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Shivam Verma

Head of Product • AI Researcher • Podcast @making_sense

Bengaluru

5+ years of work experience

astuto.ai
Nov 202511 mosPresent

Remote

• Leading AI-native cost governance for cloud-heavy companies • Moving from dashboards → autonomous cost control • Designing systems that understand, explain, and act on cloud spend
Making Sense
Aug 20233 yrs 2 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

One of the three hosts of Making sense podcast, One place for all of your career guidance!
astuto.ai
Mar 20259 mosNov 2025

On-site

• Turned a reporting tool into an enterprise cloud cost platform • Built k8s governance engine • Solved messy real-world problems: unit economics, spend, broken accountability • Shipped governance frameworks used by finance + engineering
astuto.ai
Mar 20241 yr 1 moMar 2025

On-site

• Built the product 0 → 1 • Owned everything: discovery, UX, roadmap, shipping • Laid the foundation for cloud cost intelligence at scale
Zluri
Jun 20221 yr 9 mosFeb 2024

Hybrid

Zluri is a B2B SaaS management platform Series B funded startup that lets IT admins and CISOs manage their SaaS spending, usage, and Employee Life cycle. I owned the ideation, orchestration, and development of the Unified Access Management (UAM) product line which grew and achieved $0.5 million in ARR within 2 years of launch. 1. Led the product from Concept to Launch (0-1), Growth (1-10) and Scale (1-100) 2. Led a team of 12 (Devs, CSMs, Sales associates, and PMMs) to strategize and deliver results in a boost increase in user engagement Q-o-Q since launch (4 months of Beta and 2 years of launch) 3. Implemented user interviews and feedback to improve product leading to a decrease in churn and an increase in CSAT (with a reduction in over 30% number of query/bug tickets). 4. Building and Overseeing over 80+ SaaS deep integrations with the Zluri app ensuring timely client delivery with end- to-end functionality. 5. Filed and Secured Patent on “Unique Employee Onboarding/Offboarding engine” in India and USA 6. Conducted ~15 webinars and onsite seminars as a channel to network, market, and grow customer base.
Zluri
Aug 202111 mosJun 2022

Remote

1. Leading the Compliance and Risk module of Zluri 2. Building Employee App store - a way for organisation's employees to request for licenses from their IT admins via zluri or slack 3. Conceptualising UAM module from 0-1 for onboarding and offboarding usecases of organisations. 4. Delivering 300+ SaaS zluri native integrations. 5. Primary POC as a PM for about 300K usd ACV clients 6. Got promoted to own UAM module 7. Building internal tools using retool to automate internal use cases. 8. Involved in entry to mid-level hiring in product and tech team
Arrow (YC S21)
Jul 20216 mosDec 2021

Singapore

Arrow is a YC-funded D2C checkout platform that lets shoppers create a single profile for all of their payments. I was on a contract to own product architecture for a payment gateway and integrated 4 payment gateways of Singapore 1. Ideated and delivered integration with Shopify and Wix that led to an increase in new user signups 2. Optimizing the checkout experience, resulting in a 35% increase in overall transaction completion and customer satisfaction within 3 months. 3. Designing product architecture that achieves platform scalability and modularity when it comes to payment gateway and payment method integrations.
Zluri
May 20214 mosAug 2021

Remote

Building and monitoring the success of custom integration for clients increasing their IT tasks and simplifying their SaaS stack for better performance and reduced security risks. Worked on constantly analyzing the product performance and iterate on the same to keep improving the product experience.
CashKaro.com
Jan 20217 mosJul 2021

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Cashkaro is a Tata-backed Affiliate purchase platform where I owned and Led subsidiary ‘Earnkaro’ from 0-1 ideating to releasing MVP 1. Conducted user interviews, designed prototypes of Home, Make link and Usage tracking from 0-1 2. Collaborated with the marketing team for product positioning resulting in a 15% increase in market share. 3. Worked directly under CEO for conceptualising new produclines

Shivam’s AI Stack

aistudio
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anthropic apis
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claude code
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claude
codex
codex
cursor
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Education

KLE Technological University - Hubballi (India)

BE - Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science

KLE Technological University - Hubballi (India)

