Sushant Potdar — Product Manager
I am a passionate builder of products with over 21 years of international experience in the enterprise tech space: 6 years in the Bay Area. A natural Product and Operational leader with a "rolled-up sleeves and can-deliver" work ethic. I also enjoy being in the field working deals and helping customers become raving fans of products I help grow to success. Currently, I'm Innovating on next gen sales with AI Agents help you as your teammates. Previously VP of Products at SAP where I established and scaled a new cloud CRM business from zero to nine figures in revenue, 2500+ enterprise customers, 1.2M licensed users and a Leadership position in Gartner MQ. Specialty: Launching new disruptive products (0-1) from the ground up & scaling them to become commercially successful. Below is how I go about it: • Work with the founder / C-Level to understand the vision, and bring the product closer to the vision. • Sculpt a bold strategy, identifying investment drivers and creating a prioritised backlog. • Working with UX designer for beautiful consumer-grade user experiences in B2B / D2C Space • Co-innovating with customers, validating the design and making data-driven decisions. • Bring a new level of operational excellence to product management organisation, through the development of formalised processes. like Ideation meetings, trade-off meetings, and prioritizations exercises. • Coaching and Leading geographically distributed product & UX teams. Ending every release with a better product and a better team. • Rally the engineering team behind the mission, with a well-prepared roll-in process and continuous oversight of dev execution, with expert testing to ensure the customer realizes the complete value. • Regular rollout & sales enablement to raise Product perception internally. • Establishing customer references, supporting analyst briefings, and strategic deals. • Make Build vs Partner decisions and extend partnerships to other ISVs (external scrum teams). • I am a lifelong student of empathy & value-driven product management. Product Strategy | Product Management | Agile | Customer Success | User Experience | Team Leadership | Management | Partnerships | AI/ML | Enterprise SaaS | Mobile | SAP
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Management expert with a focus on AI and enterprise solutions.
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Experience: 22 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Product Management
- Ai/ml
- Product Strategy
- Product Development
Career Highlights
- 21 years of international experience in enterprise tech.
- Scaled SAP's cloud CRM business to nine figures in revenue.
- Expert in launching disruptive products from ground up.
Work Experience
Outreach
Product Leader (2 yrs 6 mos)
Commure
Product Leader (10 mos)
In Mind Cloud
SVP - Head of Product and UX (3 yrs 2 mos)
SAP
Vice President - Product Management, SAP Marketing Cloud (9 mos)
Senior Director of Product Management (7 yrs 11 mos)
Associate Manager - Product Developement (1 yr 4 mos)
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 4 mos)
SAP Customer Experience
VP - Product Management (2 yrs 10 mos)
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Developer (2 yrs)
Education
MBA at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at RV College Of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Visvesvaraya Technological University