Headline

Product Manager | B2B SaaS · AI/ML · Consumer Apps | ₹40M+ Enterprise Deals | 0→1 Product Builder | 5 Companies · 3 Startups | Hyderabad

About

₹40M+ in enterprise deals. ₹2 Cr revenue in 3 months. 5 companies. 3 startups. 6 years. I'm a Product Manager who builds from zero — roadmaps, customers, revenue. What I've shipped: → An AI-native dating app for India, 0 to live in 5 months, $12K budget, solo PM → EdTech ERP for 75+ colleges — closed deals averaging ₹10M, highest ₹40M → An LLM/SLM productivity platform — 40% cost reduction, 40% productivity gain for commercial clients → A hiring intelligence platform — 40+ team, 2-year build, validated with Indian Air Force and enterprise companies My edge: I do the unglamorous work. 73 college visits for discovery. 100+ user interviews. 1,000+ competitor ads audited. Unit economics modeled before a single line of code. CS Engineer (Ramaiah University). ML certified (IIT Kanpur). PM trained (HelloPM Bootcamp). Open to PM roles — B2B SaaS, AI/ML, HR Tech, Consumer. 📩 podiliarunkumar84@gmail.com

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Product Manager at Doqfy, May 2026 - Present · 6 mos

Consultant Product Manager at Blitzrider Pvt Ltd, Jun 2025 - Jan 2026 · 8 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Product Marketing Manager at Let's Hang!, Jun 2024 - Dec 2024 · 7 mos, New York, United States

Founder at VirtualMentor, Aug 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr, India, Sledge AI startup developing generative AI to Automate Corporate Services with SLM's.

Founder at Sckilled, Nov 2021 - Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Education

Product Manager, HelloPM

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, M. S. RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

Public links

github: https://github.com/arunpodili

paper-salamander-82f.notion.site: https://paper-salamander-82f.notion.site/Arun-Podili-s-Work-04bf9f17aeab443cb8ca4f16121bf423?pvs=74