
Robin S M
@robinsm
Product leader at Yara who scaled Farmcare to 1M users in 6 months and drove €14M in attributed sales.
What I'm looking for
At Yara International, I scaled Farmcare from prototype to 1M users in 6 months, building agronomic advisory, commodity pricing, and pest detection for first-time smartphone farmers. I tied in-app advisory to Yara’s fertiliser retail network across 3 countries, driving €14M in attributed sales in 2023.
At Bayer, I launched FarmRise from prototype to 2M+ users, validating product-market fit with 200 farmers before full engineering investment. Across agritech, proptech, banking, and marketplace products, I’ve owned mobile-first products end to end, including Live Aldar’s digital property workflows and McKinsey’s B2B price optimisation platform.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Principal Product Manager
Xebia
Sep 2025 - Aug 2026 (11 months)
Lifted SLA compliance by 12% on McKinsey's B2B price optimisation platform by converting recurring ticket themes into roadmap items. Owned intake-to-resolution workflow for 400+ monthly tickets, ensuring P0 and P1 resolution within 12-24 hours.
Senior Product Manager
dbiz.ai
Jun 2024 - Jul 2025 (1 year 1 month)
Grew buyer-facing digital adoption 13% by launching Live Aldar, replacing 4 manual property workflows. Migrated amenity and class bookings to in-app across UAE, reaching 40K+ bookings and a 65% self-serve share.
Scaled Farmcare from 0 to 1M users in 6 months in India, building agronomic advisory, commodity pricing, and pest detection from scratch. Tied in-app advisory to Yara's fertiliser retail network across 3 countries, driving $14M in attributed sales in 2023.
Product Manager
Maveric Systems
Jul 2019 - Feb 2020 (7 months)
Lifted digital adoption 22% in H2 2019 by rebuilding login, overview, and statement journeys for 3 Middle East banks. Ran usability testing with 40+ retail banking customers, cutting statement-download abandonment by 29%.
Senior Product Manager
BuildDirect Technologies
Dec 2018 - Jul 2019 (7 months)
Grew mobile marketplace MAU 12% in 2 quarters by reworking search, product discovery, and listing quality. Used heatmap and session-replay analysis to fix 5 friction points, lifting listing-to-enquiry conversion from 2.8% to 3.7%.
Launched FarmRise from prototype to 2M+ users, validating product-market fit with 200 farmers. Held a 4.2 Play Store rating from 2016 to 2018 across 2M installs by running a monthly review-triage loop.
Senior Product Owner
Prowareness
Oct 2014 - Jun 2015 (8 months)
Redesigned 12 high-traffic pages across Raet's employee self-service workflow with 5 enterprise stakeholders, lifting satisfaction from 3.2 to 4.1 in 8 months.
Lifted support satisfaction from 3.3 to 3.9 by consolidating customer and order information into a single agent workspace, cutting average handling time 24%.
Built marketing spend forecasting models across 6 geographies at 97% accuracy, redirecting budget toward the 3 highest-yield regions.
Improved on-time web release delivery from 89% to 100% across Grocery, Wine, and Entertainment via a pre-launch QA checklist.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology
MBA, Marketing
MBA in Marketing from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, completed in 2008.
MG University
B.Com, Commerce
Bachelor of Commerce from MG University, Kochi, completed in 2006.
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