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ARAVINDH SURYA

ARAVINDH SURYA

Chennai

Summary

I am a results-driven Product Manager with over 4.5 years of cross-industry experience in media, fin-tech, and emerging technologies. Currently leading product initiatives at The Hindu, driving innovation through Gen AI, Machine Learning, Artificial intelligence and data-driven engagement strategies. Proven expertise in taking products from 0 to 1, implementing scalable features, and enhancing user engagement and monetization. Holds an MBA from IIM Kozhikode and a B.Tech in IT, with a consistent track record of strategic vision, operational excellence, and cross-functional leadership. With a strong background in technology and product strategy, I enjoy solving real-world problems and delivering user-friendly solutions.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

The Hindu
Chennai
01.2023 - Current
  • Developed 2 products from 0 to 1 by research, need analysis, feature development, and product market fit.
  • Devised 5 AI projects including user segmentation, personalization, recommendation and notifications
  • Implemented AI model based on user action to deliver personalized journey and increase 25% engagement rate
  • Introduced 10+ Gen AI modules in editorial workflow and achieved 30% increase in customer acquisition
  • Experienced in Agile methodologies, 5+ cross-functional collaboration, sprint planning and grooming, backlog management and refinement, stakeholder engagement to facilitate product development cycle
  • Completed 10+ projects by owning product vision, roadmap and executed 30+ modules from end to end
  • Integrated 7+ third party tools to improve user acquisition, engagement tracking and payment facilitation
  • Configured 20+ API solutions to support data integration, content distribution and user engagement in platform
  • Boosted 20% engagement rate by boosting content visibility in videos, articles, podcasts and web stories
  • Expanded 6% conversion by organizing distinct 10+ online and offline events, 8 campaigns and webinar
  • Revised subscription model periodically and carried out different A/B testing and drive 20% revenue growth
  • Enhanced website ranking by 50% in SEO optimization on improving crawling, indexing, and Core Web Vitals
  • Regularly tracked 30+ key metrics includes OKRs, north star, website ranking to enhance funnel performance

Product Manager

GuardianLink
Chennai
04.2022 - 12.2022
  • Developed NFT marketplace features based on customer feedback, stakeholder data and problem statement
  • Identified customer pain points and drafted customer journey for different target customer segments
  • Computed gap analysis and developed rental dashboard of gaming community for B2B and B2C business
  • Performed process improvement for referral module, MCL game and 2 product lines in NFT marketplace
  • Strategized product for cross-selling opportunities by implementing 12 new features in NFT marketplace
  • Designed product roadmap for NFT marketplace and MCL game including tournament, PvP and Pot model

Senior Officer

Mizuho Bank
Mumbai
07.2021 - 03.2022
  • Integrated advanced core banking platforms such as ACBS and MOBIUS into existing core banking system
  • Process optimization and transformation for proposed bank products such as loan, guarantee and remittance
  • Fit & Gap and capability analysis of identified banking requirements between existing and proposed system
  • Provided business solution for automatic Credit rating process and Rating slips using AI & RPA integration
  • Provided business solution for automatic data extraction and data entry system using OCR, AI and RPA

Marketing Intern

Tata Steel
Chennai
04.2020 - 05.2020
  • Estimated sales potential of 8% in South India by identifying 22 micro segments in general engineering space
  • Suggested value-based pricing to increase net margin by INR 15mn per year and customer retention by 20%
  • Recommended floor price and value-added services to take 100% pricing control in the distribution network

Analyst

Bank of NewYork Mellon
Chennai
03.2018 - 02.2019
  • Increased efficiency by 15% by implementing risk management rule to 5 products for mutual fund house
  • Analyzed and optimized the functionalities and its process for 8 modules based on business requirement
  • Reduced project life cycle time by 20% by implementing automatic test scripts to analyze the functionalities
  • Developed 5 websites with 2000+ lines of code to evaluate service, functionality and developing skills

Education

MBA -

IIM Kozhikode
Kerala
04.2021

B.Tech - Information Technology

Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Tamil Nadu
04.2017

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Product Management
  • SQL
  • Data Analysis
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Google Analytics
  • AWS
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Google Play Store
  • AI integration
  • API development
  • Customer journey
  • SEO optimization
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Agile methodologies
  • Product development

Extracurricular Activities

State Level - Chess, 08/01/14, Awarded 10 in the Tamil Nadu State level chess conducted by Golden Knights Academy. South Zone Winner - Volleyball, 08/01/19, Won Gold Medal in Volleyball in an inter IIM sports meet Sangram'19 conducted at IIM Kozhikode.

Languages

  • English
  • Tamil
  • Hindi

Timeline

Product Manager

The Hindu
01.2023 - Current

Product Manager

GuardianLink
04.2022 - 12.2022

Senior Officer

Mizuho Bank
07.2021 - 03.2022

Marketing Intern

Tata Steel
04.2020 - 05.2020

Analyst

Bank of NewYork Mellon
03.2018 - 02.2019

MBA -

IIM Kozhikode

B.Tech - Information Technology

Thiagarajar College of Engineering

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