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kartik kannan

@kartikkannan

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Director of Product leading AI/ML search, personalization, and pricing to drive revenue impact.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead AI/ML-driven product strategy and execution—building search, personalization, and pricing systems that translate data science into P&L outcomes. I want a team where experimentation, cross-functional ownership, and fast delivery are valued.

I’m a senior product leader and AI/ML Product Leader who builds and scales consumer products where machine learning and AI directly drive revenue, gross margin, and conversion. Over 16+ years, I’ve taken products from 0-to-1 through large-scale optimization while staying accountable to P&L outcomes.

I scaled AJIO’s search, personalization, and dynamic-pricing stack across a 200M-user base, improving revenue per user by 3% and strengthening gross margin by 1.8%. I’ve operationalized data science into execution—leading near-real-time trade-discount prediction, semantic search intent mapping, and relevance improvements that cut null search results by 62%.

At Cricket.com, I helped build the platform from zero to 15M downloads as a founding team member, and scaled it to a 40-person cross-functional organization. I automated 44% of app traffic with an ML-first prediction engine and delivered 3x higher revenue per user through a fantasy-cricket monetization model.

Today, as Chief Growth Officer (Consulting), I advise an AI-education institute on growth strategy by rebuilding lead-management funnels and repositioning engagement to lower acquisition costs and lift enrollment conversion. I’m energized by cross-functional leadership, fast experimentation, and turning models into measurable customer and business impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Chief Growth Officer (Consulting)

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Praxis Tech School

Jun 2025 - Present (1 year 1 month)

Advises a data-science and AI training institute on growth strategy while evaluating senior product leadership roles. Rebuilt the lead-management pipeline and diagnosed funnel drop-off to lower customer acquisition cost and increase enrolment conversion.

Growth Strategy Lead Management Funnel Analysis Enrolment Conversion Improvement

Group Product Manager

AJIO (Reliance Retail)

Jun 2021 - Dec 2024 (3 years 6 months)

Led AI-driven search, relevance, personalization, and pricing programs, growing revenue per user by 3% across a 200M-user base. Improved gross margin by 1.8% and increased conversion by 1.8% while reducing null search results and enhancing search engagement with semantic and image/visual search improvements.

Personalization Recommendation Systems Dynamic Pricing Trade Discount Prediction Semantic Search Natural Language To Catalog Mapping Null Result Reduction Auto Suggestions Recent Search Engagement Uplift Visual Recommendations

Principal Product Manager

Head Digital Works (Cricket.com)

Jul 2018 - Jun 2021 (2 years 11 months)

Scaled Cricket.com from zero to 15M downloads in 24 months, building and leading a 40-person cross-functional team. Automated 44% of app traffic with an ML-first prediction engine and delivered 3x higher revenue per user via a fantasy-cricket monetization model.

ML First Prediction Engine Cricket Analytics Fantasy Cricket Monetization Product & Data Science Collaboration Cross Functional Team Leadership OKRs Product Launch

Lead Product Manager

Thoughtworks

Aug 2016 - Apr 2018 (1 year 8 months)

Cut driver response latency by 30% for an urban-logistics client by launching a supply-side acquisition and retention platform in 5 months. Shaped new-business pitches for India Market Demand, including a US consumer-loan marketplace for a real-estate BPO.

Retention Product delivery Cross Functional Collaboration New Business Pitches Stakeholder Management

Senior Product Manager

ESPNcricinfo

Oct 2013 - Oct 2014 (1 year)

Launched Fantasy, Predictor, and CricIQ gameplay from scratch for a platform with 15M+ downloads. Owned product execution for new gaming features and releases.

Fantasy Sports Product Development Predictor Gameplay CricIQ Gameplay Product Development