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Pranav Shandilya
Product & Growth Leader With 8+ Years Experience In Building And Scaling Products
Gurgaon
Summary
Strategic and analytical Product Management & Growth Leader with 8+ years of experience driving innovation and user growth across diverse industries. Proven track record of launching successful products, scaling existing ones, and fostering data-driven decision making. Passionate about building user-centric solutions that solve customer problems and achieve business objectives. Expertise in product strategy, user experience optimization, product & system design and product led growth. Adept at adapting to new environments and leading cross-functional teams to achieve goals with a strong sense of ownership. Committed to continuous learning and fostering a culture of innovation and growth within product teams. Process oriented thinker at the core, I am passionate about creating repeatable playbooks & delivering results that improve the bottom-line. Central in keeping companies agile and productive in changing markets, I balance operational rigor with a strong bias towards execution & innovation.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
1
1
Certificate
Work History
AVP & Head of Product
FinAGG
Noida
08.2022 - Current
- Product Leadership, Innovation and Launch: Conceptualized and led launch of GST Sahay, GST OD, Kisan Credit Line, Co-Lending products driving 15% increase in monthly recurring revenue.
- User-Centric Design and Experience: Championed user-centric design approach, leading to 45% improvement in customer satisfaction scores and 30% decrease in user churn QoQ basis.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Orchestrated seamless cross-functional collaboration between engineering, sales, design, and operations teams, resulting in launch of several internal and external products ahead of estimated timeline.
- Team Leadership: Leading diverse team of 23 professionals comprising Dev, Design, Research, QA and PMs, fostering a culture of learning & innovation.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Implemented data analysis as engine to identify key user behaviors, resulting in 30% increase in user led onboarding, and 40% increase in utilization on QoQ basis.
Founding Team Member- Product Management
ByteLearn
Gurgaon
07.2021 - 07.2022
- As the founding Product Manager, conducted consumer & competitive audits to bring in end user perspective to create product roadmap, lead development and management working cross-functionally with Engineering, Design, QA & Sales.
- Conceptualized GTM & PLG strategies, sketched first Product design & supported hiring core team of Engineers, Product Designers and AI-ML experts to build out the product.
- Led team of 8 (PMs, UI/UX, QA) to build and roll out the Beta version of the AI based Math Tutoring product in the 3 target markets (across USA & SEA) acquiring 30K+ users within 4 weeks of launch.
- Key in raising the $9.5 Mn (seed round) by creating the Product Roadmap.
Product Management Consultant
The AsianParent (part Of The Parent Inc. Group)
Gurgaon
09.2020 - 12.2020
- Established robust process for gathering customer feedback managing 50+ customer calls per day, leading to valuable insights for future product improvements.
- Enhanced user experience with thorough research, testing, and data-driven design improvements that resulted in improving sales revenue by 15% over quarter.
- Worked with engineering team of conglomerate to resolve technical issues, ensuring optimal performance of products resulting in increased engagement rate by 10% MoM.
- Implemented analytics tools and reporting mechanisms to track product performance, enabling data-driven decision-making throughout organization.
- Conceptualized launch of EdTech (Micro Pre-schooling) product aimed to improve bottom-line growth by 3 Mn+ over 3 years period
Group Product Manager- Bounce EV and Zuink Power
Bounce
Bangalore
07.2019 - 09.2020
- Led cross-functional team of 12 folks comprising PMs, QAs, Designers, spearheading Bounce's foray into Clean Mobility biz by launching India's first dockless EV scooter sharing fleet & India's first B2B2C Battery swapping infrastructure
- Clocked over 100K+ rides while maintaining 90% NPS in just 8 weeks post launch, ARPU increased by 18% MoM
- Saved company $ 2Mn with new product launch, process improvement at production facility, product improvement to detect and rule out faulty use cases
- Flagged off Bounce Navi (now Infinity) project to build sustainable and robust Electric Scooter
- Devised tools and benchmarks which resulted in increased fleet reliability by 22%, enhanced daily manufacturing throughput by 40% by optimizing process at vehicle assembly line
Co-Founder & CEO
Get My Vape
Bangalore
04.2016 - 03.2019
- Built India's first Vaping brand, binding 250K+ strong consumer community delivering about 1000K+ orders in 3 years, generating $4Mn+ in gross revenue (cash-positive) via personalized commerce store-front
- Acquired Vape juice manufacturing co and launched India's first Zero Nicotine D2C Brand Labs via which GMV introduced 12 different brands of E-juices in subscription model generating $270K in net sales revenues within 24 weeks of launch
- Ventured into offline retail by launching co-branded stores in 5 cities in India, and 2 in international markets of US and CA
- Raised seed capital and scaled it to market leadership in India
Product Owner
Midea Labs
Bangalore
07.2015 - 03.2016
- Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements, Created product roadmap to detail out features and product specifications.
- Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluation.
