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title: "ARUN SAKTHEESH - Product Lead - Origination Platform in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
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# ARUN SAKTHEESH on Tal

## Headline

Product Lead @ CRED \| Fintech, Identity & Payments \| IIM Bangalore

## About

A seasoned product manager in building and scaling fraud prevention, identity verification platform and payment solutions across fintech and technology verticals\. \- Bureau, Senior Product Manager, leading the identity and compliance platform journey—from building robust API stacks for onboarding, risk, and verification, to driving the adoption of cutting\-edge solutions for enterprise\-scale businesses\. \- Cashfree Payments, led the development of innovative payment products and scaled settlement platforms from MVP to handling thousands of crores in GMV per month\. \- Passionate about combining strategy, analytics, and first\-principles thinking to translate customer needs into high\-impact products, delivered user\-focused, resilient infrastructure that powers trust for leading brands\. \- Experienced in cross\-functional leadership, go\-to\-market planning, and rapid experimentation, with a proven record in launching GTM initiatives, growing high\-performing teams, and championing customer\-centric culture\. \- Well versed in synthesizing market, business, and engineering perspectives, thrives at the interface of scale, security, and speed\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

aistudio

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

gemini

hugging face

## Work experience

Product Lead \- Origination Platform at CRED, Apr 2026 \- Present · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Goal \- Offer one\-click product enablement across Cred verticals\. Scaling Origination & Compliance platform of Regulated Cred entities \(Lending, Wealth, PPI, and PA\-PG\)

Senior Product Manager at Bureau, Apr 2024 \- Mar 2026 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, At Bureau, I lead the growth of identity and compliance platform products, focusing on building reliable and scalable solutions for enterprise customers\. I focus on developing robust onboarding, verification, and compliance products \- driving go\-to\-market strategy, and collaborating closely across teams\. I help scale both the technology and the team significantly, prioritizing customer centricity, operational excellence, and continuous improvement throughout the platform’s journey \- Led 3X expansion of the compliance product team while boosting product scope and driving 2\.3X revenue growth with <2% churn\.

Product Manager 2 at Cashfree Payments, Mar 2022 \- Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Product Manager @ BAJAJ PAY at Bajaj Finserv, Apr 2021 \- Mar 2022 · 1 yr, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Product Management \- Intern at Bajaj Finserv, May 2020 \- Jul 2020 · 3 mos, Pune, Maharashtra

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Marine Engineering, Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

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