Headline

Associate Product Manager | Activation & Onboarding | Enterprise SaaS · FinTech · AI Products | PRDs → Outcomes | Building Agentic PM Workflows | Cognizant + Startup

About

Associate Product Manager with 3+ years driving product execution across enterprise SaaS and early-stage startup environments. At Cognizant, I work with business, engineering, and operations stakeholders to translate complex requirements into structured workflows — cutting enterprise onboarding from 10 to 6 weeks, leading cross-functional squads through delivery cycles, and accelerating release cycles through structured PRDs and milestone-scoped backlogs. In parallel, I consult for FinnDot, a FinTech startup, where I owned research-to-GTM, diagnosed post-launch failures, and took the product from beta to 1,000+ downloads in 2 months — solving problems without a playbook and shipping fast under real constraints. Beyond my core roles, I actively work on AI product thinking — conducting full product teardowns, identifying retention gaps, and building agent-based tools independently using Google AI Studio, Vercel, and Replit. I'm interested in APM roles where I can combine enterprise execution rigour with startup-speed problem solving, across SaaS, FinTech, or AI-native products.

Location

India

AI stack

aistudio

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codex

lovable

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Work experience

Programming Analyst at Cognizant, Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos, Remote, Reduced enterprise client onboarding time 40% (10 → 6 weeks) by redesigning workflows and automating manual validation checkpoints — successfully migrating 15+ clients with 95% retention. Led a 20-member cross-functional squad (engineering, ops, QA) to deliver enterprise releases, accelerating delivery cycles 30% through structured PRDs, milestone-scoped backlogs, and rapid prototyping. Drove high-impact automation initiatives across key workflows; awarded Star Performer (Top 5%) for execution and team leadership.

Product Consultant(Part time,Unpaid,Weekend only) at FinnDot by Anomapro, Oct 2025 - Jun 2026 · 9 mos, Remote, Owned research-to-GTM: conducted market and user research pre-launch to validate pain points and define positioning — taking the app from beta to 1,000+ downloads in 2 months. Diagnosed 4 post-launch failures (onboarding drop-off, AI model friction, feature confusion, Day-1 retention drop) — shipped fixes across 3 release cycles, lifting activation 18%. Solved a unique AI distribution problem: personal finance insights ran on an on-device model users downloaded voluntarily — redesigned the flow to show value before prompting download, directly reducing AI feature abandonment.

Intern at Cognizant, Jun 2022 - Sep 2022 · 4 mos, Remote, Intern in the web development stream. Collaborated with development teams on client projects, gaining exposure to software development lifecycle and agile methodologies

Project Intern at Bharat Electronics Limited, Nov 2021 - Dec 2021 · 2 mos, On-site, Contributed to network management project involving multi-protocol implementation across diverse network infrastructure elements. Developed Python-based network configuration and monitoring solutions, gaining hands-on experience with enterprise-grade telecommunications systems. Managed network configurations using Putty and command-line interfaces, demonstrating technical proficiency in system administration.

Intern at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, May 2021 - Jun 2021 · 2 mos, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Gained comprehensive knowledge in the evolution of telecommunications, modulation techniques, and network systems, along with an understanding of the advancements across generations of mobile communication technologies.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Telecommunications Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, BANGALORE

Public links

github: https://github.com/rishi0220

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@productstoriesbyrishi