Gunda Manideep
Bangalore
Summary
Dynamic product growth leader with a proven track record at Jar, Specialising in 0 to 1 initiatives. Expert in cross-functional leadership and data analysis, achieving 1M+ users in six months. Adept at optimizing customer acquisition strategies, fostering collaboration, and delivering impactful results in fast-paced environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Product and Growth Lead
Jar
2021.03 - 2025.03
- Founding & core team member helped in cracking PMF and grew the product to 1M+ transacting users in less than six months
- Led growth team to increase activation to 30+% and M6 retention by 400+% in less than one year of product launch
- Launched a brand new jewellery e‑commerce brand(Nek) from scratch and scaled it to ₹100Cr+ annual revenue in less than 12 months
- Built a cross‑functional team of 40+ across product, design, engineering, ops, marketing, sales and growth to manage Nek brand.
Product Manager
Rheo
2020.05 - 2021.02
- Oversaw development of Rheo suite products (Rheo app, Rheo Studio app and Rheo website) with a team of 10 people
- Introduced digital tokens(Rheo coins) to help our DAU to increase from 40K to 150K and D30 retention from 7% to 12%
- Gamified user engagement with help of Rheo coins to increase Avg time spent on the app from 16Mins to 27Mins
- Launched Audio ChatRooms, Co-host and Custom room features to build and engage gaming community on Rheo
- Optimised onboarding experience to increase user activation funnel by 50%
Co-founder & CEO
Queens App
2019.06 - 2020.04
- Built first of its kind personalized fashion discovery app for 300M WhatsApp-first women of India
- Came up with a brand-new distribution channel to leverage 500M+ WhatsApp users by launching chatbots on WhatsApp that talks to our users to build trust and sell to them.
- Served more than 1000+ customers with 25%+ repeat buyers and 30%+ first time online buyers
- Utilized WhatsApp status by our satisfied customers as a growth hack to attract free organic installs
- Interacted closely with hundreds of our potential customers to develop a User Interface very intuitive to our target users
Co-founder & CEO
LocalTrends
2018.10 - 2019.05
- LocalTrends is a community news app for digitally connecting hyperlocal communities (state level constituencies) to share and consume local news & information in Indian languages
- Successfully launched the app in 17 constituencies of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh and were able to reach over 1% of adult smartphone users in that district with very high Month1 retention of 49%
Product Manager, Telugu
ShareChat
2015.11 - 2018.06
- Core team member and founding team member, built Telugu team to launch Telugu language in the ShareChat app
- Executed product changes to make Telugu one of the best performing languages within ShareChat, leading to an average month-on-month growth of 58% to reach 1.5 million daily active users
- Leveraged WhatsApp as our advertising channel to reach specific audience with zero additional marketing or operational cost leading to an increment of ~100% organic sign-ups
- Created scalable processes for detecting and removing questionable (spam, abusive, pornographic) content and comments leading to a 23% increase in long term retention
Education
B.Tech -
IIT Kanpur
2014-01
Skills
- Product growth
- Growth marketing
- E-commerce strategy
- Customer acquisition
- Market research
- Competitive analysis
- Data analysis
- Project management
- Project planning
- Cross-functional leadership
- Teamwork and collaboration
- User optimization
- Brand development
Timeline
Product and Growth Lead
Jar
2021.03 - 2025.03
Product Manager
Rheo
2020.05 - 2021.02
Co-founder & CEO
Queens App
2019.06 - 2020.04
Co-founder & CEO
LocalTrends
2018.10 - 2019.05
Product Manager, Telugu
ShareChat
2015.11 - 2018.06
B.Tech -
IIT Kanpur