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PIYUSH KUMAR

@piyushkumar96

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Product Manager with 7+ years building monetization, pricing, and AI recommendation systems in fintech and media.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build production-grade AI + monetization/pricing products end-to-end, partnering with cross-functional teams, with real-world infra constraints and measurable revenue impact, owning 0-to-1 roadmaps.

I’m a Product Manager and AI-Native Product Builder with 7+ years of product experience across global fintech, streaming, and ecommerce platforms. I own monetization & pricing engines, financial data systems, and data platform products—always with an eye on production-grade delivery under real infrastructure constraints.

At Coda Payments, I led a 0-to-1 revamp of Order Accounting, building transaction-level engines for AP/AR/Gross Profit across thousands of merchant-payment channels. I also launched a metadata-agnostic rule engine and contract-authoring UI for publisher value-based pricing, and recovered ~$20K/month in gross profit by integrating Stripe & Worldpay interchange feeds into Order Accounting.

Earlier, I drove platform and growth outcomes at SonyLIV (Godavari data platform, pricing framework, and 1-click funnel improvements) and built consumer AI discovery (GraphRAG + LLM curation) at Semantic OTT Discovery Engine. I’ve also shipped multi-tenant LLM quiz content systems and started my path as a Project Associate in customer experience—combining structured problem-solving with hands-on product execution.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Product Manager II - Pricing & Orders

Current

Coda Payments

Aug 2025 - Present (11 months)

Owned a 0-to-1 revamp of Coda’s Order Accounting, including transaction-level computation of Accounts Payable/Receivable for 10K+ merchant payment channels. Launched a metadata-agnostic pricing rule engine and built an AI-agent-driven PM operating system for analytics, reconciliation, and root-cause diagnostics.

Pricing Strategy Monetization Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Financial Data Systems In Rule Engine Stripe Worldpay Python RAG Accounts Reconciliation Root Cause Analysis

Data Product Manager - Godavari

Sony Pictures Networks - Sonyliv

Feb 2023 - Jul 2025 (2 years 5 months)

Overhauled the internal streaming data platform (Godavari) to capture video and ad streaming data, leading roadmap execution and cost-saving outcomes. Improved video-player and ads technology, including watch-time funnel gains, and optimized subscription pricing to grow customers.

Data Platform Streaming Data Roadmapping Subscriptions Competitor Analysis

Senior Product Analyst

Zomato (Hyperpure)

Feb 2021 - Feb 2023 (2 years)

Joined as the first analyst for the vertical, providing data-driven insights and scaling the function from one analyst to a team of five. Launched features with measurable impact and led credit penetration initiatives using market research and A/B testing to optimize credit eligibility.

Product Analytics Data Insights A B Testing Market Research Merchant Interviews Scaling Teams

Project Associate - COO Office

OYO

May 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 8 months)

Contributed to a 12-member team to reduce customer service costs through analysis of cost levers and execution of ground-level projects. Built and deployed an in-house productivity product for call center agents, including a case-library for customer issue types used by ~3,000 agents.

Customer Experience Cost Optimization Process Improvement Call Center Operations Cross Functional Collaboration

Semantic OTT Discovery Engine

ProductHunt

Shipped a full-stack AI discovery product that enables natural-language search and “more like this” recommendations across a large OTT catalog. Built a hybrid GraphRAG engine with vector + knowledge graph, plus an LLM curation layer with cost controls and caching.

Graph RAG Knowledge Graphs Neo4j LLM Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)Explainable Recommendations Caching Docker Cloudflare

GMAT Prep SaaS

Premiergrad

Built a multi-tenant quiz platform and an LLM content-generation engine to author and scale a proprietary GMAT question bank. Used cross-model LLM validation and self-critique rubrics to grade difficulty and reject flawed items automatically.

Cross Model LLM Validation Self Critique Rubrics Auto Quality Rejection

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering

2014 - 2019

B.Tech in Chemical Engineering (Major) with minors in Mathematics & Scientific Computing and Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur (2014–2019). Admitted via JEE Advanced 2014 (AIR 1041, 99.9 percentile).