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Chaitanya Dhande

@chaitanyadhande

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Product leader with experience building and scaling B2B SaaS and AI/ML products

India

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead strategy and execution for B2B SaaS or AI platforms, solving ambiguous enterprise problems across compliance, scale, data sensitivity, customer experience, and measurable business impact.

I'm building B2B SaaS and AI platforms at IKS Health, where I own strategy and a multi-quarter roadmap for a core platform used by 900+ enterprises.

I led GenAI and LLM capabilities that reduced manual effort by about 35% and improved operational efficiency by about 22% across targeted workflows. I also introduced structured problem framing and success metrics, reducing rework and late-stage scope changes by about 30%.

Previously at Avalara, I owned strategy and roadmap for enterprise tax and compliance automation workflows used by 43k+ customers, improving performance and reducing production issues by about 25%. At Mindbody and Seclore, I led fitness, security, compliance, and enterprise workflow products, translating complex customer needs into usable experiences.

I've worked across security, taxation, healthcare, fitness, and data-intensive domains, balancing customer impact, compliance risk, and engineering capacity. I mentor PMs, influence senior leaders on investment trade-offs, and raise product decision standards across teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Associate Vice President, AI/ML Product

Current

IKS Health

Apr 2024 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Owned product strategy and multi-quarter roadmap for a core B2B SaaS platform used by 900+ enterprises. Led definition and rollout of GenAI/LLM capabilities, resulting in ~35% reduction in manual effort and ~22% improvement in operational efficiency.

Product Strategy Roadmapping GenAI LLM B2B SaaS Stakeholder Management Mentorship

Senior Product Manager

Avalara

Jul 2021 - Sep 2023 (2 years 2 months)

Owned product strategy and roadmap for enterprise-grade tax and compliance automation platforms. Acted as primary product decision-maker for cross-functional initiatives spanning engineering, legal/compliance, customer success, and go-to-market teams.

Product Strategy Roadmapping Tax Compliance Enterprise SaaS User Research Stakeholder Management

Product Manager

MindBody

Feb 2020 - Jun 2021 (1 year 4 months)

Led Product for Fitness & IH Business Unit for India, consisting of two teams with agile methodology. Conceptualized and designed new features including Mixed Martial Arts and Contactless Consent Forms, achieving 25% m-o-m adoption rate for the latter.

Product Management Agile Domain Driven Design Analytics Customer Feedback ADO

Product Manager

Seclore Technology

Sep 2017 - Sep 2019 (2 years)

Owned Email Security Product within a data-centric security platform used by large enterprises. Collaborated with engineering to improve system performance and scalability, contributing to ~30% improvement in document handling throughput.

Product Management Email Security Enterprise SaaS Roadmapping User Research Data Analysis

Associate Product Manager

Housing.com & IREF

Jan 2015 - Aug 2017 (2 years 7 months)

Conceptualized product features for customer engagement and retention. Managed development and execution for Mobile App, achieving 75% m-o-m growth in leads through mobile and 40% in user engagement.

Product Management Mobile Apps UI UX User Engagement Team Leadership VBulletin

Software Developer

AppsDaily Solutions

Jul 2014 - Dec 2014 (5 months)

Designed and developed a Play Store app to showcase and sell in-house and partner apps. Developed 'Share App' from scratch allowing users to share apps over WiFi, and modified virus check process using key hash for APK in Android app.

Android Java App Development WiFi Apk

Intern, R&D and Design

Bell Helicopters – Textron

May 2012 - Jul 2012 (2 months)

One of 4 candidates selected globally to work with Chief – Propulsion. Achieved 17% more fuel efficiency by redesigning a power plant, saving USD 51,800 annually per copter, and attained 25% reduction in maintenance cost per year.

Aerospace Engineering Propulsion Fuel Efficiency Cost Reduction Cash Flow Management

Intern, R&D and Analytics

National Aerospace Laboratories

Dec 2011 - Dec 2011 (0 months)

Investigated airflows over 78 wind turbine blades and shortlisted 7 designs for robust aerodynamics. Reached 14% y-o-y growth in power generation at 4 places in Karnataka (~404 million kWh).

Aerodynamics Wind Turbine Analytics Research