Ravi Kiran Yanamandra — Product Manager
I am a business-first data and analytics leader who builds the decision systems that shape how organizations grow, operate, and compete. With over 20 years of experience, my focus has shifted from managing data to delivering data products—turning raw complexity into operating leverage that drives better choices, faster. Throughout my career, including my current leadership at Confluent and my tenure as Director at Epsilon, I have specialized in partnering with executive leadership across Product, GTM, and Finance to define company-wide metrics and decision frameworks. I don’t just build dashboards; I build the governance, quality standards, and platforms required for analytics to be a shared, trusted language across the organization. What I bring to a leadership team: Ownership of Key SaaS Metrics: I have a proven track record of designing and launching comprehensive measurement frameworks for ARR, MRR, and Sales performance, providing a single source of truth for executive decision-making. Builder of Systems & Processes: I specialize in transforming fragmented reporting into centralized, high-efficiency models. I have successfully reduced reporting errors by 50% and consolidated disparate reporting by 20% through standardized BI lifecycles and agile methodologies. Scale & Team Leadership: I have built and led multi-disciplinary teams of over 50 Data Scientists, Engineers, and Analysts, fostering a high-performance culture that balances technical excellence with business accountability. Outcomes-Driven Innovation: I apply machine learning and AI in pragmatic, business-driven ways—from building a Recommender System that generated $4M in annual revenue to automating processes that reduced manual effort by 40%. Key Strategic Impact: Revenue & Growth: Developed customer targeting solutions and marketing analytics frameworks that drove a 25% increase in marketing ROI and improved customer retention by 15%. Platform Transformation: Successfully led the data testing for complex billing software migrations (Metronome) and spearheaded the data-driven product strategy for Confluent’s Flink offering. Operational Efficiency: Leveraged analytics to improve customer experience touch-points, resulting in over $1.4M in annual cost savings for major fintech partners. I operate best in leadership roles where data products and AI are expected to directly influence revenue strategy and long-term business outcomes, and where leaders are held accountable not just for insights, but for measurable impact.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a data-driven leader in SaaS and analytics, specializing in machine learning and business intelligence.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 20 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Business Intelligence (bi)
- Data Governance
- Machine Learning
Career Highlights
- Proven track record in designing measurement frameworks.
- Led multi-disciplinary teams of over 50 data professionals.
- Implemented machine learning solutions generating $4M in revenue.
Work Experience
Confluent
Senior Manager, Data Science & Analytics (1 yr 3 mos)
Data Science Manager, GTM (2 yrs 7 mos)
Epsilon
Director Data Science (4 mos)
Staff Data Scientist (2 yrs 11 mos)
Data Science Manager (2 yrs 8 mos)
GENPACT
Senior Manager Analytics (1 yr 3 mos)
Manager Analytics (3 yrs 10 mos)
Mu Sigma
Senior Business Analyst (11 mos)
Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India
Senior Software Engineer (3 mos)
Delphi Automotive Systems
Software Engineer (2 yrs 4 mos)
Satyam Computers
Embedded Systems Engineer (2 yrs 2 mos)
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Engineer Intern (1 mo)
Education
Bachelors in Engineering at National Institute of Technology Durgapur
Post-Graduate Programme in Management at Great Lakes Institute of Management
