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Nikhil Kapoor
Applied: SPMRank #8 of 15 SPM applicantssquad_6@pg27.mesaschool.co+91 98216 74031spm_24_nikhil_kapoor.pdf
SPM
52
Below the linePM
63
ReviewSPM rubric (applied role)52.0 / 100Below the line
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Points | Evidence | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience | 2/5 | 25% | 10 | 2 years of building payment products for logistics companies as primary customers | Has indirect exposure building payment features for freight clients, but explicitly lacks direct logistics operations experience. |
| SPM-2 Senior-most owner, no one above them in the function | 4/5 | 25% | 20 | Founding PM — first product hire; owned roadmap, delivery, and product decisions for 18 months with no PM manager | Clear evidence of being the senior-most product owner without a manager above at Slice, though reporting to a VP in their current role. |
| SPM-3 Turns fixes into standing practice | 1/5 | 20% | 4 | none | No evidence of turning operational fixes into lasting standing practices that run independently. |
| SPM-4 Judgement under pressure, stated plainly | 3/5 | 15% | 9 | 3 features killed in 18 months, all based on 30-day adoption data | Mentions killing features and making pivot calls based on data, but specific hard calls or failures are not individually named. |
| SPM-5 Grows people who then get promoted | 3/5 | 15% | 9 | manages one junior PM | Directly manages a junior PM across roles, but no promotion outcomes or career progression are mentioned. |
PM rubric (other role)63.0 / 100Review
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Points | Evidence | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience | 3/5 | 30% | 18 | Shipped a freight logistics vertical payout feature after discovering that freight companies had unique reconciliation requirements not met by standard payout APIs | Built payment products integrating with logistics systems, but explicitly states no direct logistics operations experience. |
| PM-2 Builds from observed pain; peers adopt it | 1/5 | 20% | 4 | none | Only assigned product roadmaps and features are described; no self-started tools or processes adopted by peers. |
| PM-3 Sole ownership with no layer in between | 5/5 | 20% | 20 | Founding PM — first product hire; owned roadmap, delivery, and product decisions for 18 months with no PM manager | Sole owner of a product area with outcomes directly attributed to them and no PM management layer above. |
| PM-4 Discovery directly with operators | 3/5 | 15% | 9 | Shipped a freight logistics vertical payout feature after discovering that freight companies had unique reconciliation requirements not met by standard payout APIs | Conducted discovery around client reconciliation requirements, but with business/admin buyers rather than frontline operators. |
| PM-5 Candour: kills, post-mortems, owning what went wrong | 4/5 | 15% | 12 | 3 features killed in 18 months, all based on 30-day adoption data | Explicitly names killing features based on data, but lacks detailed post-mortem, specific loss, or lesson learned. |
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[REDACTED] Senior Product Manager [REDACTED] · [REDACTED] · Mumbai · [REDACTED] Professional Summary Senior Product Manager with 7 years of experience — started as a founding PM at a FinTech startup, scaled through Series B, then moved to a second startup as the first PM. Strong in 0→1 product development and owning product decisions without a manager above. No direct logistics background but experienced in building for operationally complex compliance and payments workflows. Work Experience Senior Product Manager Cashfree Payments (B2B FinTech, 400 employees), Bengaluru · Apr 2022 – Present — Senior PM for the payout and vendor payment API products — used by 50,000+ businesses including logistics, e-commerce, and gig platforms — Shipped a freight logistics vertical payout feature after discovering that freight companies had unique reconciliation requirements not met by standard payout APIs — Owns a 3-person squad; manages one junior PM; reports to VP Product — Strong in fast iteration: shipping and killing features quickly is the product culture here — 3 features killed in 18 months, all based on 30-day adoption data — No direct experience with freight operations or logistics domain, but 2 years of building payment products for logistics companies as primary customers Product Manager → Senior Product Manager Slice (Consumer FinTech, Series B), Bengaluru · Jun 2018 – Mar 2022 — Founding PM — first product hire; owned roadmap, delivery, and product decisions for 18 months with no PM manager — Built the credit card onboarding, KYC, and repayment products from scratch; grew to 500,000+ active users — Owned 0→1 delivery of the UPI payments feature — shipped in 14 weeks from discovery to production — Made 3 significant pivot calls in the first year based on user data: each one changed the direction of a feature or killed it entirely — Promoted to Senior PM at Series A; continued to own most product decisions while managing 1 junior PM Education B.Tech, Computer Science · IIT Delhi · 2014–2018 · CGPA 8.9/10 Skills & Certifications Product strategy · FinTech & payments · 0→1 product development · JIRA · Figma · SQL · Amplitude · PostHog · REST APIs Reforge Retention + Engagement (2022) · IIT Delhi Product Management Certificate (2023)