-founded an AI-driven investment management company.
  • Expert in product management and strategic planning.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in HR technology and investment management sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementHr Technology DevelopmentUser Experience DesignBusiness StrategyProduct LeadershipProgram Management

Other Skills

ASP.NETAccountabilityAnalytical SkillsBusiness ProcessesC#CognosCognos ReportNetCompetitive AnalysisContent StrategyCrisis ManagementCross-Functional CollaborationCross-functional CollaborationCustomer EngagementCustomer Focused DesignCustomer Interaction

About

As a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, I lead product development, manage lifecycles, and drive innovation. My role involves strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality products that meet business goals and customer needs. As the Co-founder of Fidel Folio, I have leveraged my leadership skills to build and grow the company. I have been instrumental in developing the vision, strategy, marketing and partnerships, navigating complex challenges, and fostering teamwork. Leadership Skills: 1. Visionary Leadership: Setting clear vision and strategic direction. 2. Team Building: Building and mentoring high-performing teams. 3. Decision Making: Balancing risk and opportunity for successful outcomes. 4. Communication: Ensuring transparency and alignment with stakeholders. 5. Problem Solving: Guiding teams through complex challenges.

Experience

Microsoft

3 roles

Principal Product Manager

Promoted

Aug 2025Present · 7 mos

  • As a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, I lead strategy and development for enterprise products with a focus on onboarding new customers and driving business growth. I unite cross-functional teams to build intelligent HR technology solutions, leveraging AI-driven capabilities to transform innovative ideas into impactful tools that help the organization hire unique talent quickly.
  • Key Contributions & Skills
  • 1. Visionary Leadership: Spearheaded the recruitment digital strategy and the roadmap for two enterprise products, ensuring alignment with business goals and market trends.
  • 2. HR Technology Development: Led end-to-end development of HR tech products, launching AI-driven solutions that improved recruitment efficiency, saved recruiter time, and reduced operating costs.
  • 3. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered across engineering, design, and HR teams to implement innovative hiring technologies, ensuring seamless integration and high adoption across the organization.
  • 4. Stakeholder Management: Engaged senior leadership and key stakeholders to champion HR technology initiatives, effectively securing buy-in and investment for strategic projects.
  • 5. Data-Driven Decision Making: Established and tracked OKRs for HR tech programmes, publishing key metrics that demonstrated faster hiring cycles and operational savings.
  • 6. Storytelling & Communication: Drove internal storytelling for product successes through workshops and case studies, enhancing visibility of product impact and sharing best practices.
  • 7. Mentoring & Talent Development: Mentored early-career and experienced product managers and participated in hiring interviews, helping build a strong product management team and ensuring a smooth hiring process.
Visionary LeadershipHR Technology DevelopmentCross-Functional CollaborationStakeholder ManagementData-Driven Decision MakingStorytelling & Communication+2

Senior Product Manager

Promoted

Jul 2020Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  • As a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, I lead the digital strategy for recruitment by partnering with industry leaders, stakeholders, and investors. My efforts have rallied teams to build multiple HR technology products and intelligent AI-driven capabilities, transforming ideas into impactful solutions that help the organization hire unique talent quickly.
  • Key Contributions and Skills:
  • 1. Visionary Leadership: Spearheaded the development and execution of the recruitment digital strategy, aligning it with business goals and market trends.
  • 2. HR Technology Development: Led the end-to-end product development lifecycle for HR technologies, from ideation to launch. Successfully launched AI-driven products that enhanced the recruitment process, saving significant time for recruiters and reducing operating expense for Microsoft.
  • 3. Cross-functional Collaboration: Partnered with various teams to develop and release innovative HR technology solutions. This collaboration ensured seamless integration and adoption of new technologies across the organization.
  • 4. Stakeholder Management: Engaged with senior management and key stakeholders to evangelize and coordinate the development of HR technology strategies. Presented strategies to leadership and secured buy-in for further investments.
  • 5. Data-driven Decision Making: Crafted and measured Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for HR technology programs. Published efficiency metrics as part of regular product updates, demonstrating the impact and success of the initiatives.
  • 6. Storytelling and Communication: Drove storytelling initiatives for Product Managers through in-person sessions and case studies inside organization.
  • 7. Mentoring: Acted as a Mentoring champion for early in career and seasoned product managers. Participated in assessments through interviews, mentoring, and coaching, ensuring a seamless hiring process.
Visionary LeadershipHR Technology DevelopmentCross-functional CollaborationStakeholder ManagementData-driven Decision MakingStorytelling and Communication+2

