Headline

Products | People | BITS Pilani | IIM C

About

Product leader with 20+ years building and scaling retail technology platforms across partner ecosystems, mobile experiences, data products and collaboration workflows. Drove AI innovation across the platforms. Known for cross-functional leadership with engineering, UXD/R, and data science, and for building product culture through mentorship and capability development. I build to learn and maintain an evolving portfolio of applied-AI projects and prototypes - at github.com/srinivashkchetan Leadership • Product Strategy & Roadmaps: Outcome-led roadmaps anchored in OKRs • Customer-centric Product Craft: Design thinking with UXR/UXD, stakeholder discovery, and iterative shaping of concepts into scalable platforms. • Org & Capability Building: Hiring, mentoring, and raising product maturity through frameworks, whitepapers, and structured coaching. • Executive Stakeholder Alignment: Strong storytelling and influence across senior stakeholders and distributed global teams.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

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Work experience

Director of Product Management at Walmart, Jan 2023 - Mar 2026 · 3 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, • Led vision and execution of platforms spanning supplier experience, quality inspection, and customer feedback analytics. Delivered a +30% process-efficiency improvement and mitigated ~$120M in sales-loss risk. • Launched an AI-powered collaboration app enabling merchants, suppliers, and sourcing teams to collaborate and increased organizational velocity. • Hired and mentored high-performing PMs and embedded an OKR-driven operating model linking product outcomes to business KPIs. • Partnered with UXR/UXD to run design-thinking workshops; influenced executive roadmaps and shaped concepts that drove broad platform adoption. • Institutionalized PM capability by authoring internal whitepapers on developing PMs into thought leaders, strengthening mentorship and product craft.

Senior Product Manager - Enterprise Data at Tesco Bengaluru, Dec 2020 - Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore Urban, • Created and executed strategic vision and roadmaps for a portfolio of data products spanning domains of price, promotions, suppliers. • Established success criteria for products with Metrics that matter • Partnered with cross-functional teams - engineers, analysts, data-scientists and business teams to align on priorities and dependencies Moved the needle: • Owned data products across pricing, promotions, and customer data — increased data coverage from 0% to 97% and automated lineage for 80% of datasets. • Led cross-functional collaboration with data science to design and deploy AI/ML solutions that reduced revenue loss from ~20% to <1%. • Delivered ~£45M bottom-line impact through data-product initiatives that improved decision quality, automation, and execution at scale. Increase in userbase by 30% YoY • Enabled measurement of: o Supplier performance on service levels and sustainability o Healthy food sales and promotions for regulatory compliance and marketing communications

Product Manager - Enterprise Data at Tesco Bengaluru, Feb 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Vision,strategy and roadmap for Data products using enterprise services for pricing, promotions, suppliers Envisaging products that create value to the stakeholders within organization and partners Interviews with customers to gather insights, establish value and prioritize initiatives Collaborating with Datascience, Data Analysts for value-based analytical products

Entrepreneur, Independent consultant at Self-Employed, Nov 2015 - Jan 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Cofounder: Brandlooms Nov-2015 to July 2016 • Conceptualized the business model for a handloom apparel business • Guided the transition from pure facebook business to a full-fledged online portal Tesco - August 2016 - July 2017 Scrum Master Maveric Systems: Agile Consultant- Oct -2017 to Jan-2018 Created a winning proposal for agile coaching engagement with a leading bank in South East Asia

Product Marketing Manager at 3M, Jun 2011 - Feb 2016 · 4 yrs 9 mos, Bangalore, • Evangelised and Led New Product development from Idea to Launch – establishing product features, pricing, and placement - creating effective go-to-market strategy o Moved the revenue needle from near zero to 1M USD in 6 months o Responsible for the P&L of Product Portfolio – with a revenue of US$ 9 Million – led initiatives increasing gross margin from 23% to 45% • Collaborated with cross-functional teams – Sales, Product Development, Supply Chain, Legal for development of robust products • Led Strategic Partnership initiatives with external Organizations As a Senior Marketing Specialist –SEA Region - 2 Wheeler Aftermarket products Since June 2011 till Dec 2013 • Created Brand Architecture and brand activation programs for Two Wheeler Product Portfolio for SEA Region – Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, India • Developed 5 year strategy roadmap for the India Market and Spearheaded the execution of business strategy for 2013 • Led Strategic Partnership initiatives with Organizations and Automotive OEMs through collaboration with technical, business, legal/IP and Brand Custodians

Lead Consultant at Thoughtworks, Apr 2010 - Apr 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bangalore, • As a Lead Consultant, managed the client engagement and led a team of Developers, QAs and BAs in providing a world-class Portal solution for a travel portal in the European region • Showcased solutions to the clients for timely sign-offs • Presales activities coordinating with architects, Sales team and proposed solutions to prospective clients

Education

Master of Science - MS, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Sr. Management Programme, Business Administration and Management, General, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Public links

github: https://github.com/srinivashkchetan