Rakesh Malloju

Advisor

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Built profitable product verticals from scratch.
  • Achieved 4x growth in 6 months at Zepto.
  • Scaled digital education business to 500K monthly visits.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Leader with expertise in QCommerce, EdTech, and E-Pharmacy sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementGrowth Strategy

Other Skills

Team LeadershipProduct LaunchConversion OptimizationUser ResearchFunnel AnalysisMarket AnalysisCompetitor BenchmarkingSales Channel DevelopmentSales ManagementBusiness DevelopmentRecruitment and TrainingTeam ManagementData AnalysisMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Excel

About

I build profitable product verticals from scratch. Over 12+ years across QCommerce, E-Pharmacy, EdTech, and Marketplaces, I've launched 4+ new categories—each from $0 to profitability—by identifying white space, designing go-to-market playbooks, and relentlessly optimizing unit economics. My operating philosophy: Growth without profitability is a tactic. Profitability without growth is a slow death. The best product leaders solve for both. I'm obsessed with three things: Category Playbooks — What works in QCommerce doesn't work in EdTech. I build repeatable frameworks that let you win new verticals fast. Unit Economics First — Every feature ship needs to justify itself in CAC payback, LTV, or margin. Vanity metrics are noise. High-Performing Teams — You can't scale a business without scaling the people. I've built product orgs from 0 → 30+ PMs, with promotion rates 3x+ the industry average. Currently advising founders and exploring cofounder partnerships. If you're building something ambitious in consumer tech and need someone to lead product + growth with founder conviction, let's talk.

Experience

Ai komrse

Advisor

Aug 2025Jan 2026 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Zepto

Senior Director Product and Growth

Nov 2024Aug 2025 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Building Zepto Cafe, India’s 10 mins QSR
  • +Managed Lifecycle of Cafe Customer. New -> Early Life Cycle -> Graduated -> Super user
  • +Led Business growth from 180 Cr to 700 Cr (4x growth in 6 Months)
  • +Built Churn Prediction Model
  • +Reduced KPT
  • +Reduce Defects
  • +Training and Awareness for

Apollo 24|7

Product and Growth

May 2022Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • 1. Led conversion optimization for pharmacy platform handling 2.8M+ monthly sessions, improving chronic segment conversion from 36% to 44% through funnel analysis, pricing strategy, and retention initiatives across search, cart, and post-order experiences.
  • 2. Designed and launched 15+ product features including reorder MVP (11%→16% engagement), OOS substitute modals (6pt PDP abandonment reduction), and personalization engine; validated through user research surveys with 140+ respondents and RICE-based prioritization.
  • 3. Improved user retention from 32% to 40% in M1 by strengthening first-order experience: increased auto-verification from 30% to 42%, reduced cancellations by 4.8 pts through prescription UX redesign, and implemented fulfillment prioritization with supply chain alignment.
  • 4. Analyzed discount perception gaps in competitive landscape; designed discount laddering, generic substitution UI, and delivery fee optimization; identified 1.87% GMV lift from experiments on high-frequency FMCG products.
  • 5. Owned baby care category strategy including market analysis (824 respondents), competitor benchmarking, and category redesign targeting conversion improvement from 15% to 20% through navigation enhancement and Subscribe-&-Save implementation.
Product ManagementTeam LeadershipProduct LaunchGrowth Strategy

Infinity learn

Director of Product

Feb 2021Apr 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • +Built Infinity Learn’s digital business 0→1, launching Learning, Test Prep, Doubts & Live Classes and helping a $500M+ offline education group transition to a scalable online platform.
  • +Created a 0→1 organic growth engine, scaling traffic from 0 → ~500K monthly visits and establishing SEO as a multi-million-dollar annual acquisition channel.
  • +Scaled a real-time Doubts-on-Chat marketplace, improving teacher activation by ~70%, driving resolution at <₹20 per doubt, and unlocking ₹10+ Cr in annual cost efficiency.
  • +Owned pricing, packaging, and monetization across learning modules in a highly competitive market, achieving product–market–price fit and driving multi-million-dollar ARR impact.
  • +Built adaptive learning and assessment systems on a 1M+ question bank, materially improving engagement, repeat usage, and paid conversions, contributing to $10M+ revenue potential.

Toppr

AVP Product and Growth

Oct 2017Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area · On-site

  • 1. Owned full P&L across South & West India; scaled revenue from INR 25 Cr to INR 100 Cr via city-level expansion
  • 2. Built and led on-ground sales orgs across Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad & Kochi, hiring city heads, team leads, and reps.
  • 3. Optimized high-touch sales funnels (lead → in-home demo → close), lifting sales productivity by 15–25%.
  • 4. Built a mobile-first CRM & incentives system used by 1,000+ field reps to run daily sales operations.
  • 5. Redesigned incentive structures tied to realized revenue, cutting top-performer attrition by 60–70%.
  • 6. Implemented branch-level P&L dashboards, aligning sales leadership incentives directly to profitability.
  • 7. Improved lead utilization & fairness via automated allocation, caps, and scoring—reducing wastage across regions.
  • 8. Integrated EMI, payments, WhatsApp & SMS into sales flows, driving 25–30% higher conversion on high-ticket sales.
  • 9. Led 200+ in-home user research sessions to uncover real learning and retention gaps beyond analytics.

Housing.com

Business and Product

Apr 2015Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Housing.com is a Series-C consumer internet company and among India’s largest online real estate portals, acquired by REA Group, Australia’s leading digital property marketplace.

Mu sigma inc.

Business Analyst

Jun 2011Jun 2012 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

PGDM

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

Bachelor's degree — Electrical Engineering

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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