Vimal Stan Steven

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 2 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led product management for high-impact SaaS solutions.
Achieved 6000% growth in daily active users.
Expert in building structured, data-driven product teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Management expert with a strong focus on analytics and team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementStrategic VisionAnalyticsProduct StrategyAiAgileProduct LaunchGrowth StrategyCustomer Engagement

Other Skills

Product DeliveryB2B SoftwareMarket AnalysisTechnical LeadershipStrategic PartnershipsProduct StrategiesTeam ManagementMulti-cultural EnvironmentPartner Relationship ManagementCreative IdeationEmployee TrainingProduct LeadershipCross-functional Team LeadershipData VisualizationProblem Solving

About

I build high-impact SaaS products and product organizations. Over the last 15+ years, I’ve led 0→1 initiatives in analytics, communications, HR tech, fintech, and process engineering — turning early ideas into scalable platforms with clear paths to adoption and revenue. I’ve worked across the US, India, the Netherlands, and Vietnam, managing cross-functional teams and driving alignment across product, engineering, and GTM. I focus on building product teams that are structured, data-driven, and close to the customer. Whether it’s launching new platforms, introducing usage-based monetization, or fixing how product and sales work together — I work toward outcomes that scale. Let’s connect if you’re building something ambitious.

Experience

17 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 10 mos

Current Experience

Sequoia

Director of Product Management

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Led the product management function including analytics, AI, and integrations platforms—focusing on product maturity, adoption growth, and operational scalability. Oversaw a 17-member product team (14 PMs, 2 analysts, 1 tech writer) and indirectly managed 5 designers.
Guided key improvements in the analytics platform, a core driver of client engagement and advisor productivity, enabling more scalable service delivery.
Initiated and led the use of targeted marketing nudges to boost platform usage and user engagement across critical touchpoints.
Led the strategic direction for the AI insights and integrations platforms, aligning future development with market needs, customer feedback, and competitive positioning.
Partnered with Customer Success to develop product messaging and positioning, supporting adoption among core user groups and executive stakeholders.
Established and operationalized foundational practices in product analytics, roadmap planning, and customer interaction, elevating delivery velocity and product–design alignment.
Introduced AI tools internally to streamline PM workflows, automate documentation, and improve team productivity.

Strategic VisionProduct DeliveryB2B SoftwareProduct Management

Kiotviet

Director of Products

Oct 2023 – Apr 2024 · 6 mos · Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam · On-site

Led a 20-member team (12 PMs, 8 analysts) focused on enhancing analytics capabilities and improving roadmap alignment across Vietnam’s leading POS provider.
Spearheaded the development of a high-performance data visualization platform that reduced dashboard build speed by 98%, dramatically reducing operational bottlenecks and improving internal agility.
Introduced structured alignment practices between product, sales, and customer support, bridging critical feedback loops and increasing roadmap-market fit.
Translated customer pain points and frontline GTM insights into data-driven prioritization frameworks, strengthening decision clarity across product lines.
Embedded product analysts into discovery and delivery rhythms, accelerating time-to-insight and improving the quality of strategic product decisions.
Led cross-functional product rituals, retrospectives, and agile planning cadences to raise delivery maturity and enhance team accountability.

Product ManagementStrategic VisionProduct DeliveryTechnical LeadershipStrategic PartnershipsProduct Strategies+9

Leadsquared

3 roles

Director, Product Management, Design, Engineering

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

o Conceptualised and executed the product adoption strategy that resulted in hockey stick growth (6000+%) to 3000+ DAU within 9 months of the beta launch of the reporting platform
o Reached ~$100K MRR in 6 months with a plan to reach $1M MRR by end-2024.
o Defined pricing models for the various products part of my portfolio

Product LaunchStrategic VisionProduct DeliveryProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsB2B Software+15

Group Product Manager

Oct 2021 – Apr 2022 · 6 mos

o Restructured offerings to improve product MRR by 275%
o Took on the additional responsibility of developing a 1:1 text communications platform
o Built the teams for the product from the ground up
o Developed a customer engagement model that led to 200+ customer interactions in a quarter
o Defined the engagement model for product teams with sales, pre-sales, key account management and professional services teams.

