Aravind Ramachandran

Overview

I've spent 13 years on onboarding and activation - first at Ola, now at PwC. Ran 169 customer interviews before writing the first spec. Launched the growth product in 10 markets. Before that: Nvidia and Myntra. Most at home with user research and experimentation.

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Experience

1. Director of Product

   Aug 2025 - Present
   PwC · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
   • Grew growth revenue from $4 million to $47 million ARR.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new growth customers from 18 days to 1.
2. Product Manager

   Jun 2023 - Aug 2025
   Nvidia · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Ran 99 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
3. Associate Product Manager

   Apr 2020 - Jun 2023
   Myntra · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Hyderabad, India
   • Ran 149 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
4. Product Manager

   Feb 2017 - Apr 2020
   Zoho · 3 yr 2 mo · Contract · Hyderabad, India
   • Took growth activation from 21% to 43% in three quarters.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new growth customers from 9 days to 2.
5. Associate Product Manager

   Apr 2014 - Feb 2017
   Ola · 2 yr 10 mo · Contract · Hyderabad, India
   • Killed 3 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
   • Took growth activation from 35% to 52% in three quarters.

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Education

1. BITS Pilani

   B.E., Computer Science
   2009 - 2013