Abhishek Gajraj

CEO

Gurugram, Haryana, India9 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of experience in product management.
Led product initiatives for 50 million users.
Founded multiple startups with successful growth strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C Product Management expert with a strong entrepreneurial background.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct ManagementUser Experience (ux)EntrepreneurshipConsultingDigital Strategy

Other Skills

AutomationB2CBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyCompetitive AnalysisConsumer ProductsContent StrategyCustomer Journey MappingDigital MarketingEarly-Stage StartupsEvent ManagementFraud PreventionGenerative AI

About

Greetings! I'm Abhishek Gajraj, I bring over 10 years of experience driving activation, adoption, engagement, and retention within consumer-facing products. I'm currently part of the Reforge 22 cohort, dedicated to refining my strategic leadership skills. In previous role as Senior Product Manager at Apna.co, India's largest professional networking and job platform, I led the development of critical product verticals like Professional Networking, Chat, and Trust and Safety. With a user base of 50 million, I orchestrated initiatives that significantly improved user retention. My entrepreneurial background includes founding WriterMitra. Here, I created an automated engine for scalable content generation across 45+ niches, 20+ verticals, and 30+ languages. Consulting at Unilodgers.com and co-founding YoungSkilledIndia further demonstrate my prowess in optimizing user acquisition, streamlining operations, and nurturing community growth. I'm an IIT (BHU), Varanasi alum with diverse skills in end-to-end product management, encompassing strategic thinking, user-centric design, research, go-to-market strategies, leadership, and technical acumen. Beyond work, I find tranquility in Vipassana Meditation, contribute to social service, and enjoy bike riding and cycling.

Experience

9 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Info edge india ltd

Associate Vice President- Product Management

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Product StrategyGenerative AICross-functional Team Leadership

Apna

Senior Product Manager

Apr 2021 – Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India · Remote

Apna is India's job-networking giant. I led Networking, Chat and Trust and Safety product verticals at a scale of 50M users, boosting retention.
🚀 Key Achievements:
📈 Networking: Uplifted network depth 5% MoM via ML-driven "People You May Know."
📰 Content: Pioneered ML-fueled content feed, hiking M1 retention 12%. Doubled content via auto creation, upping engagement 30%.
👥 Referrals: Built job referral on self-mutual networks, elevating M1 retention by 11%.
💬 Chat Platform: Build In-house real-time chat platform offers tailored interfaces; smoothly migrated 2B messages; handling 70M/mo post 3rd-party shift.
🛡️ Trust & Safety: Led safety, yielding:
🤖 Automation: 80% reporting automated, ~99% True Positives.
🔍 Fraud Detection: ~16.5x more fake job detection, ~99% accuracy.
🚫 Spam Control: Flagged 5x spam, ~99% accuracy.
✅ Safety Framework: Profanity, user control, content moderation.

Product LaunchUser Experience (UX)Key MetricsProblem SolvingCross-functional Team LeadershipFraud Prevention+7

Unilodgers

Product Management Consultant

Nov 2019 – Feb 2020 · 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

A global student housing platform with 1.5 M rooms.
🏢 Automated Onboarding and Updation of Properties to reduce average time by 95%.
📉 Reduced drop-offs in the acquisition funnels, thus lowering blended CAC by 17%.
📋 Standardize Offers Module to help the user in decision making, proper validation & checks for catalog.
🔍 Standardized Features and Room Data across the properties to increase the acquisition rate, setting up business analytics.

Product LaunchUser Experience (UX)Cross-functional Team LeadershipProduct Management

Writermitra

Founder & CEO

Nov 2017 – Mar 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Managed one-stop solution for vernacular content creation.
🤖 Created an automated smooth engine for scalable content generation in 45+ niches, 20+ verticals, and 30+ languages.
🌎 Helped 80+ clients across 7 countries with content strategy, writing, and translation services.
👥 Onboarded 7k+ content curators from 57+ countries at an 8% screening rate.

Product LaunchGo-to-Market StrategyProblem SolvingCross-functional Team LeadershipStartup EnvironmentsEarly-Stage Startups+3

Helpmitra

Independent Consultant [Product, Inbound Marketing]

Sep 2017 – Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

🚀 HelpMitra: Website, Design, SEO Consultancy
SEO Consultant for Lenskart 🕶️ (12% Traffic Boost) & Urbanclap 🏠 (20% Traffic Surge in Wedding & Packers/Movers).
🎓 CollegeForAdmission: College Aggregator
Created Website & Admin 🏛️.
Managed 14000+ Colleges 🎓, 1.7L+ Courses 📘, 250 Exams 📝.
0.5M visitors in 6 months! 📈

Product LaunchSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)Consumer ProductsUser Experience (UX)Digital StrategyConsulting+1

Youngskilledindia.com

Co-Founder [Product, Growth]

Jan 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Varanasi Area, India

🚀 Founded a hyperlocal networking platform for blue and grey-collar pros.
💡 Crafted strategies, secured $30K at $0.3M valuation.
🛠️ Led end-to-end product development: Profile, Connection, Live Feed, and more.
👥 16K+ users, 1M monthly traffic; 1K+ Job Providers, 1400+ Jobs.
💼 850 successful job placements, thriving partnerships.
🏢 Incubated at MCIIE, IIT(BHU); GOI-recognized startup.
🤝 Explored SME, agency, business, and college partnerships.

Product LaunchUser Experience (UX)Cross-functional Team LeadershipStartup EnvironmentsEarly-Stage StartupsProduct Management+1