Abhinav Kaushik

Product Manager

India11 yrs 11 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led successful launch of Chat Copilot in Microsoft apps.
Improved Microsoft Whiteboard rating from 1.9 to 4.2.
Developed multi-modal AI agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Manager specializing in AI-driven solutions.

Contact

abhinavkaushik21@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementAi AgentsProduct StrategyUser Experience DesignData AnalyticsWeb Development

Other Skills

EvalsPrompt tuningCross-functional Team LeadershipRoadmap DevelopmentInnovation RoadmapJavaScriptPHPHTMLVibe codingInterpersonal SkillsLeadershipCompetitive AnalysisProduct RequirementsProduct VisionDefining Product Requirements

About

I am an AI product manager with the proven track record of building products for both B2B and B2C segments. During my career as a product manager, I have curated skills that help me excel at collaborating and bringing the right set of people together to solve the biggest of the problems. My team and I have reinvented our core product mindset to be and to thrive and deliver success in the era of generative AI Currently, as a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, I am building multi-modal AI agents for Copilot on mobile devices. I work closely with applied sciences to fine tune prompts and run through EVAL strategies to ensure high accuracy outcomes across user intents. Prior to moving to the world of agents, I was part of the ‘founding’ Copilot team at Microsoft where I have successfully launched Chat Copilot in the iconic apps like Word and Outlook. Previously, I have had a rare opportunity of shipping 0 to 1 product - Microsoft Designer. It is a new age, AI first graphic design offering for b2c customers. I led the GA launch and overall GTM strategy of the newly launched product. It is one of the new generation suite of products from Microsoft. Prior to Microsoft, I have led product roadmap for Adobe’s marquee graphic design products, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.

Experience

11 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

7 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Microsoft

2 roles

Senior Product Manager

Promoted

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

PM lead for next-gen multi-modal AI and Agents for visual creations in Microsoft 365 Copilot app for mobile; combining real-time voice and vision capabilities to transform productivity on-the-go.
Achieved kept rate of ~70% for the multi-modal AI feature that enables information workers to generate work ready artefact using on-device camera. Led EVALs, prompt fine tuning and red teaming to ensure a work appropriate experience.
Recently launched voice based conversational agent for IWs for generating work-ready visual artifacts grounded in their work context. Artifacts include images, posters and infographics. Supports multi-turn editing as well. Currently, voice agent is available to select beta users on M365 Copilot app on mobile.
Designed end to end eval framework and prompt design to ensure high relevance in conversation and accuracy in intent detection and tool calling.
Leading up-skilling program for full stack AI product Managers with key focus on Vibe coding and Eval frameworks.
Shipped App Chat copilot in iconic apps, Word and Outlook.
Led extensibility & partnerships for App Chat Copilot platform to strengthen 3P and 1P ecosystem.

EvalsPrompt tuningAI AgentsProduct ManagementCross-functional Team Leadership

Senior Product Manager

Jan 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

PM for pen/stylus and ink experiences for note taking app like OneNote and Microsoft Whiteboard.
Led the roadmap for improving app store rating for Microsoft Whiteboard from measly 1.9 to 4.2 within a span of 8-9 months.
Reimagined the mechanics of digital handwriting on iPad and tablets; shipped handwriting beautification and straightening features in marquee note taking app OneNote

Product ManagementRoadmap DevelopmentUser Experience Design

Adobe

3 roles

Product Manager 3

Promoted

Jun 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

As product manager for Adobe InDesign, I am responsible for building product roadmap for the desktop offering, InDesign. It is the 3rd most downloaded app across Adobe Creative Cloud and is the world’s leading layout and graphic design application.
Currently, I am focussing on building the future roadmap and vision of the next generation workflows in digital publishing.
I also lead the innovation roadmap for the product. It essentially involves incubating the new idea by marrying the latest tech stack developed by engineering with real life use cases. Thereafter, testing out the UX and the prototype via controlled beta or alpha.
Patent issued:
Eliminating workflow bottlenecks by implementing deep linking and support for free form drawings
Patent issuer and number us 11048864
Reviewing Document Designs
Patent issuer and number us 11120205
Due to my interest and skills in data analytics, I am the designated data guy of the team. In the past I have led the overhauling of data infrastructure to efficiently track product usage data and channel the insights into building hypothesis and testing them thereafter.
I have implemented multiple A/B test based experiments for different features in the product.
I work closely with marketing and support to refine the product roadmap and chalk out the rollout plan for the new releases.
Among other things, I take pride in mentoring aspiring PMs and PM interns

Product ManagementData AnalyticsInnovation Roadmap

Product Manager 2

Promoted

May 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2012 – Jan 2017 · 5 yrs

Drdo, centre for airborne systems

Summer Research Intern

Jun 2011 – Jul 2011 · 1 mo

WEBTRISS: Web GIS for defence application
Technology: Java Script (Sencha Library), PHP, HTML
DESCRIPTION: The WEB-TIRRS application is a client-server based web GIS application. The application will interact with the spatial database and retrieve the information from the database through GIS based services.

JavaScriptPHPHTMLWeb Development