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Shashank Raghavendra

Product @ Marmin | Ex-Rapido, Ex-ThoughtWorks

Bengaluru

14+ years of work experience

Marmin
Nov 20232 yrs 10 mosPresent

- Expanded Marmin from a single-market compliance tool to a multi-region B2B fintech suite (KSA, UAE, Oman, Malaysia), growing active merchants from 200 to 1,000+. - Spearheaded MVP localization, licensing, and compliance frameworks for IRBM (Malaysia), FTA (UAE), and OTA (Oman) to enable complex ERP integrations. - Migrated core architectures from an outsourced model to an in-house product team, cutting development overhead cost by 50%.
upGrad
Jun 20218 mosJan 2022

Online coach for the ‘Product Management Certification Program’ at UpGrad in collaboration with Duke University; managed two cohorts of 25 students each.
Rapido
Oct 20194 yrs 1 moOct 2023

- Built a data-driven incentive engine for 500k MAU drivers across 85 cities, cutting spend by 40% while boosting weekly retention by 3%. - Overhauled the activation funnel using predictive models, increasing zero-touch driver activations by 15% and cutting customer acquisition costs by 95%. - Launched Driver Subscriptions, Rapido Pay (closed-wallet), and proactive Google ODRD safety monitoring to boost driver stickiness by 10% and secure safe rides for 8M MAUs.
Thoughtworks
Jan 20199 mosSep 2019

Greater Bengaluru Area

- Established cross-functional agile teams and delivery standards to guarantee strategic alignment for high-growth client startups and enterprise partners. - Directed the end-to-end product discovery and development of a closed-wallet system for one of India's largest food delivery platforms. - Managed multi-geography teams across 4 time zones to build a data warehouse prototype for a global stock market, improving reconciliation transparency.
Thoughtworks
Jun 20153 yrs 7 mosDec 2018

Greater Bengaluru Area

- Spearheaded a hospital management platform's deployment in Uganda, South Sudan, and Syria, cutting data reconciliation times from 7 days to under 1 hour. - Owned the end-to-end design, user research, and product roadmap for a diabetes-focused iOS app, partnering directly with the client's CPO. - Led cross-functional delivery teams and client stakeholder management to successfully bring complex software solutions to market.
Thoughtworks
Aug 20113 yrs 10 mosMay 2015

Greater Bengaluru Area

- Managed product quality assurance and delivery metrics for one of the largest train ticketing and food retail platforms in the UK. - Designed and built an automated mobile test suite using Calabash, slashing production deployment times from 12 hours to under 3 hours. - Implemented continuous integration practices to increase test coverage, reduce manual overhead, and ensure high-velocity software releases.

Education

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

PGPEM, MBA

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

20222 yrs2024
RV College of Engineering

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication Engineering

RV College of Engineering

20074 yrs2011

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Headline

Product @ Marmin | Ex-Rapido, Ex-ThoughtWorks

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Head of Product at Marmin, Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos, - Expanded Marmin from a single-market compliance tool to a multi-region B2B fintech suite (KSA, UAE, Oman, Malaysia), growing active merchants from 200 to 1,000+. - Spearheaded MVP localization, licensing, and compliance frameworks for IRBM (Malaysia), FTA (UAE), and OTA (Oman) to enable complex ERP integrations. - Migrated core architectures from an outsourced model to an in-house product team, cutting development overhead cost by 50%.

Coach at upGrad, Jun 2021 - Jan 2022 · 8 mos, Online coach for the ‘Product Management Certification Program’ at UpGrad in collaboration with Duke University; managed two cohorts of 25 students each.

Lead Product Manager at Rapido, Oct 2019 - Oct 2023 · 4 yrs 1 mo, - Built a data-driven incentive engine for 500k MAU drivers across 85 cities, cutting spend by 40% while boosting weekly retention by 3%. - Overhauled the activation funnel using predictive models, increasing zero-touch driver activations by 15% and cutting customer acquisition costs by 95%. - Launched Driver Subscriptions, Rapido Pay (closed-wallet), and proactive Google ODRD safety monitoring to boost driver stickiness by 10% and secure safe rides for 8M MAUs.

Lead Business Analyst at Thoughtworks, Jan 2019 - Sep 2019 · 9 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, - Established cross-functional agile teams and delivery standards to guarantee strategic alignment for high-growth client startups and enterprise partners. - Directed the end-to-end product discovery and development of a closed-wallet system for one of India's largest food delivery platforms. - Managed multi-geography teams across 4 time zones to build a data warehouse prototype for a global stock market, improving reconciliation transparency.

Senior Business Analyst at Thoughtworks, Jun 2015 - Dec 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, - Spearheaded a hospital management platform's deployment in Uganda, South Sudan, and Syria, cutting data reconciliation times from 7 days to under 1 hour. - Owned the end-to-end design, user research, and product roadmap for a diabetes-focused iOS app, partnering directly with the client's CPO. - Led cross-functional delivery teams and client stakeholder management to successfully bring complex software solutions to market.

Senior Quality Analyst at Thoughtworks, Aug 2011 - May 2015 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, - Managed product quality assurance and delivery metrics for one of the largest train ticketing and food retail platforms in the UK. - Designed and built an automated mobile test suite using Calabash, slashing production deployment times from 12 hours to under 3 hours. - Implemented continuous integration practices to increase test coverage, reduce manual overhead, and ensure high-velocity software releases.

Education

PGPEM, MBA, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication Engineering, RV College of Engineering