Headline

Senior Product Manager | Mobility Products

About

On a mission to democratise Connected Mobility Offerings in Last Mile Segment. Currently overseeing multiple software product lines at Mahindra Last Mile Mobility Ltd. Product and Innovation Leader with expertise in building 0-1 initiatives and scaling diverse enterprise and consumer products categories. Adept at cross-functional leadership and managing end to end product lifecycle, including complex embedded and software development cycle. Proven ability to drive strategic product development and growth. I thrive at the intersection of technology, business, and user-centric design, and feel energised by building products that solve real-world problems at scale. My approach towards managing products is rooted in developing compelling value propositions for customer that fuel revenue / growth and elevate user experience. [Views posted on this platform are personal]

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

ChatGPT

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Senior Product Manager at Mahindra Last Mile Mobility, May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, - NEMO is Mahindra’s Connected Mobility Platform that empowers enterprise customers and individual vehicle owners to track, maintain and obtain insights for their fleets and vehicles. - Responsible for product strategy, roadmap and go to market for multiple product lines spanning AI Agents, Fleet Management SaaS, Developer platform, API as Service, Driver Companion Apps , Device Management Platform. - Leading cross functional team comprised of Application Development, Data Science, UX, Embedded Hardware for Development and Sales, Marketing, Customer Care, Finance for Go to Market. - Established product discovery and validation mechanism including KPI definition. Translated customer feedback, product telemetry, competitive landscape into requirements and prioritisation decisions. Key Achievements: • Incubated and launched new product offerings : AI Agents, Developer Platform, Ad Campaign Manager. • Productised API as service and transformed Fleet Management SaaS into differentiated product offering unlocking revenue growth. • Redesigned and launched Driver Companion Consumer App for Next Billion Users . Achieved strong retention driven by PLG initiatives. • Led integration of nine charging IoT providing a single charging hub discovery experience. • Increased device uptime and reduced activation time significantly by revamping device and subscription management capabilities. • Led the product expansion into new customer segment : aggregators , financiers and South Asian Region. • Led GTM transformation by establishing positioning and messaging pillars, pricing and packaging, and sales enablement. Delivered train the trainer demos.

Senior Technical Lead / Product Manager at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India, 2013 - 2023 · 10 yrs, 10-year career spanning Software Engineering → Innovation Leadership → Product Ownership. Built ML, IoT, and simulation-driven products for manufacturing operations across India and Stuttgart, Germany. Product Ownership : Digital Twin & Industrial IoT - ModelX empowers engineers to model faster and reduces mistakes. Responsible for product strategy and roadmap execution of ModelX. Conceptualised and secured executive funding and built scrum team comprising of data scientist and application developers for development. -Launched recommendation system that significantly reduced model-building time and drove strong adoption through iterative user feedback. Innovation Leadership - Responsible to increase innovation index for division composed of 250+ multi disciplinary engineers. Built team of innovation evangelists, designed and delivered training programs on Design Thinking and TRIZ methodology, and organised brainstorming sessions that consistently increased patent submissions YoY for three consecutive years. Software Development - Developed digital twin models using ML, IoT, and simulation for manufacturing and logistics operations . Development resulted in 5 patent filings and substantial measurable impact - Built genetic algorithm-based optimization model for equipment design that dramatically reduced costs for designers [Patent filed] - Developed packing optimization algorithm for logistics that significantly reduced transportation damage [Patent: 886/CHE/2015] - Developed ML-based model enabling factory robots to pick non-guided components for production planners [Patent: 6333/CHE/2015]

Education

M.Sc (Hons) Physics and B.E (Hons) Mechanical, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

EMBA, Product Leadership, Institute of Product Leadership