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Kunal Bariwal

Director, Product Management
Mumbai

Summary

  • Strategic product and insights leader with 9+ years' experience building digital platforms and GTM systems across South Asia.
  • Skilled in leveraging data to drive product development, lifecycle engagement, and cross-functional alignment.
  • Equally comfortable defining OKRs in the boardroom and building data pipelines in code. Strong track record across ERP, fintech, and partner ecosystems.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Director of Product & Engineering

CaptainBiz
06.2024 - Current

India's premier B2B ERP platform serving 30,000+ MSMEs

Data-Driven Transformation & Infrastructure

  • Built complete data infrastructure from scratch - implemented Mixpanel for product analytics, Metabase for business intelligence, eliminating "shots in the dark" decision-making across organization
  • Fixed botched CRM implementation - cleaned duplicate leads, enriched missing data, implemented workflow
    automations for sales team efficiency
  • Integrated mobile attribution platform (Appsflyer) to track complete lead-to-subscription funnel, enabling data-driven marketing campaign optimization
  • Built ETL pipelines connecting distributed services to centralized data warehouse, powering cross-functional analytics and reporting

Customer Success & Product-Led Growth Strategy

  • Built comprehensive customer segmentation using Mixpanel + Metabase - identified active, at-risk, and churned customer cohorts
  • Transformed reactive support team into proactive engagement model with dedicated inbound/outbound teams for upsell, retention, and reactivation
  • Implemented in-app notifications via Clevertap for key value actions - invoice creation, payment recording, GST filing reminders, subscription upgrades

Product Development & AI Integration

  • Streamlined critical user flows reducing time-to-first-invoice, improved inventory bulk upload processes based on customer journey analysis
  • Introduced AI-based invoice digitization (scan paper invoices) and inventory scanning to reduce time-to-value for new users
  • Built invoice-to-payment linking system improving collection rates by 25%
  • Developed self-serve portal for 120+ pan India channel partners with KYC, licensing, and incentive management

Strategic Partnerships & Business Impact

  • Established partnerships with NBFCs and payment companies for value-added services (micro-loans, payment collection) leveraging invoice data insights
  • Led pivot from asset-heavy field sales to product-led growth model, orchestrating all supporting systems and
    processes
  • Revenue grew 2.5x, active subscribers increased from 18K to 30K, significantly improved monthly invoicing subscriber base through collective efforts

Technology Co-founder

Admirian Technologies
04.2023 - 05.2024

A CRM SaaS platform for influencer marketing


  • Built entire backend infrastructure using Python/Django, designed RESTful APIs, and developed key frontend components
  • Managed end-to-end deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure
  • Conducted market research and user interviews with 50+ influencer agencies, iterating product features based on feedback
  • Onboarded 15+ paying customers and pilot users, demonstrating initial market validation before strategic pivot

Sr. Product Manager

Pickrr Technologies (acquired by Shiprocket)
01.2021 - 03.2023

An All-in-One eCommerce Growth Platform for Brands


  • Led cross-functional product team of 5+ members including 2 APMs and 2 engineering scrum teams, managing 6-12 month product roadmaps with clear success metrics.
  • Launched Non-Delivery Management system with automated WhatsApp/call communication flows, achieving 70% delivery success rate after failed attempts and reducing delivery time by 24 hours.
  • Built Buyer Communication Suite enabling merchant-buyer engagement across SMS/WhatsApp/Email touchpoints, generating ₹10M in annual recurring revenue
  • Led platform integrations with Shopify, Zoho Commerce, InstaMojo, UniCommerce, expanding merchant ecosystem and improving core API adoption by enterprise clients

Product Manager

Ascendeum
09.2020 - 01.2021

An AdTech consulting platform


  • Productized consulting services into self-serve analytics platform for brand advertising campaign monitoring, establishing foundation for scalable SaaS business model

Product Manager

Ziploan
05.2019 - 04.2020

Digital lending platform for MSMEs


  • Automated loan disbursement processes through banking API integration, increasing application handling capacity by 40% while reducing manual operational overhead
  • Launched digital product for cash-heavy businesses resulting in 30% increase in loan conversion rates and ₹10L monthly addition to company's asset book

Founding Member

Finera Technologies
04.2016 - 03.2017

Launched a web platform where users could assess a stock’s performance and make investment decisions

Software Engineer

CA Technologies
06.2013 - 03.2016

A $4 Billion Enterprise Software Conglomerate


  • Part of a managed enterprise file transfer product portfolio
  • Developed and certified product features across multiple platforms, achieving competitive parity while reducing technical debt by 20% through test automation and QA process optimization

Education

MBA - Marketing & Finance

Indian School of Business
Hyderabad
04.2018 - 04.2019

B.Tech - Mathematics & Computing

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati
Guwahati
06.2009 - 05.2013

Skills

Product Strategy & Operating Models

Organizational Transformation

Internal Business Tools

AI/Gen AI Product Development

Full-Stack Development

Analytics & BI Platforms

Microservices Architecture

Team Leadership & Training

Accomplishments

  • Building Plurip (https://www.plurip.com) - AI integration platform enabling businesses to deploy AI agents and copilots without technical complexity
  • Developed full-stack SaaS platform with visual builders, multi-tenant architecture, and analytics - directly relevant to Gen AI product development

Timeline

Director of Product & Engineering

CaptainBiz
06.2024 - Current

Technology Co-founder

Admirian Technologies
04.2023 - 05.2024

Sr. Product Manager

Pickrr Technologies (acquired by Shiprocket)
01.2021 - 03.2023

Product Manager

Ascendeum
09.2020 - 01.2021

Product Manager

Ziploan
05.2019 - 04.2020

MBA - Marketing & Finance

Indian School of Business
04.2018 - 04.2019

Founding Member

Finera Technologies
04.2016 - 03.2017

Software Engineer

CA Technologies
06.2013 - 03.2016

B.Tech - Mathematics & Computing

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati
06.2009 - 05.2013
Kunal BariwalDirector, Product Management