Akshat Chitkara

Product Manager

Gurgaon, Haryana, India6 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led product delivery for 1.3M+ connected vehicles.
  • Scaled subscription system to 300K+ users.
  • Delivered innovative features enhancing customer retention.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Product Manager specializing in Automotive IoT and SaaS solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementConnected CarsSoftware Development

Other Skills

ManagementAgile MethodologiesAWSIoTSQLJavaReact.jsComputer ScienceProblem SolvingAgile Project ManagementConsultingDepartment ManagementDepartment Budget ManagementRoutingRouting Protocols

About

As a Technical Product Manager at Hyundai AutoEver, I lead cross-functional teams to deliver connected car solutions for Hyundai and Kia, overseeing product strategy, roadmap planning, and lifecycle management for cloud-based IoT platforms supporting over 1.3 million vehicles in India. My responsibilities include vendor management, feature delivery, and optimizing operational costs, with a focus on scalable backend architectures using AWS and Java to enhance platform performance and reliability. Currently pursuing a PGDM at Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, I am certified as a PMP and CSPO, further enhancing my ability to navigate complex product development processes. My career reflects a commitment to delivering innovative solutions, including the deployment of subscription-based revenue models to drive post-sales monetization and improve organizational outcomes.

Experience

6 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Hyundai autoever

Consultant(Product Manager )- Connected Cars Tech

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Gurugram · On-site

  • Leading end-to-end product delivery for Hyundai & Kia's connected car
  • platform in India — one of the largest automotive IoT platforms in the
  • country, serving 1.3M+ active vehicles across the full connected services
  • lifecycle.
  • ▸ Own product roadmap and lifecycle for connected car platform serving
  • 1.3M+ vehicles, coordinating across engineering, vendors, and OEM
  • stakeholders through quarterly planning cycles
  • ▸ Scaled subscription management system to 300K+ users — designed
  • end-to-end lifecycle flows covering onboarding, automated renewals,
  • upsell triggers, and churn recovery
  • ▸ Delivered Digital Key (zero-to-one) enabling keyless vehicle access
  • for new Hyundai & Kia model launches in India
  • ▸ Launched Digital Passport feature securing 100K+ subscriptions,
  • significantly improving post-sale customer retention
  • ▸ Architected MQTT-based IoT messaging layer supporting real-time
  • vehicle-to-cloud telemetry, improving event reliability and
  • reducing connectivity latency
  • ▸ Drove OTA update rollout strategy, eliminating manual firmware
  • update dependency and reducing field defect resolution TAT
  • ▸ Integrated Home Assistant capabilities into vehicle command systems,
  • enabling remote access via voice and smart home devices
  • ▸ Managed vendor relationships and optimised operational costs across
  • cloud infrastructure (AWS) and third-party service providers
  • ▸ Defined and tracked KPIs across connected services portfolio;
  • presented roadmap reviews to C-suite and OEM leadership
ManagementAgile MethodologiesProduct ManagementConnected Cars

Infogain

Associate Product Manager (Software Engineer)

Jul 2019 – Feb 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos · India

  • Worked at the intersection of software engineering and product —
  • translating business requirements into technical solutions for
  • enterprise-level applications, while building the cross-functional
  • and stakeholder collaboration skills that underpin my PM career.
  • ▸ Led requirement gathering sessions with business stakeholders,
  • translating functional needs into technical specifications and
  • prioritised development backlogs
  • ▸ Delivered Leave Management System module end-to-end — scoped
  • requirements, built front-end (React.js) and backend (Java) logic,
  • improving internal process automation for HR operations
  • ▸ Engineered migration of legacy AngularJS applications to React.js,
  • significantly improving application responsiveness and UX quality
  • ▸ Designed REST API schemas and database structures to optimise
  • data flows across core application modules
  • ▸ Collaborated with DevOps teams to improve CI/CD deployment
  • pipelines, resulting in faster and more stable release cycles
  • ▸ Optimised SQL queries and server-side logic, reducing latency
  • across key application modules
SQLJavaSoftware DevelopmentProduct Management

Siemens technology and services private limited

Software Engineer Intern

May 2018 – Sep 2018 · 4 mos · Gurugram · On-site

  • ▸ Contributed to enterprise application development during a 5-month
  • internship at Siemens Technology & Services, Gurugram
  • ▸ Gained foundational exposure to large-scale software systems,
  • engineering workflows, and corporate product environments
Computer ScienceProblem Solving

Education

Management Development Institute, Gurgaon

PGDM

Jul 2024 – Jul 2026

Manav Rachna Educational Institutions

Bachelor of Technology — Computer Science

Jan 2015 – Jan 2019

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