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Debatra Bakshi

Senior Product Manager | Digital Lending, Payments & Platforms | API Products | 0→1 & 1→n | Product Growth

Mumbai

6+ years of work experience

IDFC FIRST Bank
Apr 20265 mosPresent

Mumbai

• Own product strategy and growth for digital lending and platform products with accountability for revenue, acquisition, conversion and repeat borrowing. • Define product roadmap across lending, payments and partner platforms, balancing business growth, customer experience, risk and regulatory requirements. • Lead strategic initiatives to scale the partner ecosystem, with focus on API adoption, partner productivity, onboarding and lending throughput. • Drive cross-functional product decisions across Product, Engineering, Policy, Risk, Operations, Compliance and business teams. • Establish and track product health through disbursals, revenue, active partners, approval rate, conversion, TAT and repeat borrowing.
IDFC FIRST Bank
Sep 20223 yrs 7 mosMar 2026

Mumbai

• Built and launched API-led lending journeys for external partners, covering onboarding, offer discovery, application, underwriting, disbursal and servicing. • Led integration of Account Aggregator, KYC, consent artefacts, e-mandates and UPI AutoPay into digital lending journeys. • Delivered real-time underwriting and automated decisioning capabilities, reducing manual intervention and improving lending turnaround time. • Owned migration and optimisation of Prequalified Offer Storage, including S3-based offer ingestion and fallback mechanisms to maintain offer availability. • Worked with Engineering and partner teams on API architecture, gateway integrations and platform workflows, translating business requirements into scalable product solutions. • Used dashboards and automation to identify funnel drop-offs, monitor product performance and drive iterative improvements.
ICICI Bank
Jun 20211 yr 4 mosSep 2022

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

As a Product Manager at ICICI Bank, I spearheaded the digitization of the lending process, improving customer satisfaction by 20%. I also led a cross-functional team in the development and launch of a new lending product that resulted in a 15% increase in revenue.
Pernod Ricard India
Apr 20203 mosJun 2020

Gurgaon, Haryana

Uber
Jul 201811 mosMay 2019

Guwahati Area, India

Digital Avenues Ltd.
May 20162 mosJun 2016

Kolkata, West Bengal

Debatra’s AI Stack

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gemini
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ChatGPT
ChatGPT
Figma Make
Figma Make
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot

Education

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Marketing

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

20192 yrs2021
KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

20144 yrs2018

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Headline

Senior Product Manager | Digital Lending, Payments & Platforms | API Products | 0→1 & 1→n | Product Growth

About

Senior Product Manager with 5+ years of experience building and scaling digital products across lending, payments and platforms. My experience spans 0→1 product development, 1→n scaling, API products, digital onboarding, underwriting, payments, partner integrations and product growth. I work at the intersection of customer experience, technology and business — partnering with Engineering, Risk, Credit, Operations and external partners to turn complex problems into simple, scalable products. I enjoy taking products from problem discovery to launch and scale, using data and customer insights to prioritise opportunities, improve journeys and drive business outcomes. Core areas: Product Strategy | Digital Lending | Payments | API Products | Platform Products | Product Growth | Partner Ecosystems

Location

Mumbai

AI stack

codex

cursor

gemini

ChatGPT

Figma Make

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Senior Product Manager at IDFC FIRST Bank, Apr 2026 - Present · 5 mos, Mumbai, • Own product strategy and growth for digital lending and platform products with accountability for revenue, acquisition, conversion and repeat borrowing. • Define product roadmap across lending, payments and partner platforms, balancing business growth, customer experience, risk and regulatory requirements. • Lead strategic initiatives to scale the partner ecosystem, with focus on API adoption, partner productivity, onboarding and lending throughput. • Drive cross-functional product decisions across Product, Engineering, Policy, Risk, Operations, Compliance and business teams. • Establish and track product health through disbursals, revenue, active partners, approval rate, conversion, TAT and repeat borrowing.

Product Manager at IDFC FIRST Bank, Sep 2022 - Mar 2026 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Mumbai, • Built and launched API-led lending journeys for external partners, covering onboarding, offer discovery, application, underwriting, disbursal and servicing. • Led integration of Account Aggregator, KYC, consent artefacts, e-mandates and UPI AutoPay into digital lending journeys. • Delivered real-time underwriting and automated decisioning capabilities, reducing manual intervention and improving lending turnaround time. • Owned migration and optimisation of Prequalified Offer Storage, including S3-based offer ingestion and fallback mechanisms to maintain offer availability. • Worked with Engineering and partner teams on API architecture, gateway integrations and platform workflows, translating business requirements into scalable product solutions. • Used dashboards and automation to identify funnel drop-offs, monitor product performance and drive iterative improvements.

Product Manager at ICICI Bank, Jun 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, As a Product Manager at ICICI Bank, I spearheaded the digitization of the lending process, improving customer satisfaction by 20%. I also led a cross-functional team in the development and launch of a new lending product that resulted in a 15% increase in revenue.

Marketing Intern at Pernod Ricard India, Apr 2020 - Jun 2020 · 3 mos, Gurgaon, Haryana

Consultant at Uber, Jul 2018 - May 2019 · 11 mos, Guwahati Area, India

Intern at Digital Avenues Ltd., May 2016 - Jun 2016 · 2 mos, Kolkata, West Bengal

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Marketing, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology, KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology