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Keerthana AK

Product Leader & Mentor
Bangalore

Summary

Accomplished product leader with a rich blend of experience across product management and strategy in top-tier tech and startup environments. Recognized for inspiring innovation, scaling teams, and mentoring aspiring product professionals. Known for driving product success and achieving customer impact through strategic roadmaps and agile implementation, delivering results across diverse domains.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft
3 2024 - Current
  • Managed a team of Product Managers responsible for strategy and innovation for Outlook’s Mobile Web and Lite versions.
  • Led Outlook Lite’s expansion in Emerging Markets, including India, contributing to over 70% of its Monthly Active Users (MAU).
  • Directed ad revenue initiatives across multiple Outlook platforms, achieving over $100M in revenue.
  • Spearheaded Outlook Lite’s language expansion for Indian users, leading to media coverage in 80+ newspapers.
  • Recognized at Microsoft’s Global Hackathon for award-winning contributions.

Senior Product Manager

Zynga
03.2021 - 02.2022
  • Designed Zynga India's strategy for identifying opportunities and designing games in Hypercasual market.
  • Led game development and managed the team, achieving record release speeds and high market engagement. Released three new hypercasual games in six months, including a title with 100k+ downloads in initial weeks
  • Managed Zynga's popular game Draw Something, directly contributing to $3M revenue for the company

Director of Product Management / Customer Success

Hyphen - Be Heard at Work
04.2017 - 04.2019
  • Third employee and core team member, responsible for product vision and customer success in a fast-growing employee engagement startup
  • Guided product vision from inception, directly contributing to successful company exit
  • Streamlined customer success functions, increasing satisfaction and efficiency

Associate Director - Energy Products

Flutura Decision Sciences & Analytics
03.2015 - 03.2017
  • Instrumental in securing Series A funding by developing the fault prediction module for Cerebra, an AI-driven Industrial IoT platform
  • Key contributor to product strategy, ensuring impactful solutions for energy and IoT applications


Education

Advanced Bootcamp for Potential Women Entrepreneurs -

Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore
11.2024 - 02.2018

Women's Startup Program - Entrepreneurship

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
01.2016 - 01.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics

Bangalore Institute Of Technology
01.2005 - 01.2009

Skills

Product Leadership, Product Management, Strategy, Stakeholder Management, AI Solutioning, Design thinking, Team Management

Websites

Other Experiences

  • Featured Speaker, Product School, Inspired upcoming PMs through talks on product best practices and innovation.
  • Mentor, Pragmatic Leaders (YC W21), Guided aspiring PMs, simplifying complex topics into accessible strategies.
  • Software Engineer, Accenture, Developed foundational technical skills and consulting experience in client-driven environments.

Timeline

Advanced Bootcamp for Potential Women Entrepreneurs -

Indian Institute of Management
11.2024 - 02.2018

Senior Product Manager

Zynga
03.2021 - 02.2022

Director of Product Management / Customer Success

Hyphen - Be Heard at Work
04.2017 - 04.2019

Women's Startup Program - Entrepreneurship

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
01.2016 - 01.2017

Associate Director - Energy Products

Flutura Decision Sciences & Analytics
03.2015 - 03.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics

Bangalore Institute Of Technology
01.2005 - 01.2009

Principal Product Manager

Microsoft
3 2024 - Current

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