Shiva Shankar G

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Over 11 years of experience in product management.
Expertise in building Fintech products for financial inclusion.
Led product teams to develop innovative payment solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Manager with extensive experience in payments and financial services.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementPayments

Other Skills

Product RequirementsProduct Lifecycle ManagementBusiness-to-Business (B2B)B2B2CPayment GatewaysPayment Card ProcessingUser Experience Design (UED)Cross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness RequirementsConsumer ProductsLoan OriginationA/B TestingKYC VerificationUser Experience (UX)Agile Methodologies

About

With over 11 years of overall experience with the past 7 years in product management at fast paced startups, I am passionate about building innovative products for financial inclusion and empowerment. I have a strong background in computer science and business administration, with a deep understanding of Fintech products like payments, KYC, loan origination, fraud and risk management, etc. Currently building a stealth fintech product that helps customers get cheaper financing for important purchases.

Experience

12 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 11 mos

Current Experience

Stealth startup

Building

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · On-site

Career break

Personal goal pursuit

Nov 2023 – Jun 2024 · 7 mos

Research on some problem statements with aim to build something on my own.

Nium

Product Head, Nium Checkout

Oct 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr · On-site

Led 3 member product team for Checkout, a global payments product for businesses to collect money from customers in emerging markets in APAC and LATAM. Built the product from scratch by working with partners in different regions, including a unified user journey that took into account nuances of different local payment methods.

Product RequirementsProduct Lifecycle ManagementBusiness-to-Business (B2B)PaymentsB2B2CPayment Gateways+5

Khatabook

Group Product Manager

Apr 2020 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Led the Financial Services products - Payment links, QR code, KYC and Merchant Cash Advance. Built the first version of these products ground up as an IC and hired a team of PMs to scale them as primary revenue drivers for Khatabook. Pivoted payments and KYC into a horizontal platform that supported multiple use cases in Khatabook and Biz Analyst.

Product RequirementsProduct Lifecycle ManagementPaymentsCross-functional Team LeadershipConsumer ProductsBusiness Requirements+5

Simpl

Senior Product Manager

Apr 2017 – Apr 2020 · 3 yrs

Managed the merchant integrations and transaction platform at Simpl
Introduced various platform level functionalities that helped in sustaining growth including merchant credit limits, circuit breakers, fraud filters among many others.
Designed & Launched the payment gateway integration of Simpl, making Simpl available on thousands of merchants instantly
Launched a suspicious transaction detection system that flagged risky transactions, which are later verified by agents, thereby reducing delinquencies.
Owned Simpl's cashback product, that supported different campaigns for various business goals including new user acquisition, network activation, retention, reducing repayment delays, among others.
Improved support & finance operations by reducing the effort from days to minutes for supporting charge backs, settlements and other reconciliation related activities.
Designed & Launched merchant co-branded Pay Later with Third Wave Coffee that increased new user conversions by 4x
Managed key stakeholders within merchants, banks and other strategic partners and helped build solutions for various growth initiatives

Product RequirementsProduct Lifecycle ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness RequirementsProduct Management