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TEJ RAVINDRA

Cupertino

Summary

Product leader with strong focus on driving innovation and delivering high-impact results. Known for fostering team collaboration and adaptability to evolving market demands. Proficient in product development, strategic planning, and cross-functional leadership. Relied upon for strategic mindset and clear communication, ensuring successful product launches and sustained growth.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Product

Wild Wolf Holdings, LLC
01.2025 - Current
  • 0 to 1 product concept to launch for Sports AI copilot App targeted at young athletes
  • Partnered with the technical founder to launch a ML based sports training platform & coach marketplace
  • Successfully onboarded early adopters to the marketplace
  • Accepted into NVIDIA inception program for AI startups.

Sr Director, Product Management

Upwork
01.2024 - 08.2024
  • Drove in-quarter revenue increase strategy and tactics for talent onboarding and funnel optimizations.
  • Led a team of 6 PMs, research, design, and analytics to achieve 3-5% growth goals in a low growth environment.
  • Managed and led teams during a period of RIF and organizational changes

Sr Director, Growth & Product Management

Storyblocks
01.2022 - 01.2024
  • Define and execute growth & product strategy for 6% YoY growth for 70% of the 100M ARR for the business.
  • Influenced the technology strategy for the next generation of experimentation and growth platforms.
  • Led a team of 6+ product managers and researched to deliver on the product roadmap and AARM metrics.
  • Established processes and a culture of transparency & accountability while focusing on operational excellence

Sr. Manager, Product Management

Chegg
01.2019 - 01.2022
  • Product strategy and execution for Chegg’s flagship product, accounting for 90% of Chegg’s revenue.
  • Set a strategic vision for the northstar experience, encompassing the acquisition and conversion funnel for digital products at Chegg.
  • Successfully built the commerce product management team of 5 product managers responsible for end-to-end acquisition and conversion metrics from the ground up.
  • Drove a 12% increase in conversion metric by introducing optimizations in the conversion funnel

Mobile product lead

Kohl’s E-Commerce & Mobile Technology
01.2016 - 01.2019
  • Product Lead for redesign of Kohl’s mobile site resulting in a steady 20% increase in conversion
  • Led product initiative building out a POC for page performance improvements on the AMP technology platform and the migrate to Google Cloud.
  • Define and measure KPIs for key initiatives in the Mobile product roadmap for Kohl’s
  • Drive strategy and execution of digital commerce initiatives by working with senior leadership and execution teams across CX, Engineering, Data Analytics, and Marketing teams.

Principal Product Manager

APIGEE (Acquired by Google)
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • Led product effort for Apigee's Developer Portal Builder, a Next Gen tool for creating & publishing APIs at Enterprise scale.
  • Designed a new end-to-end experience for the core SAAS product offering which reshaped the next generation of API lifecycle software, including analytics platform

Sr. Product Manager

EBAY INC
01.2010 - 01.2013
  • Led product enhancements & launch of new eBay Seller tools that helped over 50% of eBay sellers to list twice as fast as before and increased listing completion rates by 20%.
  • Led and launched the integration of local shopping data into the eBay experience following the Milo acquisition.
  • Led product planning & rollout for key features such as in-app checkout and price comparison shopping on native iOS apps

Director, Product Management

EDUCATION SYSTEMS
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Successfully created and obtained seed funding of $0.5M for a business plan for SAAS-based education management software
  • Led new product creation. Defined product requirements with feedback from customer teams and translated these requirements into specifications for the development team.
  • Produced Product Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiyuI6HNaOg

Education

MBA -

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

B.E. - COMPUTER SCIENCE

BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Skills

  • Cross functional leadership
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Feature prioritization
  • Product Analytics
  • Product roadmapping

  • Product metrics
  • Product portfolio management
  • Product lifecycle management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Product visioning

Timeline

Head of Product

Wild Wolf Holdings, LLC
01.2025 - Current

Sr Director, Product Management

Upwork
01.2024 - 08.2024

Sr Director, Growth & Product Management

Storyblocks
01.2022 - 01.2024

Sr. Manager, Product Management

Chegg
01.2019 - 01.2022

Mobile product lead

Kohl’s E-Commerce & Mobile Technology
01.2016 - 01.2019

Principal Product Manager

APIGEE (Acquired by Google)
01.2014 - 01.2016

Sr. Product Manager

EBAY INC
01.2010 - 01.2013

Director, Product Management

EDUCATION SYSTEMS
01.2008 - 01.2010

B.E. - COMPUTER SCIENCE

BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

MBA -

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
TEJ RAVINDRA