Apr 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Overview: Flexmoney offers world-class digital infrastructure to enable Banks and NBFCs to easily offer branded instant cardless point of sale credit across 65000+ merchants

Dec 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

• Overview: Lead School is a B2B2C Edtech unicorn providing curriculum as well as digital solutions to more than 5000 schools in India.
• Lead a team of 4 product managers to provide high quality in-class teaching experience through tab-based application to 50,000+ teachers
• Improved teacher engagement with application with respect to curriculum consumption (north-star metric) by ~85% through multiple initiatives
• Revamped the curriculum resource download process for teachers through intuitive UI & faster connections; improving resource availability by 100%
• Analyzed the voice of customer to provide improved casting experience while reducing monthly support issues by 99%
• Improved the scalability and usability of the flagship product Teacher App
• Improved app crash free rate from 91% to ~99% by initiating as well as leading the refactoring process to enable the app to service 10x schools
• Successfully upgraded complex workflows while improving new user onboarding time from 15 mins to 30 seconds

Jun 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos · New Delhi Area, India · Hybrid

• Overview: Taxmann is one of India's oldest and most reliable sources for research and compliance on Tax and Corporate laws for 200,000+ professionals and students
• Managed the entire product portfolio and set up the product division at Taxmann
• Led the revamp of existing products like E-Comm website and Research Online
• Implemented newer pricing models and better conversion flows to increase annual revenue of existing products by ~33%
• Defined and implemented new design language, advanced search algorithms, & AI/ML-based recommendations to increase DAUs by ~18%
• Conceptualized and launched "Virtual Books" thereby generating an additional revenue of INR 70 Crores (700 Mn) in one year

Nov 2015 – May 2019 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Gurgaon, India · On-site

• Overview: VMock partners with more than 150 top global universities to help their students navigate complex job markets and get ready to put their best foot forward
• Led a team of 20 while conceptualizing as well as directing the development of Smart Career Management Center (Smart CMC), an enterprise HRTech solution facilitating the B-Schools in managing their recruitment process efficiently
• Successfully created and executed product roadmaps by leading all aspects of product lifecycle thereby achieving an annual revenue of $200k
• Saved hundreds of man hours for career centers by providing more visibility into the talent supply, thereby enabling the demand mapping
• Developed profile highlights and match score feature for recruiters to easily navigate through and shortlist from thousands of applications
• Created profile & preference-based job prioritization, profile score, and one-click apply to ease out the job search process for candidates
• Single handedly defined and launched multiple products like recruiter CRM, event management, applicant tracking, newsletter management, and placement reporting through market research & competitor analysis
• Onboarded renowned schools like Stanford GSB, Booth and INSEAD and handled placement process for 5000+ students within 1 month of launch
• Streamlined the overall product development process in the organization by implementing industry best practices while integrating Atlassian Jira

Mar 2015 – Nov 2015 · 8 mos · Dubai · On-site

• Managing the entire gamut of International Trade Operations including Cargo Logistics, EXIM, Shipping, Customs Clearance, Freight Forwarding and Liaison with Port Authorities & Inspection Agencies
• Regions covered: Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Australia
• Undertaking reconciliation of stock; preparing MIS reports for traders and updating internal systems.

Apr 2014 – Jun 2014 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

• Project: Policies to Increase India-U.S. Bilateral Trade
• Scope:
• Conducted “Think Tank” event on problems in India-U.S. Bilateral Trade, at The American Center, New Delhi, as member of the Managing Team
• Played a key role in arranging meetings between representatives from United States Trade Commission and Indian Corporate
• Successfully presented a report on “Thought Leadership” for Embassy of the United States of America, New Delhi
• Recommendation Received:
• "This is to certify and detail Mr. Nishant Sapdhare’s excellent performance during his 10 week Summer Internship with the US Embassy Economic, Environment, Science & Technology Section (EEST); Nishant exhibited many of the traits of a good Research Fellow: good analytical skills, capability to write clearly, and ability to present data in charts and graphics. He was always eager and willing to take on tasks and shoulder responsibilities that we normally assign to more experienced permanent staff.”

Jul 2011 – May 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

• Overview: Polaris Consulting & Services, a subsidiary of Virtusa Corporation, is an innovator in digital transformation with a goal to simplify, digitize, and automate internal processes for financial institutions.
• Functioned as a core member of the engineering team to create multiple features in the marquee product, "Intellect Liquidity" back-office cash management suite
• Led a team of 4 members to develop inter-company loans for HSBC
• Displayed technology expertise in Java, SQL, JavaScript and XML by creating new features as well as providing engineering support on existing product