Niti Bashambu

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States23 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led product strategy for Uber's global driver app.
  • Executed successful pivot to subscription-based products at IAC.
  • Drove significant revenue growth through innovative search products.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in the Transportation and SaaS industries.

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Core Skills

Product ManagementUser ExperienceProduct StrategyMonetizationAnalysisMarketing

Other Skills

GrowthRetentionOperationsAnalyticsMachine LearningForecastingMarket AnalysisOnline AdvertisingWeb AnalyticsStart-upsStrategyUser Interface DesignE-commerceProduct MarketingStrategic Partnerships

About

Summary: - Responsible for the supply side of Uber’s marketplace and Uber Driver App used by ~8M global drivers, as the preeminent super app for earning flexibly across all business lines including Mobility and Delivery and scaled for new growth bets such as: Taxi, Grocery, and Subscriptions. - Over 20+ years of product management experience launching successful products and world-class execution directly leading to $XXB in revenue for IAC and now at Uber responsible for the omnipotent Supply side of the marketplace as the Global Head of Earner (Drivers and Couriers). - Player-coach excelling in leveraging data to drive outsized business outcomes while building productive relationships that ignite performance and produce results across teams and organizations. - Seasoned and sought-after advisor with a keen focus on product, growth, user retention, and monetization across multiple business models ranging from SaaS to B2C. An expert at balancing data and intuition, I believe in the power of simplicity to remove friction and tailoring personalized experiences across journeys and life cycles to drive growth and retention which have been the KPIs for most of my career. I build teams that thrive in fast-paced, cross-functional environments where ruthless prioritization is the currency. My specialties are designing intuitive, impactful product experiences and driving operational excellence to unlock user value and optimize workflows saving 100s of millions in operational costs at Uber. An expert at strategic investment to improve operational efficiency, I have used my vast consumer experience to scale and build businesses across IAC’s portfolio and across Uber's diverse ecosystem and marketplace. Specialties: Product Management, Operations, Growth, strategy, LTVs, A/B testing, Subscription business, consumer mobile apps, search ad products, monetization, internet advertising, UI/UXP, and M&A.

Experience

American india foundation

Board Member

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Uber

Sr. Director of Product Management, Driver and Courier Products

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I am responsible for Uber's Driver App used globally by 9.5M earners (drivers and delivery people) to earn flexibly, respectfully, and reliably. We empower drivers and delivery people to have a simple, delightful, and intuitive experience every single time, so they can focus on what they do best.
  • My team drives growth and retention for our global driver base by reducing friction and improving experience at every step of their journey and lifecycle.
Product ManagementUser ExperienceGrowthRetention

Housecanary

Chief Product Officer

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Led product strategy, product management, design, and operations at this startup trying to disrupt the $30T real estate market
Product StrategyProduct ManagementOperations

Iac

Chief Analytics Officer

Jan 2016Jan 2018 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I was responsible for product, monetization, and strategy for Barry Diller’s Interactive Corp (NASDAQ: IAC) most profitable global subsidiary growing it from $X0M to $X00M+ in ARR across 75+ mobile and desktop apps. Created interesting consumer products for X00m+ daily unique users and made metrics go up and up to the right
  • Executed a successful pivot from ad-based to subscription-based mobile products and services enabling explosive growth (+50%) and continually improving ROI for sustainable growth of IAC's product portfolio.
  • Recruited and managed a diverse global team across various disciplines: Product Management, Data Science, Marketing, Analytics, Business Intelligence geographically dispersed across 3 continents.
MonetizationProduct StrategyAnalytics

Iac consumer applications and portals

Senior Vice President, Product and Monetization

Jan 2008Jan 2016 · 8 yrs · Oakland, Ca

  • Promoted 4 times across 8 years while leading explosive growth at IAC!
  • Led product and monetization team for IAC's search business with more than X Billion monthly page views and XB monthly queries driving 20%+ revenue growth year over year for 8 consecutive years
  • Leveraged machine learning to create and launch innovative search products including innovative personalized home page, related search and search suggest products that drove X% revenue growth through improved relevance and better user experience.
Product ManagementMonetizationMachine Learning

Ask.com

Director, Product and Analysis

Jan 2003Jan 2007 · 4 yrs

  • Hired as product manager responsible for creating Ask Jeeves' sponsored listings product. Ask Jeeves was acquired by IAC for $1.85B in 2005. Quickly transitioned to manage multi-billion dollar relationship with Google and eventually tasked with leading the team responsible for search results experience, yield optimization, testing, reporting, and forecasting infrastructure critical to business operations.
Product ManagementAnalysisForecasting

Guru.com

Director of Product and Marketing

Jan 1999Jan 2002 · 3 yrs · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

  • My first foray into the world of start-ups. Employee #3 at a dotcom-era freelance marketplace, where I led strategy, marketing and product development growing revenue 5X.
Product ManagementMarketing

Education

Duquesne University

MS

St. Stephen's College, Delhi

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