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title: "Manan Dharsandia - Product Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Manan Dharsandia, AI Product Manager | 3+ Years in B2C Mobile | 0-to-1 Development, Monetization, Retention based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and cursor."
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# Manan Dharsandia on Tal

## Headline

AI Product Manager \| 3\+ Years in B2C Mobile \| 0\-to\-1 Development, Monetization, Retention

## About

As a Product Manager with over three years of experience, I specialize in 0\-to\-1 product development, growth, and monetization strategies\. My expertise lies in building and scaling B2C mobile products, including titles with over 50 million downloads\. At PlaySimple Games, I successfully led a 17\-member cross\-functional team to launch a zero to one product from ideation to execution, achieving breakeven in just eight months\. With a strong foundation in product analytics and AI\-enabled workflows, I am passionate about leveraging data\-driven strategies to drive user engagement and business growth\. My academic background includes an MBA from IIT Bombay and a B\.Tech in Computer Science, equipping me with the technical and strategic skills to excel in the dynamic field of product management\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

Figma Make

## Work experience

Product Manager at PlaySimple Games, Feb 2026 \- Present · 8 mos, Bengaluru, • Implemented AI tools into system to simplify product analytics & improved A/B testing and investigation analysis time cost by 70% • Led the roadmap planning activity end to end for zero\-to\-one product development, with 36% of the features exceeding Expected Outcomes, 52% of the features hitting Expected outcome threshold and only 12% of the feature \(4 features\) completely failing

Associate Product Manager at PlaySimple Games, Aug 2024 \- Mar 2026 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Developed WordSearch Solitaire from ideation to the implementation stage, a complete 0→1 product life cycle\. • Managed 25\+ agile sprints end\-to\-end in co\-ordination with input and execution team • Drafted 90\+ Product Requirement document \(PRD\) ensuring complete clarity and detailing about product requirements • Implemented 50\+ features, which includes retention, monetisation, tech\-opts & LiveOps based features • Developed the central charts, dashboards and analytical tools to track key business metrics • Architected core content recommendation logic to dynamically adjust game difficulty, optimizing player engagement & experience

Management Trainee \- Product Management at PlaySimple Games, May 2023 \- Jul 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Conducted the product roadmap planning by collaborating with cross\-functional teams • Designed new game mode targeting low engaging users and improved clear rate • Shipped download infra collaborating with engineering team, improving download success rate by 250 bps

Summer Intern at Synergy Consulting, Inc\., Apr 2022 \- Jun 2022 · 3 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, • Financial Analyst: Prepared RFQ & RFP evaluation criteria for selection of Strategic Partner for USD \~$3\.5 Bn\. Hydro\-Power project • Identified Water sector projects in South Africa for potential consulting engagement; and initiated the proposals for PPP projects

Intern at Medialytics, Jul 2020 \- Sep 2020 · 3 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, • Developed a forecasting ML model on 15 years of historical Nifty\-50 data to the support decision making of a BTST trading strategy • Improved model accuracy by 200 bps refining & redefining the forecasting logic of the existing model resulting in higher profitability

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, IIT Bombay \- Shailesh J\. Mehta School of Management

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Engineering, MIT World Peace University

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