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AI Product Manager | Enterprise AI & Automation | RAG Systems | 6+ Years Building Production-Ready AI Products

About

AI Product Manager with 6+ years shaping enterprise-grade automation, analytics, and generative AI products. I blend strategy, data science, and delivery leadership to ship production-ready AI assistants, onboarding tools, and analytics platforms that elevate recruiter productivity, speed time-to-hire, and improve revenue outcomes. --> Current Focus: At PeopleLogic Business Solutions, I own the AI product portfolio end-to-end, managing 4+ direct reports and driving strategic decisions across RAG systems, automation platforms, and analytics products serving 100+ recruiters. --> Key Achievements: • Launched "HR Assist"—a RAG-based HR policy copilot (Groq + Pinecone) that cut policy lookup time by 90% with 95% satisfaction • Shipped AI recruiter toolkit with Gemini 2.5 Flash, reducing onboarding content creation from 2 hours to under a minute • Orchestrated ATS/CRM modernization increasing recruiter productivity by 30% and reducing lead-to-hire cycle time • Built SpringBoard analytics dashboards eliminating 80% of manual reporting while surfacing real-time KPI insights • Scaled AI productivity suite boosting recruiter throughput by 50% and increasing candidate shortlist rate to 80% --> Technical Expertise: Generative AI | RAG Architectures (LLMs, Pinecone, Groq, Gemini) | MLOps | Workflow Automation | ATS/CRM Integration | Analytics & BI --> Tech Stack: Python, SQL | Groq (Qwen 3 32B), Pinecone, Gemini 2.0 Flash, HuggingFace, LangChain | Oorwin, Ceipal, Zoho CRM, Make.com, VAPI I am passionate about building AI products that solve real business problems and deliver measurable impact. Open to connecting with fellow AI PMs, ML engineers, and product leaders. #AIProductManagement #GenerativeAI #RAG #MLOps #EnterpriseAI #ProductManagement

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Product Manager – AI & Automation at PeopleLogic, Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Own AI product portfolio end-to-end and driving strategic decisions across RAG systems, automation platforms, and analytics products that serve 100+ recruiters. Key Achievements: 🚀 Launched "HR Assist"—a RAG-based HR policy copilot on Groq + Pinecone—cutting policy lookup time by 90% and delivering 95% satisfaction across 50+ documents 🤖 Shipped an AI recruiter toolkit (handbook generator, resume evaluator) with Gemini 2.5 Flash that trimmed onboarding content creation from 2 hours to under a minute and automated candidate evaluation from 15 minutes to 20 seconds ⚙️ Orchestrated ATS and CRM modernisation (Oorwin, Ceipal, Zoho) with Make.com integrations, increasing recruiter productivity 30% and reducing lead-to-hire cycle time 📊 Built SpringBoard analytics dashboards combining ATS, Naukri, and VoxPro data, eliminating 80% of manual reporting while surfacing KPI insights in real time 🤖 Piloted AI call bots for L1 interviews via VAPI, offloading 25% of recruiter screening workload and capturing structured candidate feedback for model retraining

Business Development Specialist at Open Financial Technologies, Nov 2020 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Partnered with product and data teams on fintech growth experiments, driving revenue and customer acquisition through data-led product decisions. Key Achievements: 📈 Increased ARPA by 20% through pricing and feature iteration based on 100+ customer feedback inputs 📊 Created competitive intelligence and go-to-market playbooks that accelerated customer acquisition by 30% 💼 Enabled cross-sell motions resulting in additional 20% ARPA uplift

Co-Founder at PocketTrucks Services Private Limited, Feb 2018 - Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, India's 1st Online Truck Booking Platform With Live Bidding! https://www.pockettrucks.com/ Description: Built India's first real-time truck booking platform (bidding-based marketplace) from zero to one, handling product design, feature prioritization, and hands-on customer acquisition. Key Achievements: 🚛 Built and launched logistics marketplace MVP reaching 80% fleet utilisation within 60 days 💰 Secured ₹10L seed funding ⚡ Implemented real-time booking and dispatch automation that cut wait times by 50% for shippers and fleet owners 👥 Onboarded 190 drivers in 2 months through field operations

Procurement Engineer at LKQ India Private Limited, Jul 2016 - Jan 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Designed analytics-powered sourcing workflows that increased procurement productivity by 70% across automotive aftermarket SKUs. Provided product feedback on internal automation tools, helping reduce user effort by ~50%.

Graduate Apprentice Trainee at Volvo Group, Dec 2014 - Nov 2015 · 1 yr, Greater Bengaluru Area, Contributed to new product development for BRT and SLF bus prototypes tailored to Indian market requirements. Identified logistics inefficiencies that later inspired the founding of PocketTrucks.

Education

Product Manager, Product Management, Nextleap

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Visvesvaraya Technological University

Public links

github: https://github.com/riteshnaik77