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Shashank Rao

PMP® | Program Manager @ YOUGotaGift | ex-Pine Labs | Enterprise SaaS, Payments & Gift Card Ecosystems | Customer Success & Stakeholder Management

Bengaluru

10+ years of work experience

YouGotaGift
Aug 20251 yr 2 mosPresent

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Pine Labs
May 20254 mosAug 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pine Labs
Jul 20178 yrs 1 moJul 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pine Labs
Sep 201611 mosJul 2017

India

Shashank’s AI Stack

gemini
gemini
openai
openai

Education

SDM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (SDMIT), UJIRE

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communications Engineering

SDM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (SDMIT), UJIRE

20124 yrs2016

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Headline

PMP® | Program Manager @ YOUGotaGift | ex-Pine Labs | Enterprise SaaS, Payments & Gift Card Ecosystems | Customer Success & Stakeholder Management

About

PMP® Certified Senior Program Manager with 9+ years of experience delivering scalable payment solutions, closed-loop gift card platforms, and enterprise SaaS integrations across global retail and eCommerce markets (GCC, UAE, KSA). I bridge the gap between business strategy and engineering execution—owning end-to-end program lifecycles, API integrations, and cross-functional Agile delivery. Core Focus: Program Execution: Account Ownership, Agile, Risk Management, Project Management Domain Expertise: Gift Cards, Payment Processing, E-Wallets, APIs Strategic Partnerships: Stakeholder Alignment, Vendor Onboarding, Regional Compliance 📩 Get in touch: raoshashank1994@gmail.com

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

gemini

openai

Work experience

Program Manager at YouGotaGift, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Senior Program Manager at Pine Labs, May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Program Manager at Pine Labs, Jul 2017 - Jul 2025 · 8 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Engineer at Pine Labs, Sep 2016 - Jul 2017 · 11 mos, India

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communications Engineering, SDM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (SDMIT), UJIRE

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