Tejas Gowda

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

22+ years of experience in product leadership.
Proven track record in fintech and ad-tech industries.
Strong focus on customer-first solutions and business growth.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned product leader in Fintech and Ad-tech sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyProduct Development

Other Skills

Ad monetizationAgile MethodologiesAnalyticsBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentCloud ComputingCoaching & MentoringCross-functional Team LeadershipData CenterEnterprise SoftwareGo-to-market StrategyMachine LearningManagementMobile DevicesNetworking

About

Tejas Gowda is a seasoned product leader with 22+ years of experience in building and scaling products across fintech, ad-tech, and networking domains. He focuses on creating customer-first solutions, driving business growth, and leading high-performing teams. Known for his strong product sense and ability to turn ideas into impactful results, Tejas has a proven track record of success in both strategy and execution. He holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a Bachelor's in Computer Science from VTU. Currently, Tejas leads the product team for Payments Products and Merchant Experience at Razorpay - including product teams for Checkout, Routing orchestration (Optimiser), Cross-border Payments, Growth and Connected Experience (Razorpay One).

Experience

22 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

3 yrs

Current Experience

Razorpay

2 roles

Vice President, Product

Promoted

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · On-site

Head of Growth, Crossborder Payments and International Markets

Senior Director of Product Management

Jun 2023 – Jun 2025 · 2 yrs · On-site

Head of Payment Products

Google

Lead Product Manager

Jul 2021 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Product Manager, Google Pay. Helping make payments fast, simple and secure.

Microsoft

3 roles

Principal Group Product Manager

Promoted

Aug 2016 – Dec 2021 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Led the product management team responsible for driving ads-based monetisation of Bing search in EMEA, APAC and LATAM markets with revenue under influence of $1.5 B+
Focused on building and rolling out ad products such as Shopping ads, Dynamic Search Ads, Automated Bidding strategies, Hotel ads, Audience campaigns and Smart Campaigns
Drove optimisation of machine learning algorithms for improving relevance, user response prediction, audience segmentation, personalisation, and recommendations
Led multiple initiatives for new markets rollout, compete benchmarking, marketplace analytics and customer outreach programs for driving marketplace growth
Managed product roadmap to ensure RPM (revenue per thousand searches), defect rate and ad footprint are meeting business objectives
Led product management team responsible for ad quality, editorial policy compliance and fraud detection in Bing Ads
Collaborated with global cross functional teams spread across US, Europe, Beijing and India to drive product development, product adoption and sales initiatives

Product ManagementAnalyticsProduct Strategy

Senior Lead Product Manager

Promoted

Aug 2013 – Aug 2016 · 3 yrs

Product Manager

Jan 2012 – Aug 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos

Cisco systems

Technical Lead

Aug 2006 – Mar 2012 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Defined and executed product roadmap for flagship telecom equipment in Cisco’s Optical Business (ONS 15454 series of switches)
Worked on the design of a Pay-as-You-Grow model that enabled Cisco's foray into Packet Optical market
Drove customer adoption in several large strategic accounts such as AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner Cable
Drafted RFP/RFQ responses for various service provider network requirements by collaborating across multiple business units; Formulated end-to-end business solutions

Product Development

Nokia siemens networks

Technical Lead

Dec 2003 – Aug 2006 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Led the design and execution of a new communications module for SS7 Management application that enhanced the scalability of the product to manage an increased number of devices
Formulated network expansion plans for British Telecom to ensure performance, scalability and resilience

Product Development