Hari Chaitanya Sastry

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Group Product Manager at Cognizant · credit, product strategy

Cognizant
Bengaluru, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
FMS Delhi
English, Hindi, Kannada
Co-founder
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Overview

I've spent 10 years on lending - first at ICICI Bank, now at Cognizant. Killed 5 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for. I tinker with 3D printers.

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Skills
product strategycompliancecreditunderwriting
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for a design-minded co-founder for invoice financing for hardware startups

The idea
Invoice financing for hardware startups
Stage
Early revenue
I bring
8 years in lending
Looking for
Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment
Full-time after funding
Location
Bengaluru or remote

I bring 10 years of lending (currently Cognizant). Ideally you've run operations in India and SEA. Incorporated, self-funded so far.

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Experience

  1. Group Product Manager
    Nov 2024 - Present
    Cognizant · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Killed 3 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
    • Grew lending revenue from $3 million to $27 million ARR.
    • Launched the lending product in 12 markets.
  2. Senior Product Manager
    Feb 2022 - Nov 2024
    Goldman Sachs · 2 yr 9 mo · Contract · Bengaluru, India
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 19 days to 3.
  3. Associate Product Manager
    May 2020 - Jan 2022
    Samsung R&D · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Grew lending revenue from $8 million to $38 million ARR.
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 20 days to 4.
  4. Associate Product Manager
    Mar 2017 - May 2020
    ICICI Bank · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Bengaluru, India
    • Killed 3 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 13 days to 2.

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Education

  1. FMS Delhi
    MBA, Business Administration
    2017 - 2019
  2. IIT Delhi
    B.Tech, Business Administration
    2011 - 2015

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