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Headline

Head of Product • AI Researcher • Podcast @making_sense

About

As a product manager, I aim to maximize the effectiveness of the customer-facing products by conducting intensive research and strong analysis. I am also a co-host of the Making Sense podcast, where I share my insights and experiences on building products and product mapping. I enjoy engaging with the listeners and providing them with career guidance and tips. I am passionate about learning new things and exploring new domains, such as consumer neuroscience and neuromarketing. My goal is to create products that are user-centric, data-driven, and impactful.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

aistudio

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

Work experience

Lead Product Manager at astuto.ai, Nov 2025 - Present · 11 mos, Remote, • Leading AI-native cost governance for cloud-heavy companies • Moving from dashboards → autonomous cost control • Designing systems that understand, explain, and act on cloud spend

Co Host at Making Sense, Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, One of the three hosts of Making sense podcast, One place for all of your career guidance!

Senior Product Manager at astuto.ai, Mar 2025 - Nov 2025 · 9 mos, On-site, • Turned a reporting tool into an enterprise cloud cost platform • Built k8s governance engine • Solved messy real-world problems: unit economics, spend, broken accountability • Shipped governance frameworks used by finance + engineering

Product Manager - II at astuto.ai, Mar 2024 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo, On-site, • Built the product 0 → 1 • Owned everything: discovery, UX, roadmap, shipping • Laid the foundation for cloud cost intelligence at scale

Product Manager at Zluri, Jun 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos, Hybrid, Zluri is a B2B SaaS management platform Series B funded startup that lets IT admins and CISOs manage their SaaS spending, usage, and Employee Life cycle. I owned the ideation, orchestration, and development of the Unified Access Management (UAM) product line which grew and achieved $0.5 million in ARR within 2 years of launch. 1. Led the product from Concept to Launch (0-1), Growth (1-10) and Scale (1-100) 2. Led a team of 12 (Devs, CSMs, Sales associates, and PMMs) to strategize and deliver results in a boost increase in user engagement Q-o-Q since launch (4 months of Beta and 2 years of launch) 3. Implemented user interviews and feedback to improve product leading to a decrease in churn and an increase in CSAT (with a reduction in over 30% number of query/bug tickets). 4. Building and Overseeing over 80+ SaaS deep integrations with the Zluri app ensuring timely client delivery with end- to-end functionality. 5. Filed and Secured Patent on “Unique Employee Onboarding/Offboarding engine” in India and USA 6. Conducted ~15 webinars and onsite seminars as a channel to network, market, and grow customer base.

Associate Product Manager at Zluri, Aug 2021 - Jun 2022 · 11 mos, Remote, 1. Leading the Compliance and Risk module of Zluri 2. Building Employee App store - a way for organisation's employees to request for licenses from their IT admins via zluri or slack 3. Conceptualising UAM module from 0-1 for onboarding and offboarding usecases of organisations. 4. Delivering 300+ SaaS zluri native integrations. 5. Primary POC as a PM for about 300K usd ACV clients 6. Got promoted to own UAM module 7. Building internal tools using retool to automate internal use cases. 8. Involved in entry to mid-level hiring in product and tech team

Product Management Associate at Arrow (YC S21), Jul 2021 - Dec 2021 · 6 mos, Singapore, Arrow is a YC-funded D2C checkout platform that lets shoppers create a single profile for all of their payments. I was on a contract to own product architecture for a payment gateway and integrated 4 payment gateways of Singapore 1. Ideated and delivered integration with Shopify and Wix that led to an increase in new user signups 2. Optimizing the checkout experience, resulting in a 35% increase in overall transaction completion and customer satisfaction within 3 months. 3. Designing product architecture that achieves platform scalability and modularity when it comes to payment gateway and payment method integrations.

Product Management Intern at Zluri, May 2021 - Aug 2021 · 4 mos, Remote, Building and monitoring the success of custom integration for clients increasing their IT tasks and simplifying their SaaS stack for better performance and reduced security risks. Worked on constantly analyzing the product performance and iterate on the same to keep improving the product experience.

Product Management Intern at CashKaro.com, Jan 2021 - Jul 2021 · 7 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Cashkaro is a Tata-backed Affiliate purchase platform where I owned and Led subsidiary ‘Earnkaro’ from 0-1 ideating to releasing MVP 1. Conducted user interviews, designed prototypes of Home, Make link and Usage tracking from 0-1 2. Collaborated with the marketing team for product positioning resulting in a 15% increase in market share. 3. Worked directly under CEO for conceptualising new produclines

Education

BE - Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, KLE Technological University - Hubballi (India)