ASHISH KUMAR
Group Product Manager | AI-Led Product Innovation | Enterprise Decision Intelligence & Planning
Bangalore,KA
Summary
Product leader with over 8 years of experience building and scaling AI-driven SaaS platforms across CRM, Sales Performance, and Enterprise Decision Intelligence domains. Skilled in translating complex data science, ML, and automation capabilities into intuitive, outcome-oriented products that empower enterprise customers to make faster, data-backed decisions. Experienced in defining long-term product vision, structuring multi-year roadmaps, and leading cross-functional teams across engineering, AI/ML, design, and go-to-market functions to deliver measurable business value.
Proven record of launching and growing products from concept to scale including AI-powered content generation, performance planning, and predictive automation platforms resulting in significant improvements in adoption, engagement, and revenue metrics. Adept at using OKR frameworks and analytics-driven insights to guide prioritization, track impact, and continuously refine strategy. Recognized for driving successful GTM strategies, pricing models, and customer onboarding frameworks that ensure rapid adoption, retention, and business growth. Passionate about building intelligent, secure, and scalable enterprise products that bridge the gap between data-driven insights and actionable decision-making.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Group Product Manager
Leadsquared
Bangalore, Karnataka
09.2021 - Current
- Designed and scaled an AI-driven performance engine using predictive models and workload balancing to improve response accuracy by 40%.
- Automated enrichment, deduplication, and prioritization pipelines reduce manual intervention and boost conversion rates by 18%.
- Defined and tracked OKRs across adoption, engagement, and revenue growth, using insights from telemetry and analytics dashboards to steer quarterly product strategy, and prioritize initiatives.
- Partnered with GTM, marketing, and customer success teams to define go-to-market strategies, including product positioning, value messaging, and customer enablement frameworks, driving faster adoption and expansion within key accounts.
- Drove CRM penetration with gamified dashboards, real-time nudges, and promoter score tracking, increasing adoption across sales teams.
- Leading a team of 6 PMs and designers, mentoring them on CRM workflows, automation strategy, and customer-first product design.
- Delivered the Sales Performance Platform by launching and scaling a 0→1 product in the BFSI and Retail segments. Scaled to 200 customers.
- Launched an AI-powered landing page generator using OpenAI LLMs and an image library API, which reduced creation time by 70%.
- Reduced infra cost by 40% while increasing product margin to 60% through modular optimization and usage-based scaling.
Product Manager
Xoxoday
03.2017 - 09.2021
- Built rewards and incentive systems for blue/white collar workforce, scaled from 0 to 30 enterprise customers.
- Built rewards and recognition system for organized workforce to increase engagement and handle performance rewards, scaled the product from 100 to 1000 customers.
- Enabled performance rule engines for configurable bonus calculations – reduced ops queries by 60%.
- Automated redemptions and nudges using usage pattern analysis – increased monthly engagement by 35%.
- Drove full lifecycle ownership – from PRD to GTM to ongoing retention and monetization tracking.
- Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
Manager of Operations
Vedant Corp Pvt. Ltd.
07.2016 - 02.2017
- Managed end-to-end e-commerce onboarding and partnerships with 5 platforms. Streamlined onboarding ops.
Manager
Sellerworx Online Services Pvt. Ltd.
08.2015 - 06.2016
- Developed integration across 6 e-commerce partners for streamed inventory flow. This lead to scaling of enterprise accounts from 10 to 100
- Led initiatives across marketing and performance analysis – improved partner product listings and sales campaigns.
Business Analyst (Central Operations)
Flipkart India Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 07.2015
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
- Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
- Created dashboards to monitor and track key performance indicators.
- RTV planning & execution- Sending back slow moving, not moving stocks to vendor or liquidation of same considering capital involved.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Industrial Engineering And Management
VTU
Bengaluru 08.2008 - 2012.07
Skills
AI Product Strategy LLM Integration NLP Scoring Engines
undefinedTimeline
Group Product Manager
Leadsquared
09.2021 - Current
Product Manager
Xoxoday
03.2017 - 09.2021
Manager of Operations
Vedant Corp Pvt. Ltd.
07.2016 - 02.2017
Manager
Sellerworx Online Services Pvt. Ltd.
08.2015 - 06.2016
Business Analyst (Central Operations)
Flipkart India Pvt Ltd
05.2013 - 07.2015
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Industrial Engineering And Management
VTU
08.2008 - 2012.07
Accomplishments
- Improved decision cycles by 40% through predictive scoring and AI automation.
- Optimized infrastructure costs by 60% via modular, usage-based scaling.
- Accelerated GTM by 70% using AI-powered content and self-serve workflows.
- Scaled enterprise adoption to 200+ clients across BFSI and Retail sectors.
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English
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Hindi
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