Akhila Varghese

Co-Founder

United Kingdom8 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Transformed product roadmap to focus on user-centric growth.
  • Achieved significant onboarding time reduction and retention increase.
  • Mentored aspiring Product Managers, driving career transitions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Manager with a strong focus on user experience and strategic growth.

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Skills

Core Skills

Coaching & MentoringProduct StrategyUser Experience (ux)Product ManagementProblem Solving

Other Skills

User centered Research and UX collaborationSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Strategic ThinkingAttention to DetailUser PersonasCustomer Value PropositionLaunchesProduct RequirementsEnterprise SoftwareProduct Life CycleCompetitive AnalysisUsabilityData-driven Decision MakingUser Interface DesignIdentifying New Opportunities

About

Very keen on tech trends and the world around me 🌍 I’m a Product Manager passionate about building SaaS products that make onboarding and adoption effortless. With a background in Computer Science and a knack for understanding user context, I bridge design, engineering, and business strategy to ship measurable outcomes —> not just features. I work closely with customers/ end users to understand their goals and context, create wireframes, run usability tests, and test assumptions with real users before development, collaborating with design and engineering teams to deliver effective front-end solutions. What drives me: Problem-first thinking --> Getting into the nitty-gritty of user context before jumping to solutions Impact over activity --> Shipping outcomes that move metrics, not just features that check boxes Technical fluency --> Computer Science background means I speak engineering and can work in the grey areas between product and tech Organised execution --> I prioritise ruthlessly: user needs > team/business goals > personal preferences Resilience --> I see ideas through, even when they get messy Always learning, Always shipping with my team!!!!

Experience

8 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 5 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Mydreamtales.ai

Founder

Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 · 1 yr

Kainos

Product Manager | Product Owner

Jan 2023 – Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

  • B2B SaaS - Smart Shield
  • As Product Manager, I transformed the roadmap from customer request-driven to a product-led growth strategy, balancing short-term challenges with long-term initiatives like Product 2.0 to enhance self-serve onboarding. I mitigated a $2.4M retention risk by delivering initiatives that aligned business goals with customer needs, while driving cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Marketing, and CS. I also led two squads in parallel, ensuring effective communication and execution across roadmap priorities.
  • Key achievements:
  • Cut enterprise onboarding from 13 → 4 weeks, increasing feature activation by 27% and retention by 32%.
  • Led API integrations with Workday, ensuring seamless interoperability and compliance.
  • Experienced in stakeholder management where audibility and accountability were critical.
User centered Research and UX collaborationSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Strategic ThinkingAttention to DetailUser PersonasCustomer Value Proposition+32

Cudo compute

2 roles

Product Manager

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • B2B/B2C SaaS
  • As Product Manager, I drove customer-centric product development by leading research sessions and external workshops to shape the roadmap for key launches. I owned backlog prioritisation and feature definition in Agile sprints, while bridging customers, product, and development teams to ensure clarity and alignment. I managed the end-to-end payments workflow, from provider integrations to transaction processing and reconciliation, ensuring secure and reliable operations. Partnering closely with tech leads, I translated market and financial requirements into clear specifications that enabled efficient delivery.
Software as a Service (SaaS)Strategic ThinkingAttention to DetailCustomer Value PropositionLaunchesProduct Requirements+26

Associate Product Manager

Sep 2021 – Jan 2022 · 4 mos

Software as a Service (SaaS)Attention to DetailProduct RequirementsProduct Life CycleRequirements AnalysisUsability+17

Reed technology leadership practice

Mentor - Women in Technology Mentoring Programme

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • I mentor Business Analysts, support teams, and operations professionals from both tech and non-tech fields who are looking to grow their careers in Product Management.
  • Selected mentor for Reed Technology Leadership Practice’s Women in Technology Mentoring Programme; coached 6 mentees across the UK and India, averaging 2 concurrent through monthly 1:1s.
  • 55% transitioned into Product roles within 6 months (APM/PO).
  • Delivered 2 comprehensive mock interview loops per mentee to accelerate readiness.
  • I’m passionate about helping professionals bridge the gap between business and technology, and empowering them to take confident steps toward a career in Product.
Coaching & Mentoring

Juriba limited

Product Owner

Apr 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Designed and rolled out automated device migration workflows, reducing manual effort and driving efficiency and scale.
  • Embedded continuous user research and feedback into roadmap prioritisation, maintaining a customer-first approach.

Capita employee solutions

2 roles

Product Owner

Promoted

Jun 2018 – Apr 2019 · 10 mos

Software as a Service (SaaS)Attention to DetailProduct RequirementsProduct Life CycleRequirements AnalysisUsability+17

Graduate IT Consultant - Functional Design Consultant for Oracle Service Cloud products

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr

Software as a Service (SaaS)UsabilityProblem SolvingSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Service DevelopmentProduct Management+3

University of strathclyde

Masters Student

Sep 2016 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Business Administration and Management

Hsbc

2 roles

PPI Customer Advocate

Promoted

Apr 2016 – Jul 2016 · 3 mos

  • Utilized financial models to redress current and historic banking clients to ensure fare preparations of miss-sold PPI by analysing each case situation. Made both internal and external communications to understand and inform of legal procedures with regards to uncertain cases. Worked under tight deadlines to get accredited in the short time frame to work in PPI department of the bank.
Problem Solving

Mortgage Inflight Analyst

Jan 2016 – Apr 2016 · 3 mos

  • Liaising with customers, mortgage advisors within HSBC and brokers to ensure mortgage application was up to date with the newly required data. This involved studying each Mortgage application submitted under new regulations and understanding the situational changes if any. Accurately analysed charts, graphs and statistical data in order to evaluate business/market trends.

University research and travelling

Career Break

Apr 2015 – Dec 2015 · 8 mos

Vfs global

Analyst

Feb 2015 – Apr 2015 · 2 mos · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Visa Submission officer
  • Worked at the Visa Application centre with the primary responsibility of processing UK passport holder’s application and data entry. Compiled daily reports and monthly account transactions using the Microsoft Office suite. Responsible for managing events and meetings with the Indian Embassy as a VFS representative. Consulted clients on how to apply for Visa to be a successful applicant.
  • VFS representative in Indian Embassy, Edinburgh
  • Responsible for communicating any regulations or documents change within the process and discussing any complicated Visa/ Passport case with the Indian embassy and the client for the VFS. Had weekly meeting with Consulate General of India (CG1, Edinburgh) to discuss the visa approval of various cases.

Education

Strathclyde Business School

Master of Business Administration - MBM

University of Strathclyde

Master’s Degree

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology

Bachelor's Degree — Computer Engineering

Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

Vidyodaya School, Thevekkal

High School — Computer Science

Jan 2000 – Jan 2010

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