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Karthik Sankara Iyer

Product Leader @Amazon

Bengaluru

18+ years of work experience

Amazon
Oct 20242 yrs 1 moPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Product School
Aug 20231 yr 3 mosOct 2024

Product School is a global leader in Product Management training with a community of over two million product professionals. As a featured speaker, I share my learnings with aspiring and experienced Product Managers to inspire the next generation of innovative products and platforms.
Amazon
Aug 20213 yrs 2 mosSep 2024

United States

Built innovative products that reimagined customer experience harnessing data, AI, and next gen technologies, including Gen AI. Led cross-functional teams comprised of Engineering, Product, Design, Analytics and Security functions. Amazon Executive Speaker on Product Management and Innovation. HIGHLIGHTS: ► Led Generative AI enabled experience for a CPG major to reimagine the brand management experience and enhance operational efficiency by 40% ► Led successful launch of an industry-first truly online vehicle purchasing experience leveraging AI/ML predictive modeling to enhance customer conversion (by 70%) and reduce vehicle purchasing time (by 60%) ► Led successful rollout of a supplementary insurance product using AI/ML that enhanced customer retention by 20% ($100M annual premium revenue)
Accenture
May 20192 yrs 4 mosAug 2021

Greater Chicago Area

Built products and platforms (cloud-native) that achieved strategic business outcomes for Fortune 50 majors enabling accelerated time to market (40%), innovation/growth, and cost optimization (30%)
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Jan 20163 yrs 4 mosApr 2019

Greater Chicago Area

Led global teams (20+) in launching products and delivering complex business transformation programs for Fortune 50 firms with board-level visibility, mainly in Banking and Financial Services. This accomplished business objectives focused on cost take out, business innovation, agility, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance. Led advancement of our market offerings in collaboration with other BUs and partners from product strategy to market rollout. Highlights: ► Launched a lending transformation platform for a regional bank that enhanced auto-decisioning (from 35% to 80%) and provided a seamless, scalable origination, fulfillment, and servicing experience ► Defined the platform strategy, roadmap, architecture and established all associated services (including monitoring, logging, replication) to accomplish modernization for over 700 applications in the largest Oracle Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) / Exadata deployment in the market for a top 5 US bank ► Implemented an enterprise wire fraud solution that enhanced auto decisioning from 60% to 96%
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Jun 20114 yrs 7 mosDec 2015

For global banking and financial services majors, I successfully led creation of portfolio/product strategy, roadmap and influenced global teams to successfully deliver and launch innovative products and services. Advanced our capability Go to Market offerings to enhance value to customers and scale our practice.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Oct 20073 yrs 8 mosMay 2011

For global banking and financial services majors (which included American Express, First Data, Capital One), led product vision, roadmap and collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to implement scalable, distributed systems. Institutionalized data-centric approach for measuring outcomes and optimizing future releases.

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Education

Great Lakes Institute of Management

MBA, Finance

Great Lakes Institute of Management

20061 yr2007
Coimbatore Institute of Technology

BE, Electronics & Communication Engg

Coimbatore Institute of Technology

20004 yrs2004

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Headline

Product Leader @Amazon

About

Accomplished Product leader with over 20 years of global expertise in building successful products in consumer ecosystems, digital retailing, banking, financial services and payments. At Amazon/AWS, over the last 4.5 years, I have launched industry-disrupting solutions using AI, ML, and cloud native technologies. These have accelerated customer value, including enhanced revenue (70%), profitability (40%), and faster time-to market (50%). My prior leadership stints at Deloitte and Accenture deepened my skills in product strategy, C-Suite engagement, product development, and cross functional team collaboration. I am an Amazon Executive Speaker on Product Management and Innovation. As a featured speaker for the 'Product School', I am passionate in mentoring PMs and sharing my learning with the broader Product Community.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Product Leader (Amazon india) at Amazon, Oct 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Featured Speaker at Product School, Aug 2023 - Oct 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos, Product School is a global leader in Product Management training with a community of over two million product professionals. As a featured speaker, I share my learnings with aspiring and experienced Product Managers to inspire the next generation of innovative products and platforms.

Product Leader (Amazon Web Services US) at Amazon, Aug 2021 - Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos, United States, Built innovative products that reimagined customer experience harnessing data, AI, and next gen technologies, including Gen AI. Led cross-functional teams comprised of Engineering, Product, Design, Analytics and Security functions. Amazon Executive Speaker on Product Management and Innovation. HIGHLIGHTS: ► Led Generative AI enabled experience for a CPG major to reimagine the brand management experience and enhance operational efficiency by 40% ► Led successful launch of an industry-first truly online vehicle purchasing experience leveraging AI/ML predictive modeling to enhance customer conversion (by 70%) and reduce vehicle purchasing time (by 60%) ► Led successful rollout of a supplementary insurance product using AI/ML that enhanced customer retention by 20% ($100M annual premium revenue)

Senior Manager at Accenture, May 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Greater Chicago Area, Built products and platforms (cloud-native) that achieved strategic business outcomes for Fortune 50 majors enabling accelerated time to market (40%), innovation/growth, and cost optimization (30%)

Manager (Product Management) at Deloitte Consulting LLP, Jan 2016 - Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Greater Chicago Area, Led global teams (20+) in launching products and delivering complex business transformation programs for Fortune 50 firms with board-level visibility, mainly in Banking and Financial Services. This accomplished business objectives focused on cost take out, business innovation, agility, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance. Led advancement of our market offerings in collaboration with other BUs and partners from product strategy to market rollout. Highlights: ► Launched a lending transformation platform for a regional bank that enhanced auto-decisioning (from 35% to 80%) and provided a seamless, scalable origination, fulfillment, and servicing experience ► Defined the platform strategy, roadmap, architecture and established all associated services (including monitoring, logging, replication) to accomplish modernization for over 700 applications in the largest Oracle Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) / Exadata deployment in the market for a top 5 US bank ► Implemented an enterprise wire fraud solution that enhanced auto decisioning from 60% to 96%

Manager at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Jun 2011 - Dec 2015 · 4 yrs 7 mos, For global banking and financial services majors, I successfully led creation of portfolio/product strategy, roadmap and influenced global teams to successfully deliver and launch innovative products and services. Advanced our capability Go to Market offerings to enhance value to customers and scale our practice.

Senior Consultant (Product Manager) at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Oct 2007 - May 2011 · 3 yrs 8 mos, For global banking and financial services majors (which included American Express, First Data, Capital One), led product vision, roadmap and collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to implement scalable, distributed systems. Institutionalized data-centric approach for measuring outcomes and optimizing future releases.

Education

MBA, Finance, Great Lakes Institute of Management

BE, Electronics & Communication Engg, Coimbatore Institute of Technology

Public links

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXsPrhJQJg8

aws.amazon.com: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/industries/ecosystems-can-help-generate-new-revenue-streams-for-banks/

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