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GAURAV NIKUMBH

@gauravnikumbh

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I build reliable payment platforms that improve transaction success while reducing fraud and operational risk.

India

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead product strategy for payments, financial platforms, or AI products where I can improve reliability, customer outcomes, risk decisions, and scalable platform capabilities.

At Bridgenext, I own payment strategy and orchestration for a digital banking platform processing $2B+ annually across 50+ financial institutions and 23M+ users. I redesigned ACH retry and failover logic to improve payment success by 12% and introduced risk-based decisions that reduced confirmed fraud by 20%.

I've built scalable ACH and Bill Pay workflows, improved payment-status transparency to reduce disputes by 15%, and established health metrics that guide reliability investments. Previously at Netcracker, I delivered 0→1 Order and Service Management capabilities for Tier-1 telecom operators, improving provisioning accuracy by 15% and service delivery reliability by 20%.

I also founded techventure360, an AI-driven career platform that reached 10K+ users and 1,240+ paid customers. I enjoy turning customer and operational insights into practical products, from payment platforms and risk systems to AI-powered career tools.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Product Manager - Payments

Current

Bridgenext

Oct 2024 - Present (2 years)

Owns product strategy and roadmap for payment capabilities supporting $2B+ in annual payment volume across 50+ financial institutions. Redesigned ACH retry logic to improve payment success by 12% and reduced fraud by 20%.

ACH Payment Orchestration Fraud Prevention Risk Management Product Strategy Stakeholder Management SQL AWS

Founder & Product Head - HRTech/ CareerTech

techventure360

Jan 2024 - May 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Built an AI-driven career platform from 0 to 1, reaching 10K+ users and 1,240+ paid customers. Launched AI-powered tools that improved engagement and retention.

AI Product Strategy Product Led Growth Customer Discovery Behavioral Analytics Experimentation LLM Applications Prompt Engineering A B Testing

Product Manager - Payments

Bridgenext

Feb 2024 - Oct 2024 (8 months)

Converted financial institution requirements into scalable ACH and Bill Pay capabilities. Improved payment transparency and reduced customer disputes by 15%.

ACH Bill Pay Compliance SQL

Technical Product Manager - OSS/BSS Platform

Netcracker Technology

Dec 2021 - Feb 2024 (2 years 2 months)

Led product delivery for 0 to 1 Order and Service Management capabilities for Tier-1 telecom operators. Improved provisioning accuracy by 15% and service delivery reliability by 20%.

Product Management OSS BSS Workflow Optimization SLA Management Agile Delivery

Senior SDET Engineer – Automation Platforms

Netcracker Technology

Feb 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 10 months)

Developed enterprise-grade automation frameworks and increased release velocity by 35% through CI/CD integration.

Automation Framework CI CD Regression Testing Quality Assurance DevOps Collaboration

Product SDET – Payment Platform Modernization

JPMorgan Chase

Jul 2018 - Feb 2020 (1 year 7 months)

Automated 35% of regression scenarios and reduced test maintenance effort by 20% through modular framework design.

Testing Automation API Testing Regression Testing

Product Owner & Automation Specialist

CarPro Systems

Jul 2014 - Jul 2018 (4 years)

Built a Selenium-based automation suite that reduced regression effort by 50% and increased test coverage to 90%. Improved requirement clarity and reduced rework by 10%.

Selenium Testing Automation Regression Testing Collaboration Product Ownership

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

IIM Calcutta

Executive Management Program, Fintech and AI/ML

2026 - 2027

Executive Management Program in Fintech and AI/ML, focusing on FinTech, AI/ML, Product Strategy, Payment Systems, Fraud Risk, and Financial Platforms.