Yash Vaibhav Thakkar

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Director of Product at Intel · Developer products

Intel
Mumbai, India · IST (UTC+5:30)
10+ years experience
Manipal Institute of Technology
English, Hindi, Marathi
Open to work
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Overview

Currently at Intel, where I lead developer products with a team of 39. Ran 118 customer interviews before writing the first spec. Took developer activation from 22% to 55% in three quarters. Before that: Zoho and EY. Learning Japanese, slowly.

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  • Roles in developer products
  • Second opinions on documentation decisions
  • Questions about developer products
  • Working sessions on developer experience
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Skills
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Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Director of Product roles in public sector tech - Mumbai or remote

Target roles
Director of Product
Level
Mid
Industries
AI infrastructure, Fintech
Work mode
Remote
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Indian citizen, open to relocating
What I'm looking for
Scope to lead developer products work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in
Crypto

11 years in developer products. Strongest at developer experience and SDKs. Serving notice now.

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Experience

  1. Director of Product
    Dec 2024 - Present
    Intel · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Grew developer revenue from $8 million to $14 million ARR.
    • Killed 5 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new developer customers from 16 days to 4.
  2. Senior Product Manager
    Feb 2023 - Aug 2024
    Zoho · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new developer customers from 9 days to 4.
    • Launched the developer product in 13 markets.
  3. Associate Product Manager
    Feb 2020 - Dec 2022
    EY · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new developer customers from 19 days to 4.
    • Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
  4. Associate Product Manager
    May 2016 - Feb 2020
    Walmart Global Tech · 3 yr 9 mo · Contract · Mumbai, India
    • Grew developer revenue from $6 million to $27 million ARR.

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Education

  1. Manipal Institute of Technology
    B.Tech, Design
    2011 - 2015

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