Gaurav Kodande

Product Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India7 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led development of a SaaS platform for banks.
Achieved significant revenue growth through product marketing.
Expert in product management and growth strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in SaaS and MarTech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementAgile MethodologiesData AnalysisGrowth Marketing

Other Skills

A/B TestingAgile Project ManagementAnalytical SkillsApplication Programming Interfaces (API)AsanaAzure DevOps ServicesBacklog ManagementBias for ActionBusiness ProcessBusiness Process MappingCommunicationCompetitive AnalysisCompetitor Analysis and gathering competitive intelligence for GTMComputer ScienceConsulting

About

I believe in data driven growth, because what we measure is what we can grow. Following are my product management and growth specific competencies Product Management - Roadmap planning - Stakeholder management - Problem Discovery - Prioritisation - Data Analysis - Project Management - Agile methodologies - Problem Solving - Communication - Leadership - Innovation Growth - Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) - Product Analytics (Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Clevertap) - UI design & UX optimisation - Optimising product messaging using attention insight tools (Copy writing, web UX copy) - Competitor Analysis and gathering competitive intelligence for GTM - Conversational Marketing : ManyChat (Chat Bot Marketing), Drift - Landing Page Design & Optimisation : WIX, Swipe Pages, Webflow - User Behaviour Analytics - Clarity, Hotjar - Target Audience Research - Process Creation and optimisation - Facebook Ads - Copy Writing

Experience

7 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Solytics partners

Product Manager

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · India

Led MRM Vault—a forward-thinking SaaS platform designed to streamline governance, risk, compliance (GRC), and project management for banks
Drove product discovery and user research with diverse industry experts in finance, insurance, asset management, culminating in a comprehensive Product Requirements Document (PRD) and a future-focused product roadmap.
Oversaw a cross-functional team (engineering, QA, DevOps, design, and product) through the platform’s 0-to-1 phase, ensuring alignment between user needs and technical execution.
Ownership of SCRUM, agile project management to implement features using JIRA, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Developed go-to-market strategies, including marketing collateral, web content, and webinars.
Guided responses to numerous RFPs, leading to successful proof of concepts (POCs) and deals that contributed substantial revenue and expanded the platform’s footprint in US and APAC market.
Revamped the UI/UX by addressing usability challenges, applying best practices, and refining user journeys, resulting in measurable improvements in user satisfaction and reduced onboarding time.
Established support processes—including team structure, training resources, and a helpdesk system—leading to faster resolution times and a smoother customer experience.
Partnered with DevOps to implement real-time system monitoring, proactively mitigating downtime risks.
Enforced robust infosec measures (e.g., IAM, SAML/SSO, MFA, RBAC) and compliance protocols (ISO 27001, GDPR), solidifying platform security and regulatory adherence.
Launched data governance initiatives such as cataloging, metadata management, quality monitoring, and access controls, enhancing data integrity, accessibility, and privacy.
Developed targeted training and onboarding materials, boosting engagement and reducing support loads post-launch.
Consulted on the GTM launch of a B2C legal-filing product in the US market.

Sales EnablementSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Digital ApplicationsProblem SolvingProduct OperationsCross-functional Team Leadership+31

Joveo

Associate Product Manager

May 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Directed and owned a product vertical focused on Facebook and Google programmatic advertising - business impact exceeding ~$200K at peak monthly. Used data analysis tools like MixPanel, Google Analytics, & SQL for optimizing performance and improving decision-making.
Successfully conceptualised, validated need, delivered & scaled Facebook’s new service as a programmatic channel for the platform, enabling the product to sponsor job ads from 250 to 62500 jobs per account, reduced escalation tickets by 80%, reduced time to sponsor a job from 3 hours to 20 seconds
Orchestrated end-to-end product discovery, conducted primary & secondary research, defined product roadmap and strategy, and wrote comprehensive PRDs for all features with user stories and high fidelity UI UX.
Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams (business, design, marketing, tech), demonstrated leadership and team management skills to reduce the go live time, CTS and improve product adoption.
Implemented & monitored various product metrics, providing insights and taking corrective actions as required. Applied agile methodologies & used product analytics for growth planning.
Ensured effective communication of all important decisions & trade-offs to stakeholders. Managed the creation of content and documentation to guide users, improving product adoption among target markets. Solely responsible for all user-facing product docs. Build and maintained backlog, prioritise backlog. Helped do continuous improvement using feedback loops, retrospectives.
Collaborated with GTM teams to develop external messaging & assist with product marketing.
Delivered 8 features and 2 product leading to collective positive impact on net revenue, tech scalability, CTS, CHI.
Solved the critical problem of discrepancy in tracking job applies on the platform by delivering Server-to-server tracking, within 3 weeks, avoiding churn of 6 client accounts

E-CommerceKey MetricsFeature DefinitionDocumentationDigital ApplicationsProblem Solving+47

Career break

Professional development

Oct 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Pursued 2 years full-time MBA from the 'Department of Management Sciences, Pune University'.
Graduated with 9.45 CGPA with specialization in Marketing and General Management.

Self employed

Product Manager

Aug 2019 – Jun 2020 · 10 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Worked as Product Manager (consultant) and growth expert with a leading educational institute in Pune - Cummins College of Engineering Pune to create the website and funnel for a collaborative diploma course with Mercedes Benz India.
Resulted into 1 million+ views and 3000 lead acquisition.

E-CommerceKey MetricsLoyalty ProgramsFeature DefinitionDocumentationDigital Applications+31

Bds - bagade digital services

Product Growth

Jan 2018 – Jul 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Devised product growth solutions for multiple B2C & B2B SaaS clients, successfully onboarding 8 clients in a span of 19 months.
Created content creation pipeline and distribution process for brands in e-commerce health-tech, food-tech and furniture sector.
Improved acquisition through Facebook ad and google ad campaigns with ROAS of 7:1 for multiple client accounts
Leveraged data analysis to reduce CAC by 12-22% within a period of 4 months across multiple products portfolio, utilizing tools like Excel and SQL
for data analysis for e-commerce clients.
Implemented marketing automation using chatbot (ManyChat) with retargeting campaign and redesigned UI of landing page with chatbot
(Drift) for a health-tech product to increase lead conversion from <1% to 2.8% using CRO, leading to revenue growth by ₹ 42 lakh per month.
A/B tested landing page copies to optimize lead conversion for a premium fitness(gym) brand to increase lead acquisition and conversion leading to revenue of ₹ 7+ million in 3 quarters (increase of 29%).
Owned, managed roadmap for 4 products with goal of increasing acquisition, activation and retention in major focus.
Complete ownership of managing SCRUM with daily standups, user stories, acceptance criteria etc.

Sales EnablementE-CommerceGo-to-Market StrategyLoyalty ProgramsAgile Project ManagementDigital Applications+36

Monimo llc

Founding Product Manager

Dec 2016 – Sep 2017 · 9 mos · Pune Area, India

MONIMO is mar-tech B2B SaaS platform for online brand sponsorship management
Orchestrated market research, roadmap creation, product design including user flow, designed and developed front-end of the platform and
created and implemented a bidding-auction algorithm for sponsors.
Generated leads, consulted and onboarded potential sponsors on the platform – Venky’s, CareerLauncher, TIME’s classes
Interviewed marketing managers of different brands to understand brands’ sentiment about sponsorships as a part of primary research
Designed and developed bidding-auction algorithm for sponsors in backend (python), created onboarding sequence for clients, onboarded 3
sponsors and 5 event managers.
Owned, managed and executed the 0 to 1 roadmap of the product
Owned agile project management of modules, implementation of features using SCRUM and agile implementation.