Rajiv Gidla — Product Manager
An aggressive, target-oriented, committed individual who religiously works for getting best results. Rajiv's passion is in building products that are useful, honest, aesthetically beautiful and for which users fall in love. He worked with Microsoft as Program Manager with ICE (Information and Content Experiences) team's Money vertical. Money team was responsible for MSN Money and Bing Finance apps across all platforms. He was instrumental in Money's one of the most used features - "Watchlist/Portfolio". He transformed the old experience of MSN Money's watchlist and portfolio and delivered a functionality which provides a unified experience for watchlist and portfolio users. He played a key role in architecting instrumentation and analytics for the Money team. Rajiv worked at Dolcera, again as a Product Manager for SAAS based products in Intellectual Property Research domain. He worked at the grassroots level at the beginning of his career to get a hands-on understanding of the technology that he is associated with. He managed multi-national clients such as Qualcomm, Procter & Gamble etc. at a very early stage of his career. He played a key role in the conceptualisation of new ideas, visualization and helped Dolcera take bold steps in venturing into new product verticals. His design and user experience skills add a multi-dimensional face to the products he works on. He graduated from IIM Ahmedabad, the best B-School in India and had completed his graduation in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras – again one of the top technology institutes in India. Specialities: Product roadmap, new business inception, user interface prototyping, collateral development, product management, programming (PHP, Javascript, HTML5, R, Python), strategy, human resources, general management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in Fintech and SaaS industries.
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Experience: 16 yrs 6 mos
Skills
- Product Management
- Business Strategy
Career Highlights
- Led product strategy for major financial applications.
- Expert in transforming user experiences in fintech.
- Strong background in managing multi-national clients.
Work Experience
Naukri.com
Senior Vice President Product Management (4 yrs 10 mos)
airtel
Head of Product (3 mos)
Info Edge India Ltd
VP Product (1 yr 3 mos)
AVP Product (1 yr 1 mo)
Adaequare
Chief Business Officer (2 yrs)
Dolcera
Senior Product Manager (1 yr 4 mos)
Microsoft
Program Manager II (6 mos)
Program Manager (1 yr 6 mos)
Udyog Software India Ltd.
Product Manager (9 mos)
Dolcera
Manager - Software Product Development (3 yrs)
Microsoft
MBA Summer Intern (2 mos)
CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO (CSR)
Engineering Summer Intern (2 mos)
Education
PGDM at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Post Graduate Diploma at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
B.Tech at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
ICSE at St Anns School
