Ojas Patil

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led Niyo Global to 500k+ customers.
  • Increased daily spend by 25x.
  • Conceptualized and launched multiple successful banking apps.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Manager with extensive full-stack development experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementTeam LeadershipGrowth StrategyUser Retention StrategyUser Engagement StrategyMarket StrategySoftware DevelopmentFullstack DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentDatabase ManagementData Migration

Other Skills

Team ManagementUser ResearchMarket AnalysisUser AcquisitionCustomer EngagementUser RetentionUser EngagementMarket ResearchBackend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentData TransportHibernateJavaScriptJavaCore Java

About

Group Product Manager with ~7 years of product experience and ~6 years of full-stack dev experience. I'm a creator at heart, and there's nothing I enjoy more than building things. - Helped Niyo grow from pre-seed to current Series C stage (I've done tech, product, and everything in between here!) - My last major responsibility at Niyo has been Product Head for Niyo Global, their flagship product Read more about Niyo Global here: https://goniyo.com/ Me talking about what it's like to work at Niyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-T7gqHVht4 If you want to know a bit more about me: https://medium.com/niyo-behind-the-scenes/employee-spotlight-ojas-patil-4e67d16ba18d I photograph in my free time: https://www.instagram.com/nowayoj/

Experience

13 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs
Average Tenure
1 yr 8 mos
Current Experience

Vouch

Co-founder and CPTO

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Antler

Entrepreneur in Residence

Aug 2024Nov 2024 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Niyo solutions inc.

4 roles

Group Product Manager

Promoted

Jun 2021Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘗𝘔𝘴, 𝘗𝘔𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘗𝘔𝘴
  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 (𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨'𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐁𝐌 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤)
  • 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 0 𝘵𝘰 500k+ 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 $25Mn+ 𝘈𝘙𝘙
  • Grew NPS from 20 to 60
  • Increased daily spend of Niyo Global card by 25x from 1cr+ to 25cr+
  • Increased the funnel conversion for cards ordered from 40% to 70%
  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐗 (𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤)
  • 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘔𝘈𝘜 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 0 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 ~400k 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 (1 mn+ 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴)
  • Drove user transaction retention to ~80%
  • Increased average EOD balance 9x from ~₹500 to ~₹4500
  • Improved app rating from ~3.5 to ~4.5
Product ManagementTeam ManagementUser ResearchMarket AnalysisTeam Leadership

Senior Product Manager

Apr 2019Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘗𝘔𝘴
  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐗 (𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐃𝐅𝐂 & 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤)
  • 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘋𝘍𝘊 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬
  • Spearheaded and built the first iteration of the app from the ground up - User Research, Branding (with a freelancer), Wireframing & UI (with help of a designer), Product Specs
  • Helped launch the second iteration and took the monthly load active % to 50%
  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 (𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨'𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐂𝐁 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤)
  • 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘱𝘱 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 ~150𝘬 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴
  • Conceptualized and drove referral program - at its peak 30% of Niyo Global customers were coming through referral
  • Developed and drove UPI loads - at its peak # of customers who loaded via UPI comprised 25% of total customers
Product ManagementTeam ManagementUser ResearchMarket AnalysisTeam Leadership

Product Manager

Promoted

Aug 2017Apr 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥
  • 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴
  • Assessed market, legal/compliance, local banking partners, and conducted user research, and presented a plan of operation
  • Established local banking partner
  • (The project was dropped due to other priorities)
  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭
  • Conceptualized and helped deploy an Add-on card for Niyo Bharat customers, increasing transactions by ~30%
  • 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐜 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦
  • Setup analytics for Niyo using Clevertap
  • Led a content team of 2 content writers to write all of Niyo's content
  • Developed Niyo's brand website using WordPress
  • Setup early cashback program
  • Generated explainer videos for user education
  • Developed referral program using AppVirality
Product ManagementMarket ResearchUser ResearchMarket Strategy

Senior Engineer - Product Development

Jul 2016Aug 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬-𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵-𝘦𝘯𝘥
  • 𝐖𝐞𝐛-𝐀𝐩𝐩 – Created the B2C web portal - the web based tool of the primary product of the startup – the NiYO Employee Benefits Card, allowing users to manage their funds
  • 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐎𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 – Devised a portal to allow customers to register themselves via a web link. Solved major logistics problem and saved thousands of man hours where customers were being registered manually by the sales team by visiting their office campuses.
  • 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 - NiYO has tied up with various merchants across canteens to allow their customers to pay via QR Code/NFC/Card. Devised the backend infrastructure to enable this system
Software DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentFullstack Development

Goldman sachs

Developer Analyst

Jun 2013Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 & 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
  • · Responsible for end to end lifecycle of projects - Planning, UI, Development, Testing and Deployment
  • · Interacted and collaborated with global teams including New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong
  • · Worked on Physical Database Shifting, Internal Caching Mechanisms and Risk Testing Algorithms
  • 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬
  • · Milestoning - Added Milestoning to a very large dataset (57 million records). Milestoning here refers
  • to the addition of dated columns which help keep track of a records validity and its system history
  • · Asia RDC - Developed a solution to completely transport trade data from the Tokyo Datacenter to
  • New York. Completely shifted around 1.7 billion records spanning over 500 tables in under 4 hours
  • · XRS – Worked on XRS, an internal caching application used by various teams to store their data
Software DevelopmentDatabase Management

Makemytrip.com

Software Developer

Jul 2011Jun 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 & 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
  • · Responsible for the frontend and backend development of the Domestic Flights portion of MakeMyTrip
  • · Projects required customer interaction as part of the release feedback cycle
  • · Involved in implementation of RESTful Services, A/B Testing and an Express Checkout Application
  • 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬
  • · A/B Testing Framework - Created a framework to enable A/B Testing of changes in the Domestic Flights portion of the website. Allowed us to split and test changes over around 50+ servers
  • · Payback - Designed and developed an application to allow users to redeem their Payback (Imint) points on the site and get instant refunds on their flights
  • · InstaBook - Created an Express Checkout application for faster booking
  • · Standalone Venture - TripMate - Made a standalone application which would create an interactive holiday itinerary upon parsing of user’s details
Software DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentWeb Development

Education

Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Information Technology

Jan 2007Jan 2011

Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School

Indian School Certificate — Science

Jan 2005Jan 2007

Vasant Vihar High School

Secondary School Certificate

Jan 2001Jan 2005

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