Product LaunchStrategic VisionProduct DeliveryProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsB2B Software+15

Senior Product Manager

Oct 2020 – Sep 2021 · 11 mos

o Led the 0-1 development of LeadSquared’s next-generation Reporting and Analytics Platform
o Identified augmented product lines to improve the monetization potential of the core products
o Conducted market research, competition analysis and customer research for both products
o Implemented Scrum and a Continuous Delivery model in both products
o Part of the team that’s working on getting LeadSquared listed in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation

Product LaunchStrategic VisionProduct DeliveryProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsB2B Software+14

Agile cockpit

3 roles

Managing Director

Jun 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

Leadership
o Led the sales and consultancy practice in South India and Malaysia
o Led the Product Management Office
o Led and managed a remote team of 5 Product Owners
o Led product development teams and UX designers across 3 locations in 2 countries
Product Management
o Developed and implemented the product strategy for the Agile Cockpit Enterprise Agile Planning tool which has been recognised in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report in 2018 and 2019
o Built the Go to Market strategy for the Enterprise Agile Planning Tool
o Built the sales strategy for two of three major product-lines
o Conducted requirement discovery workshops with prospects and clients
o Developed prototypes for various product features to be validated in the market
o Defined the online brand experience including product demos, webinars, websites and marketing collateral
o The key stakeholder for 3 technical platform products and responsible for influencing the architecture of these products.
o Handled for the P&L of 2 products
Training, Coaching and Consulting
o Conducted and facilitated SAFe trainings
o Conducted workflow discovery workshops for clients
o Trained internal teams in Scrum, Kanban and SAFe 4.5
o Coached multiple Scrum Masters and Product Owners
o Launched 2 Agile Release Trains in Agile Cockpit
Others
o Key note speaker at Agile forums in Netherlands and India

Strategic VisionProduct DeliveryProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsB2B SoftwareTeam Leadership+12

Vice President Of Product Management

Promoted

Sep 2018 – Jun 2019 · 9 mos

As VP Product Management in Agile Cockpit, I:
o Developed and implemented the product strategy
o Manage dProduct Owners who handle the products in the Agile Cockpit ecosystem
o Engaged in Stakeholder management
o Trained sales to give first-line demos of software
o Conducted deep-dives of the software product for customers and potential customers
o Helped customers model their way of work within Agile Cockpit

Strategic VisionProduct DeliveryProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsB2B SoftwareTeam Leadership+11

Product Owner

Jul 2017 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

As a Product Owner and Program Manager handling multiple value streams in Agile Cockpit, I:
o Refine and create backlogs for multiple teams distributed over three locations
o Identify and manage dependencies among internal and external teams
o Engage in Stakeholder management
o Participate in Steering Committee meetings
o Contribute to the architecture of the Agile Cockpit Platform
o Conduct market research, user surveys and interact with customers and potential customers
o Train teams in the use of SAFe and Conduct PI planning sessions
o Collaborate with designers in the Netherlands to design the UIX of the products
Apart from these responsibilities, I have also conduct Safe Agilist (SA) trainings.

Strategic VisionProduct DeliveryProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsB2B SoftwareTeam Leadership+11

Prowareness

2 roles

Product Owner

Jan 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore

As a Product Owner and Program Manager handling multiple value streams in Agile Cockpit, I:
o Refine and create backlogs for multiple teams distributed over three locations
o Identify and manage dependencies among internal and external teams
o Engage in Stakeholder management
o Participate in Steering Committee meetings
o Contribute to the architecture of the Agile Cockpit Platform
o Conduct market research, user surveys and interact with customers and potential customers
o Train teams in the use of SAFe and Conduct PI planning sessions
o Collaborate with designers in the Netherlands to design the UIX of the products
Apart from these responsibilities, I have also conduct Safe Agilist (SA) trainings.