Chandan Soumitra Acharya

Overview

Based in Noida. I lead B2B SaaS platforms at Onyx Pay. Cut time-to-first-value for new platform customers from 15 days to 2. Before that: Salesforce and Visa. Most at home with pricing & packaging and roadmapping. Big believer in written communication.

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Experience

1. Chief Product Officer

   Aug 2025 - Present
   Onyx Pay · 1 yr 2 mo · Contract · Noida, India
   • Took platform activation from 35% to 49% in three quarters.
   • Ran 136 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
2. Principal Product Manager

   Jun 2022 - Aug 2025
   Salesforce · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Sit on 5 boards.
   • Backed 45 founders at pre-seed and seed.
3. Principal Product Manager

   Mar 2020 - Mar 2022
   Visa · 2 yr · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Previously an operator for 12 years before investing.
   • Backed 16 founders at pre-seed and seed.
4. Group Product Manager

   Oct 2016 - Mar 2020
   ITC · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Took platform activation from 33% to 36% in three quarters.
5. Group Product Manager

   Oct 2014 - Oct 2016
   Intuit · 2 yr · Full-time · Noida, India
   • Took platform activation from 25% to 38% in three quarters.

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Education

1. PSG College of Technology

   B.E., Engineering
   2002 - 2006