Suresh Raj

Applied: PMRank #27 of 45 PM applicantssquad_3@pg27.mesaschool.cono phone found12_suresh_raj.pdf

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PM rubric (applied role)42.0 / 100Below the line

Criterion	Score	Weight	Points	Evidence	Rationale
PM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience	1/5	30%	6	none	No logistics, freight, or supply chain operational exposure is mentioned in the CV.
PM-2 Builds from observed pain; peers adopt it	3/5	20%	12	Implemented automation workflows and AI agents (n8n, no-code tools) to streamline processes, reducing manual operational effort by ~30%	Provides one example of building automation to address manual operational pain, but without explicit mention of peer adoption.
PM-3 Sole ownership with no layer in between	3/5	20%	12	Built milestone-based referral system achieving 35% referral→signup conversion rate driving ~120K new users in 4 months.	Owned specific product features and flows as an Associate Product Manager within a broader cross-functional team.
PM-4 Discovery directly with operators	3/5	15%	9	Helped define and improve lead lifecycle stages (lead → qualified → converted) based on sales feedback.	Conducted feedback/discovery with non-operator internal stakeholders (sales teams) rather than frontline ops users.
PM-5 Candour: kills, post-mortems, owning what went wrong	1/5	15%	3	none	The CV is a success-only narrative with no mentions of killed products, post-mortems, or owned mistakes.

SPM rubric (other role)20.0 / 100Below the line

Criterion	Score	Weight	Points	Evidence	Rationale
SPM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience	1/5	25%	5	none	The CV shows no logistics exposure or operations experience.
SPM-2 Senior-most owner, no one above them in the function	1/5	25%	5	none	The candidate has only held Associate PM and intern roles, functioning strictly as a team member.
SPM-3 Turns fixes into standing practice	1/5	20%	4	none	There is no evidence of institutionalizing fixes into standing organizational practices.
SPM-4 Judgement under pressure, stated plainly	1/5	15%	3	none	The CV contains a success-only narrative without hard decisions or failures evaluated under pressure.
SPM-5 Grows people who then get promoted	1/5	15%	3	none	There is no evidence of managing, mentoring, or developing team members toward promotion.

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Product Manager with experience across AI, gaming, digital products, and marketplaces. Strong in roadmap ownership,
cross-functional execution, and feature launches that drive engagement and business impact. Experienced in AI-driven
automation, GTM, growth, market research, and data-driven decision-making across B2B, B2C, and SaaS products.
EXPERIENCE
KGeN & Humyn Labs | Associate Product manager Bangalore | Feb 2025 - Present
● Drove product strategy for Kgen’s platform (app + website), collaborating with engineering, design, and growth teams.
● Built milestone-based referral system achieving 35% referral→signup conversion rate driving ~120K new users in 4 months.
● Crafted FTUE flows that achieved a 55% completion rate, leading to 80K+ users completing onboarding within the first week.
● Designed onboarding journeys with Web3 integration, enabling 1.5M + NFTs minted as user identity artifacts; 70% of users
customized their profile NFTs within 7 days.
● Implemented a UTM tracking framework across 10+ acquisition channels to enable campaign-level attribution.
● Developed a fraud prevention mechanism that detected and blocked ~18% of fraud signups, ensuring fair user growth.
● Built and iterated on a production chatbot by designing conversation flows and fallback logic; analyzed CSAT, resolution rate, and
drop-offs from live conversations to drive prompt and flow changes, improving CSAT by ~15% and reducing unresolved
queries by ~20%.
● Launched custom in-app overlays to announce new features, achieving 45%+ click-through rates and driving ~25% uplift in
feature adoption and campaign completion within the first week of release.
● Introduced rKade Spin & Slot games for redeeming on-platform currency, resulting in 1 billion units of in-platform currency
redeemed within 2 months and boosting daily active engagement by 18%.
● Implemented automation workflows and AI agents (n8n, no-code tools) to streamline processes, reducing manual operational
effort by ~30%
● Shipped a no-code e-commerce website using Lovable and Shopify in 3 days, generating ₹10L+ in merchandise sales.
Growtholics | Product Intern Bangalore | Jul 2024 - Jan 2025
● Worked on CRM workflows used by sales teams to manage leads, accounts, and client follow-ups.
● Helped define and improve lead lifecycle stages (lead → qualified → converted) based on sales feedback.
● Analyzed CRM data to identify drop-offs and inefficiencies in the sales funnel.
PROJECTS
● Tinder + | Case study to increase post match conversion
● Launchpad | AI-Powered Job Application Platform
● Ola RescueNet | An in-app concept for stray animal reporting, rescue coordination, and micro-donations.
SKILLS
● Product Management: Roadmap Planning, PRDs, Agile/Scrum, A/B Testing, Stakeholder Management
● PM & Collaboration Tools: Miro, Figma, JIRA, Confluence, Trello, Notion, Lovable, Mixpanel
● Automation & AI: n8n, Workflow Automations, AI Agents, GenAI, LangChain, Huggingface, MCP, RAG
● Analytics & Tools: SQL, Python, Excel, Power BI, Tableau
● Tech & ML:APIs, Frontend, Databases, AWS Cloud
● Other: Market Research, User Research, EDA
CERTIFICATIONS
Machine Learning A-Z: AI, Python & R | DataScience(Cisco) | Alteryx Foundation (Alteryx ) | Artificial Intelligence Micro
Certification(Product School) | Product Management(Product Space)
EDUCATION
● BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY – CMR University
Majors: Computer Science and Engineering,
● Product Management and Gen AI - IIT Kanpur
Executive Program
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