Rajan Santhanam

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

15 years of experience in engineering and product development.
Led successful product launches across multiple international markets.
Expert in driving strategic initiatives and building high-impact teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Leader with extensive experience in international market strategies and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyProduct DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentProject Management

Other Skills

API IntegrationAgile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsCommunicationCompetitive AnalysisCritical ThinkingCross-Functional CollaborationData AnalysisDesign ThinkingDjangoEcosystem DevelopmentEcosystem IntegrationFoodTechInnovation and CreativityIntegration Strategy

About

With over 15 years of experience in engineering, product development, and leadership, I possess extensive international exposure and a proven track record of driving strategic initiatives as a core member of executive teams. Reporting directly to founding teams, I have successfully led 0-1 product launches, spearheaded market entries in APAC, EMEA, and the Americas, managed product go-to-market strategies for new geographies, and built high-impact teams.

Experience

14 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 4 mos

Current Experience

Happyfox

Product Engineering Manager

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Urbanpiper

3 roles

VP, Integrations & New Initiatives

Promoted

Feb 2021 – Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Managed a comprehensive product landscape, including 150+ partner integrations, deployed across 35,000 locations in 10 countries.Drove 2x revenue growth in international markets within a year through ecosystem development, significantly supporting Series B funding.
Led a post-acquisition project with a 30-60-90 day plan, achieving Product-Market Fit (PMF) in under 6 months for the U.S. and Canadian markets.Collaborated with engineering counterparts to improve development experience and velocity through structured PRDs, comprehensive test suites, and streamlined release processes, reducing development time from 6 weeks to 2 weeks.Pioneered and led a 20-member team, effectively supporting operations in 10+ countries across 4 time zones.

Product ManagementStakeholder ManagementMarket AnalysisTeam LeadershipEcosystem DevelopmentProduct-Market Fit+2

Group Product Manager

Promoted

Jan 2019 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Ideated and launched a utility product that reduced customer onboarding time from 4 weeks to 3 days. Developed a generic platform for long-tail partners, achieving 60% adoption and conserving engineering resources.
Operated as an autonomous squad, supporting topline growth and managing weekly releases for 2 years with zero major outages. Led a team of five product managers responsible for global partner integrations.

Product ManagementTeam LeadershipProduct DevelopmentMarket ResearchProduct Strategy

Lead Product Developer

Mar 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Developed the MVP of the flagship product, achieving 90% adoption and driving 80% of company revenue, leading to successful Series A funding.
Championed Test-Driven Development (TDD), increasing code coverage from 0% to 90% while simultaneously leading Product and Development, driving key product decisions and building the initial cross-functional team.

Test-Driven DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentTeam LeadershipProduct Strategy

Happyfox

Senior Product Developer

Oct 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Key contributor in transforming flagship product from a monolithic system to microservices and also led critical ecosystem integrations, boosting the sales pipeline.

Ecosystem IntegrationMicroservicesProduct DevelopmentProduct Strategy

Tata consultancy services

Software Engineer

Nov 2011 – Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

Developed and delivered critical webMethods services for a UK client, leading an offshore team and successfully securing key projects through impactful on-site POCs.

WebMethodsTeam LeadershipProject ManagementSoftware Development