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title: "Seshendra Parankusam - Technical Product Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Seshendra Parankusam, Senior Product Manager | AI Platforms · Workforce Tech · Marketplace Products | Targeting Staff/Principal PM Roles | IIT Madras · IIM Ahmedabad based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude."
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# Seshendra Parankusam on Tal

## Headline

Senior Product Manager \| AI Platforms · Workforce Tech · Marketplace Products \| Targeting Staff/Principal PM Roles \| IIT Madras · IIM Ahmedabad

## About

I build AI products that solve real workforce problems at scale, not AI for its own sake\. Over 13 years I've learned that the hardest part of AI product work isn't building the model\. It's knowing which problems are actually worth solving, which constraints will kill you at scale, and when to tell leadership that a technically impressive product isn't the right bet\. I've done all three\. At Centific I served as sole PM on Pitaya, an enterprise agentic AI platform for retail using computer vision and predictive analytics\. The pilots worked\. The outcomes were strong: 15 to 25% revenue growth, $180M projected loss reduction\. But I surfaced the ecosystem constraints \(edge hardware dependencies, long ROI cycles, camera infrastructure requirements\) that informed the executive decision to deprioritize it in favor of faster\-scaling software\-first opportunities\. That's the kind of product judgment I try to bring to every role\. Beyond Pitaya, I owned all four AI initiatives on OneForma, a global AI workforce platform with 2M\+ users: Job Recommendations \(18% apply conversion lift\), Find Talent \(recruiter discovery\), Domain Taxonomy \(a shared semantic layer that eliminated siloed skill definitions across Pre\-sales, Recruiting, and Analytics\), and Chatbot \(31% support ticket reduction during a major platform launch\)\. I also built the fraud prevention framework from scratch: 10\+ vectors spanning KYC, MFA, device and IP checks, and address validation\. Drove 40% reduction in manual review workload and 25% faster escalation resolution\. That work directly contributed to multiple enterprise client renewals, including one contract that doubled from $5M to $10M\. Earlier, at foundit \(formerly Monster APAC\), I drove 4x growth in active job listings and 33% ad revenue growth on one of Asia's largest recruitment platforms\. I'm a fully remote worker, comfortable across time zones, with engineering teams I've managed across China, India, and Brazil and stakeholders across Europe and the US\. Currently exploring Staff and Principal PM roles in AI\-powered platforms, workforce tech, and multi\-sided marketplaces\. Remote, any timezone\. IIT Madras \(B\.Tech, Electrical Engineering\) · IIM Ahmedabad \(MBA, elected Academic Secretary\)

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

## Work experience

Technical Product Manager at Centific, Apr 2023 \- Jun 2026 · 3 y 2 mo, Remote, One of 4 PMs at OneForma \(Centific\), a global AI workforce platform with 2M\+ users across Americas, Europe, and Asia\. Owned resource\-facing modules, all AI initiatives, OneForma Service, and fraud management\. Fully remote; engineering in China, India, and Brazil; stakeholders in the US and EU\. Pitaya \(Agentic AI\): Sole PM on 0 to 1 delivery of an enterprise agentic AI platform \(computer vision, IoT, business data\) for retail\. Piloted across 2 to 3 large clients; annualized outcomes of 15 to 25% revenue growth, 25% cost savings, and $180M projected loss reduction\. Surfaced strategic scale constraints \(edge hardware dependencies, long ROI cycles\) that directly informed the executive decision to pivot to software\-first growth\. AI Initiatives: 4 shipped products: Job Recommendations \(18% apply conversion lift\), Find Talent \(recruiter discovery\), Domain Taxonomy \(shared semantic layer across Pre\-sales, Recruiting, and Analytics\), and Chatbot \(31% support ticket reduction during V2 launch\)\. Resource UX & Onboarding: UX across 5 global personas; 27% improvement in profile completeness; integrated Affinda resume parsing with an AI inference layer, reducing profile setup time from 20 to 5 minutes\. OneForma Service: Internal ops and integration layer for \~200 staff\. Defined RBAC from scratch, led global MFA/OTP rollout across 20\+ countries including China\-specific SMS compliance, integrated Brevo lifecycle automations\. Fraud & Compliance: 10\+ vector prevention framework \(KYC, MFA, device/IP checks\)\. Drove 40% reduction in manual review workload, 25% faster escalation resolution, directly contributing to a contract that doubled from $5M to $10M\.

Senior Product Manager at Monster India, Feb 2021 \- Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, One of Asia's largest recruitment platforms across APAC and the Middle East\. Worked across the full job portal ecosystem: supply, search, monetization, and seeker engagement\. Supply & Search: Achieved 4x growth in active job listings \(1\.5L to 6L\) in 12 months by integrating new supply sources\. Implemented a proprietary Job Completion Score \(an evaluation signal assessing structured completeness of job postings\) to improve candidate\-facing search rankings and matching quality\. Managed 1 PM and 4 data analysts\. Monetization & Engagement: Grew ad revenue 33% to INR 6Cr via targeted DFP ads across 9 sites; boosted ad\-email revenue 25% to INR 5Cr via internal mailing tool with 5M daily capacity\. Drove 12% uplift in active seekers via CleverTap re\-engagement; grew new seeker base by 1L through third\-party job search integration\. Recognition: Employee of the Year 2022\.

Product cum Program Manager at MoveInSync, Jul 2019 \- Nov 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, B2B employee transportation platform serving 350K\+ daily active users across India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa\. Led product and program management for the routing, sequencing, and travel time prediction engine\. Routing & Prediction: Improved travel time prediction accuracy from 75% to 90% for ride\-later scenarios; reduced route generation time by 43% through revamped sequencing logic for high\-capacity vehicles; cut vendor allocation time by 47% via a redesigned Route Editor enabling concurrent routing\. Delivered 17% fleet operations savings; built forensic tools recovering INR 17Cr for a client\. Managed 5 BAs and 2 APMs\.

EA to MD/CEO at D\-VoiS Communications Private Limited \(Formerly D\-VoiS Broadband Pvt\. Ltd\.\), Feb 2018 \- Jul 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Chief of Staff equivalent at a Rs\. 100Cr telecom company, leading strategy, operations, investor relations, and cross\-functional coordination for the MD/CEO\. → Identified and resolved a Rs\. 3Cr revenue leakage in B2C subscription plans → Led due diligence for a potential 37% subscriber base expansion → Prepared investment pitches and monthly investor reports → Built executive dashboards across daily, MTD, and monthly cadences

Senior Analyst at D\. E\. Shaw Research, May 2016 \- Sep 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos, Hyderabad Area, India, Supported operations and talent functions at one of the world's leading computational chemistry firms\.

Investment Banking Associate at Allegro Advisors, May 2015 \- Apr 2016 · 11 mo, Bengaluru

System Engineer at Marvell Semiconductor, Jan 2011 \- May 2013 · 2 y 4 mo, Bengaluru

Design Engineer at Mechatronics Test Equipment, Aug 2009 \- Jul 2010 · 11 mo, Pune

## Education

Post Graduate Program, Finance & Operations, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

B\.Tech, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

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