Somesh Saurabh
Noida
Summary
Dynamic Senior Product Manager with over 6 years of experience in product development, monetization, and scaling hiring-tech platforms. Successfully launched monetization products generating over INR 15 Cr in annual recurring revenue while significantly enhancing user engagement and acquisition. Expertise in product strategy, funnel optimization, and CRM integrations, combined with a strong ability to lead cross-functional teams to achieve impactful results at scale. Passionate about leveraging AI-driven solutions to optimize the recruiter and jobseeker experience throughout their journeys.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Manager
Naukri.com
04.2022 - Current
- Monetization Growth (0–1): Built an enterprise recruitment platform (role-based access), conceptualized a B2B freemium model, and launched monetization products (premium jobs, boost, database), delivering INR 15 Cr ARR.
- Acquisition & Trust: Revamped new user acquisition and KYC completion (onboarding) through automation and third-party API integration, improving the user onboarding rate from 38% to 62%, and reducing TAT by 40%. Developed rule-based fraud indicators and an auto-blacklisting algorithm, reducing fraudulent job posts by 60%.
- Recruiter Engagement & Retention: Redesigned Candidate Management Page, built cohort interventions and communications, doubled recruiter actions, increased activation (19% → 54%), and lifted M1 retention by 60%.
- AI Innovation: Spearheaded resume parsing (improving profile completion by 24%), AI job posting, and chat assistant, reducing job post TAT by 60%, and boosting job form completion rate by 16%.
- Automation at Scale: Built an Auto-Job Live system, enabling 60% of jobs to go live without manual effort, reducing TAT from 12 hours to 30 minutes.
- Leadership and Mentorship: Mentored three APMs, hired two product interns from IIM B and IIM C (20+ applicants, 2024-25), and was selected as a mentor under Naukri's Inspirit Buddy Program to guide two PM interns.
Product Manager Intern
Naukri.com
04.2021 - 06.2021
- City Launch: Analyzed hiring in the blue-collar industry, benchmarked 5+ firms, and created a roadmap for city expansion.
- User Engagement: Conducted over 100 user interviews, performed root cause analysis, and identified key drivers of low engagement.
- Gamification: I researched gamification technology and proposed gamification elements to increase user engagement.
Technical Consultant
Siemens Limited
07.2017 - 07.2020
- Project Leadership: Planned and executed 15+ projects worth INR 240 Cr, managing 50+ personnel, 8+ contractors, and 13 suppliers across 12 clients.
- Cost and Efficiency: Developed a roadmap for more than five projects, saving 10% of project man-hours and reducing project costs by 3%.
- Initiatives: Designed a Universal Feedback Mechanism, enabling cross-functional learning for 55 members.
- Fast-track growth: Received consecutive promotions within 2 years (average cycle of 4+ years) among 150+ GTEs for exceptional performance.
Education
MBA - Product Management
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bengaluru, India03-2022
B. Tech. -
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Nagpur, India05-2017
Class XII -
Sun Shine Residential Public School
Patna, India04-2013
Skills
- Proficient in SQL and Clickhouse
- Cross-functional team leadership
- A/B testing for data-driven decisions
- Strategic product roadmap management
- Agile project management
- CRM workflow management
- Product revenue optimization
- User engagement strategies
Accomplishments
- Owned Recruiter product of Job Hai, scaling from 1L to 2.2L Live Jobs, 1.5L+ companies & 4L+ recruiters.
- Pioneered GenAI initiatives by leading an AI pod focused on high-impact, user-centric applications.
- Scaled Job Hai from 5 to 400+ cities across India, leading the project end-to-end in record time.
- Awarded Best Product Manager (FY 2023-24, Job Hai Annual Awards) for significant contributions
- Winner of Team Excellence Gold Award, Merit Awards 2023 for Bharat-First Platform project, Naukri
- Received fast track promotion twice and consistently rated “Excellent” (top 5%) in all performance reviews
Timeline
Senior Product Manager
Naukri.com
04.2022 - Current
Product Manager Intern
Naukri.com
04.2021 - 06.2021
Technical Consultant
Siemens Limited
07.2017 - 07.2020
MBA - Product Management
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
B. Tech. -
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Class XII -
Sun Shine Residential Public School