Manish S Sugandhi

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led product management for a major fintech platform.
Co-founded a successful product rental startup.
Expert in building user-centric product strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and E-commerce product leader with extensive experience in operations and business development.

Contact

manishams@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyOperations ManagementProduct DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Analysis

Other Skills

AI IntegrationBusiness StrategyData AnalysisE-commerceEntrepreneurshipFinancial InclusionFundraisingGreen BuildingManagementProduct LeadershipProject ManagementProject PlanningPublic SpeakingResearchTeam Building

About

I build products, solve tough problems, and love seeing ideas turn into experiences people actually use. From leading investment products and credit at Groww to co-founding GrabOnRent and experimenting with rental and subscription models, I’ve learned that the best challenges push you to rethink everything. An IIT Guwahati alum, curious by nature, and an amateur amateur graphologist—I love spotting patterns, whether in people or products. Always excited to learn, create, and take on the next big challenge.

Experience

Groww, india

2 roles

Director of Product Management

Promoted

Jan 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

Credit: In Nov 2023, transitioned to building a 0-1 consumer lending product, shaping credit solutions from the ground up to drive financial inclusion
Platforms: Led teams to streamline the Help & Support platform, introducing Gen AI-powered tools for faster and more effective query resolution. Also spearheaded Trust & Safety initiatives, ensuring a secure and reliable platform for users for 20m+ active users.

Product Management

Product

Oct 2020 – Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Product strategy for Stocks, enhancing user experience and accessibility. Later, drove growth initiatives, with referrals, stories, search, and app UX/navigation to improve engagement and acquisition. Focused on scalable solutions to drive user adoption and retention

Product Strategy

Grabonrent

COO & Co-Founder

Jul 2015 – Sep 2020 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

GrabOnRent, a product rental platform, rented out products in four major Indian cities — Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurgaon, and Hyderabad. The products spanned five verticals — Home Furniture, Office Furniture, White Goods, IT Equipment, and Fitness Equipment.
At GrabOnRent, I headed the teams in charge of operations (SCM, Fulfillment, Customer Support, Analytics, Warehousing & Procurement), product (most of the seller/operational consoles and some parts of consumer-facing products), fundraise, and partner relations.
We started operations in September 2015 in Bangalore, and over time expanded into a much larger team across geographies. Ivycap Ventures, Unicon India Ventures, and two of our largest institutional backers partnered with us in growth.

Operations ManagementProduct Development

Flipkart

Business Analyst

Jun 2013 – Jan 2014 · 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Worked with the team that set up the Marketplace model for Flipkart in specific categories.
Later moved to the Seller Product team in the role of a PM.

Business Analysis

Perdix business solutions

Co-Founder

May 2013 – Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore

Perdix Business Solutions was a design solutions company focused on helping businesses create innovative and engaging experiences that not only fulfilled needs but also connected with consumers meaningfully.
As Co-founder, I worked on identifying niche opportunities, building relationships, and bringing on board key clients such as Facebook, Microsoft (Skype), Snapdeal, Flipkart, WeChat, and Art of Living. Through these efforts, we were able to scale the business and expand our reach across diverse sectors.
I eventually exited the company through a sale.

Business Development

Iim ahmedabad

Research Associate

Apr 2012 – Jul 2012 · 3 mos · Greater Ahmedabad Area

Critical Analysis of Indian Railways' Freight Business:
The central idea was developing a substitute method for the evaluation of Indian Railways, the 2nd largest railway network in the world. The model was based on Rate Circular, which are government orders issued for changes in the bearing capacity of the tracks, proposed increase in the tracks, pricing and other factors for freight movement.

Tripengineers

Brand Strategist

May 2010 – Apr 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos

TripEngineers is a travel solutions company, providing complete solutions to ones' travel and holidays needs focused on the North East Region in India.
The company was handed over to the subsequent batch at the Entrepreneurship Cell in IIT Guwahati