Vidya Madhavan
San Diego
Summary
Entrepreneurial product leader with experience launching 0→1 AI/ML, data, and API-driven products. Proven at driving revenue growth, workflow automation, and customer impact at scale. Known for clear communication, strong relationship management, and end-to-end ownership of product strategy, execution, and executive partnerships.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Manager, Web Platform
Argen Corporation
11.2024 - Current
- Launched automated account creation on the website, integrating with internal product systems to eliminate manual workflows and drive a projected 25% YoY sales lift on a $5M+ revenue stream.
- Led API-driven integration of the user platform with a third-party marketing and rewards system, enabling personalized campaigns and increasing email-driven revenue by 70% on a $2M+ channel.
- Owned end-to-end development and launch of a customer-facing, credits-based payment system, reducing manual credit operations effort by 20%+ while improving billing scalability and accuracy.
- Owned annual-to-quarterly product strategy and roadmap for the web platform supporting all company product lines, leading cross-functional execution across engineering, design, and marketing, and partnering with executive leadership on prioritization, investment decisions, and delivery approvals.
Ass. Product Manager, AI/ML and Data Products
Teaching Strategies, LLC
10.2023 - 11.2024
- Launched “Smart Suggestions,” an AI/ML-powered skills prediction feature, eliminating 600K+ user clicks and improving data automation by 35% through streamlined user workflows.
- Led development and launch of an Administrator Data Dashboard delivering compliance and reporting insights to state-level stakeholders, driving a +5 point NPS increase for administrative tools.
- Owned development and ongoing iteration of an AI-powered teacher chatbot, delivering personalized resources at scale and reducing customer support workload by 20%.
- Defined strategy and roadmap to modernize 16 customer-facing reports, partnering with Customer Success, Design, and Engineering to scale reporting for 10M+ customers.
- Led agile delivery for a cross-functional team of data engineers, developers, and QA, leveraging Jira for execution, prioritizing technical debt, driving root-cause analysis, and shaping go-to-market readiness.
Intelligent Systems Specialist
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
06.2022 - 10.2023
- Led 0-1 MVP launch of “Spine Audit,” a self-service QA automation tool for metadata tagging, improving learning object categorization accuracy and reducing manual review effort.
- Enabled training and validation of proprietary ML models using NLP, supporting intelligent assignment and grouping of learning objects aligned to categorization limits.
- Owned development and governance of a comprehensive mathematics skills architecture, spanning Common Core and all 50 U.S. state standards, to support scalable content classification and recommendations.
- Core contributor to the company’s AI initiatives, driving user research, feature wireframing, and model-driven feature testing from concept to launch.
- Authored thought leadership content and presented company-wide on data-driven instruction, assessment design, and applied AI in learning platforms, influencing product and technical direction.
- Delivered system-level enhancements to improve data processing efficiency, increasing platform reliability and scalability.
Co-Founder, Head - Research, Development, and Evaluation
Pi Jam Foundation
09.2017 - 09.2020
- Owned organizational reporting and evaluation compliance across a diversified funding portfolio, maintaining strong relationships with grants, HNIs, incubators, and corporate partners to ensure sustained funding and operational transparency.
- Hired and led 35 subject-matter experts to design, deploy, and evaluate the Pi Lab curriculum, standardizing in-person delivery across 200+ schools and improving program consistency and scalability.
- Founding member and organizational representative in startup forums and incubators, shaping strategic partnerships and raising $2M in funding to support growth and expansion.
Associate - Research, Development and Evaluation
Equal Community Foundation
05.2017 - 05.2018
Teaching Fellow
Teach for India
04.2015 - 04.2017
Education
MS - Learning Analytics
Columbia University
New York City, NY01.2022
MS - Psychology
Madras University
Chennai, India01.2018
Bachelors of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Madras University
Chennai, India01.2015
Skills
- Product Strategy, End-to-End Lifecycle Management, and 0→1 Product Launch
- AI/ML Product Management & Scalable AI System Design
- API-Driven Data and Platform Integrations
- Revenue Growth & Workflow Automation
- Cross-Functional Leadership (Engineering, Data, Design, GTM)
- Executive Communication & Stakeholder Management
Timeline
Product Manager, Web Platform
Argen Corporation
11.2024 - Current
Ass. Product Manager, AI/ML and Data Products
Teaching Strategies, LLC
10.2023 - 11.2024
Intelligent Systems Specialist
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
06.2022 - 10.2023
Co-Founder, Head - Research, Development, and Evaluation
Pi Jam Foundation
09.2017 - 09.2020
Associate - Research, Development and Evaluation
Equal Community Foundation
05.2017 - 05.2018
Teaching Fellow
Teach for India
04.2015 - 04.2017
MS - Psychology
Madras University
Bachelors of Commerce - Accounting and Finance
Madras University
MS - Learning Analytics
Columbia University