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# Sourav Poddar on Tal

## Headline

Products, Growth & Customer Exp \| Microsoft \| ISB \| IE Business School \| YIF \| IITK

## About

With over nine years of experience in product management, I am passionate about creating innovative and impactful solutions that meet the needs and aspirations of millions of users\. I have worked on mass\-consumer products in the education and fashion sectors, and am now building enterprise search at Microsoft\. My core competencies include product development, product launches, user research, team management, market research, and data analysis\. I have successfully launched and scaled several products, such as Harappa Education's online learning platform, Flyrobe's rental fashion app, and Next Education's digital curriculum for the pre\-primary age\-group\. My mission is to leverage my skills, education, and expertise to create products that empower people and organizations to achieve their goals and potential\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

cursor

elevenlabs

github copilot

mcp

Microsoft Copilot

## Work experience

Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, Mar 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Master \(Faculty\) at Masters' Union, Apr 2023 \- Jul 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos, Remote, Faculty for the Product Management BootCamp\. Helping PM aspirants achieve their career goals\.

Product Manager II at Microsoft, Aug 2022 \- Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Building M365 Copilot & Search

Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives at Harappa Education, May 2020 \- May 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Senior Product Manager at Harappa Education, Jul 2019 \- Apr 2020 · 10 mos, Greater Delhi Area

Product Manager at Next Education India Pvt Ltd, Nov 2016 \- May 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Hyderabad Area, India, \- Managed end\-to\-end product cycle for two verticals \- educational products related to pre\-primary age group \(\~$10 million annual revenue\) and visual arts \(new product\)\. Products include textbooks, digital classrooms, resource kits, and augmented reality apps\. \- Onboarded 2500 affordable private schools through conceptualizing a leaner product after conducting extensive market research for the pre\-primary age\-group\. \- Researched on best curriculum practices internationally to develop and launch a unique Visual Arts curriculum for primary grades in India where none existed before\. \- Led the ideation, development, and launch of online training courses for 3000\+ untrained preschool teachers\.

Product Manager & Head of Customer Experience at Flyrobe, Sep 2015 \- Oct 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Led a team of developers and UI designers through product development sprints \- Determined features in the sprint and managed the timelines \- Prepared product requirement documents and wireframes \- Managed rigorous testing of the final product Responsible for the conversion funnel of the Android App \- 1,50,000 total installs, 5000 weekly active users, 500 weekly transacting users \- Achieved industry standard conversion rates of 3% \(launched to order placed\) Conceptualised and executed innovative product launch campaigns \- Generated highest organic reach on social media platforms\. For instance the \#LiveSocial campaign for Website & Android app launch reached out to 40,000 people organically in a week Set up the customer care department \- Set up protocols and communication processes for different customer touch points \- Effectively resolved customer issues to maintain positive image of the company \- Ensured a Google Play store rating of 4\.2 \(out of 5\) over 1500 ratings

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Indian School of Business

Master of Business Administration \- MBA \(Exchange Student\), Information Technology, IE Business School

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