- Coordinated design meetings and decisions with internal departments and teams.
- Onboarded 20+ customers within 90 days of ML SaaS Product launch leading to initiation and growth of revenues by 35% MoM
- Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
Education
BBA - Business Administration And Management
Sathyabama University
Chennai 06.2012 - 2015.06
Skills
Data-driven decision-making
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Accomplishments
- Distinguished Employee Award, 2022, 2023- FinAGG
- Columbia Venture Competition Winner Grant, 2020- CBS
- Employee of the Month Award, 2019- Bounce
- Great Companies in the SMB Category Award, 2019- GCBM
- Social Change-Maker Award, 2019- Gyan Bharti Educational Trust
- Y-Combinator SUS Fellowship, 2018- Y-Combinator
- Forbes 30Under30 APAC Nominee, 2018- Forbes Business Magazine
- Top 10% Cohort Rank at Smart50 Competition, 2018- DST, Govt. of India and IIM-Calcutta
- Hot100 Technology Startup Award, 2017- CIO Angel Network and KPMG
- Global Startup Ecosystem Cohort 1 Winner, 2017- GSE Foundation
- Early Stage Startup Mentor, 2016-Ongoing- Startup India, ISB TEP, Mentor Makers USA, MicroMentor Network
- Charter Member, 2019- TiE Delhi, Founders Card
- Guest Speaker, 2019- Various Colleges, Companies, Events
Quote
You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
Wayne Gretzky
Timeline
Product Management, Upraised, Nov 23-Mar 24
04-2024
AVP & Head of Product
FinAGG
08.2022 - Current
Founding Team Member- Product Management
ByteLearn
07.2021 - 07.2022
Product Management Consultant
The AsianParent (part Of The Parent Inc. Group)
09.2020 - 12.2020
Group Product Manager- Bounce EV and Zuink Power
Bounce
07.2019 - 09.2020
Co-Founder & CEO
Get My Vape
04.2016 - 03.2019
Product Owner
Midea Labs
07.2015 - 03.2016
BBA - Business Administration And Management
Sathyabama University
06.2012 - 2015.06
Software
Zeda
Figma
Notion
Coda
Google Slides
Microsoft Excel
Gemini AI
ChatGPT
Slack
Asana
Monday
Google Sheets
SQL
Snowflake
Intercom
Mixpanel
Keap
Interests
Emerging Technologies
Artificial Intelligence
E-Commerce
Lending & Wealth Management
EdTech
CleanTech
Certification
Product Management, Upraised, Nov 23-Mar 24
Achievements
- Taking on Challenge & Record Project Delivery: Joined Bounce (without formal tech education or automotive industry experience) to start it's foray into the Green Mobility business and spearheaded the development & launch of a full featured Micro-mobility & Clean Energy product in just 3 months
- Youngest Mentor: Mentored idea stage teams under Technology Entrepreneurship Program at India's best B-School; the ISB
- Great Company Award: Built GMV to be ranked as one of the Great Companies in the SMB Category for the year 2019
- Startup Mentoring: Mentored 12 idea stage teams that went on to create MVPs and Revenue generating businesses
Achievements
- Taking on Challenge & Record Project Delivery: Joined Bounce (without formal tech education or automotive industry experience) to start it's foray into the Green Mobility business and spearheaded the development & launch of a full featured Micro-mobility & Clean Energy product in just 3 months. Replicated the same when I joined FinAGG.
- Youngest Mentor: Mentored idea stage teams under Technology Entrepreneurship Program at India's best B-School; the ISB
- Great Company Award: Built GMV to be ranked as one of the Great Companies in the SMB Category for the year 2019
- Startup Mentoring: Mentored 12 idea stage teams that went on to create MVPs, raise money and build revenue generating businesses
My Time in a typical Workday
- Product Management: Roadmap & Strategy Planning, User Research, Product Scrum Catch-ups
- Process Improvement: Tracking and Solving problems that slow the company down
- People Management: Team Management, Mentoring & Stakeholder communications
Achievements
- Taking on Challenge & Record Project Delivery: Joined Bounce (without formal tech education or automotive industry experience) to start it's foray into the Green Mobility business and spearheaded the development & launch of a full featured Micro-mobility & Clean Energy product in just 3 months. Replicated the same when I joined FinAGG.
- Youngest Mentor: Mentored idea stage teams under Technology Entrepreneurship Program at India's best B-School; the ISB
- Great Company Award: Built GMV to be ranked as one of the Great Companies in the SMB Category for the year 2019
- Startup Mentoring: Mentored 12 idea stage teams that went on to create MVPs, raise money and build revenue generating businesses
My Time in a typical Workday
- Product Management: Roadmap & Strategy Planning, User Research, Product Scrum Catch-ups
- Process Improvement: Tracking and Solving problems that slow the company down
- People Management: Team Management, Mentoring & Stakeholder communications
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