Product Manager

Jul 2016Jun 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • I have successfully ideated, researched, and designed a new product in the Talent Acquisition space to enhance the customer hiring process and streamline candidate assessment.
  • Key Responsibilities and Skills:
  • 1. Industry and Market Research: Conducted comprehensive industry and market research to identify trends and opportunities in the Talent Acquisition space.
  • 2. User Experience Design: Utilized Figma to design intuitive and user-friendly interfaces, ensuring a seamless experience for end-users.
  • 3. Customer Engagement: Conducted both quantitative and qualitative research by connecting with end customers through multiple communication channels to gather insights and feedback.
  • 4. Go-To-Market Strategy: Devised a comprehensive go-to-market strategy, including a learning and readiness program to ensure successful product adoption by end customers.
  • Impact:
  • 5. Enhanced Productivity: Improved the productivity of hiring teams by enabling more effective candidate assessments.
  • 6. Reduced Time to Hire: Achieved a reduction in the average time to hire by streamlining multiple business processes.
  • 7. Accessibility Compliance: Designed an accessibility-compliant experience, empowering all customers with a modern, automated, and intuitive hiring tool.
  • Additionally, I ideated and designed a modern and intuitive product for the HR organization to effectively consume multiple data slices across various business operations, supporting strategic decision-making through data-driven insights.
  • HR Product Development:
  • 1. Learning, Talent, and Analytics: Designed, built, and transformed HR products in the Learning, Talent, and Analytics space.
  • 2. Cross-Platform Analytics: Developed cross-platform analytics products that enable end customers to make timely and accurate data-driven decisions with a personalized and self-intuitive user experience.
Industry and Market ResearchUser Experience DesignCustomer EngagementGo-To-Market StrategyCompetitive AnalysisProduct Management

Fidelfolio investments

Founding Partner

Oct 2022Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · Remote

  • As the Co-founder of FidelFolio, I have played a pivotal role in shaping the company's vision, strategy, and product offerings. FidelFolio is a Asset management company that leverages AI and machine learning to create transparent, scalable, and effective investment solutions. Our mission is to replace mainstream active investment with a rule-based, transparent approach that combines AI-ML and human wisdom.
  • Key Contributions:
  • 1. Vision and Strategy: Developed the company's vision and strategic direction, focusing on creating a transparent and scalable investment platform 3.
  • 2.Market Expansion: Successfully sold funds to over 50 investors, managing assets under management (AUM) exceeding ₹12 crore. Actively seeking further investment to acquire a PMS license and expand the team.
  • 3. Partnerships and Collaborations: Established partnerships with sub-brokers, mutual fund distributors, and platforms like Smallcase, Dhan, Stockedge etc. to onboard customers and execute partner-led strategies.
  • 4.Marketing and Outreach: Utilized various marketing channels, including LinkedIn, conferences, and authored articles, to build credibility and grow the customer base organically 3.
  • 5.Innovation and Technology: Pioneered the use of AI and machine learning to validate investment strategies and provide data access for users to modify and test their own models 2
Vision and StrategyMarket ExpansionPartnerships and CollaborationsMarketing and OutreachInnovation and TechnologyBusiness Strategy+1

First data corporation

Program Management Intern

Apr 2015May 2015 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Implementing prepaid payment card for major Indian airline firm.
  • a. Detailed planning and implementation of project through stakeholder analysis and BRD
  • document design.
  • b. Formulation of work breakdown structure and project milestone automated Gantt charts through MS Project
  • Industry analysis and value proposition to launch prepaid payment cards in existing and new markets
  • a. Go to market strategy and financial analysis of proposed prepaid program for 12 months
  • b. Existing environment and market analysis of prepaid card industry in India through different statistical methods
  • c. Technical analysis of existing payment framework in firm and its application to different prepaid programs in
  • the firm
  • d. Analyzed already existing operating programs and future growth in other potential segments for prepaid cards
Project PlanningStakeholder AnalysisMarket AnalysisTechnical AnalysisProgram Management

Taxingo

Partner

Nov 2014Feb 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Lucknow Area

  • 1. Formulated the IT strategy, designed and standardized Business processes to successfully launch online cab services.
  • 2. Interacted with customers on an on-going basis to determine satisfaction levels and new avenues of change and growth
  • 3. Designed web content life-cycle and guided the core of UI/UX & DB teams to monitor to implement real time process change
  • 4. 100% service rate in a low-cost model in an unstructured industry with consistent service quality and better cab facility
  • 5. Identified opportunities for improving business processes through information systems and/or non-system driver changes
IT StrategyBusiness ProcessesCustomer InteractionWeb Content LifecycleService Quality ImprovementBusiness Strategy

Tata consultancy services

2 roles

Information Analyst (Anaytics)

Jun 2010May 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Transforming organization landscape through BI and Enterprise Management strategy and product

Trainee

Jun 2010Sep 2010 · 3 mos

  • ASP.net with C# as programming language for web designing and web application. SQL Programming. Wrote Stored Procedure, Function triggers and views.

Telecom network solutions private limited

Telecome Network sol

May 2009Jul 2009 · 2 mos

  • summer internship

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

PGDM — Marketing and Finance

Jan 2014Jan 2016

Institute of Engineering and Technology

B.Tech — Electronics & Communication Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2010

SUNBEAM ENGLISH SCHOOL

HSC — Mathematics

Jan 2003Jan 2005

SUNBEAM ENGLISH SCHOOL

SSC — Science

Jan 2003Jan 2003

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