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Sr Product Manager @ SixT | AI product as hobby

About

I've spent the last decade building consumer products across mobility (SIXT, Ola), real-money gaming (A23), and ed-tech — scaling conversion, retention, and monetisation for products used by tens of millions. What drives me is owning a problem end-to-end and digging past the obvious answer to the real "why" behind user behaviour, then turning it into measurable impact. Today at SIXT Ride, I own customer experience and communications for our ride-hailing business. Recently I designed and shipped my own AI product, Tenet — an accountability partner for traders — from idea to live in five weeks. Always glad to connect with fellow builders.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude code

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lovable

mcp

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Work experience

Senior Product Manager at SIXT Research & Development India, Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Product Manager at Interview Kickstart, Jan 2022 - Nov 2022 · 11 mos, India, Part of founding PM team. Managed marketing and Curriculum pods to improve sales funnel and student experience respectively. Implemented few initiatives like customer connect sessions and product visions and roadmaps.

Senior Product Manager at Head Digital Works Pvt Ltd., Apr 2021 - Dec 2021 · 9 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Product Manager at Head Digital Works Pvt Ltd., Sep 2018 - Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Greater Hyderabad Area, Problem solved acquisition & retention in online rummy game. Shipped high impact features directly impacting top line

Associate Product Manager, Marketplace at Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd), Sep 2017 - Jul 2018 · 11 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Worked on a product to shape supply by area & time to meet demand in peak hours in urban cities.

Program Manager, Supply growth at Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd), Apr 2017 - Aug 2017 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Associate Program Manager at Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd), Sep 2016 - Mar 2017 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Finance approver for Rentals and Outstation categories; Responsible for P&L reporting - Responsible for health of the supply (top 6 cities) - SPOC for Chennai profitability for two quarters (Q4, Q1) - Part of Ola play team; Responsible for the delivery of fixed costs recovery plan

Business Analyst at Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd), Jul 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Responsible for supply and profitability in North zone (11 cities) - Automated the entire incentive design through Google spreadsheets - Part of Micro category launch team. Involved in supply segmentation and TFS-Ola migration - Handled TFS closure process, involving transfer of payables and receivables from TFS to Ola books

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Public links

github: https://github.com/rahulkandalam