Pinak Pani Paul
3X Founding Product Manager with 9+ years of experience leading products from 0→1 & scale. Expert in driving product strategy, enterprise adoption, & user growth across multimodal GenAI, B2B SaaS, Consumer Tech, & Embedded Device Ecosystems.
Built products across funded, bootstrapped, & Silicon Valley–backed startups, including contributing to a company that was acquired by CA Technologies in a $200M all-cash acquisition. I have a reputation for combining sharp attention to detail with a passion for seamless user journey transforming subtle system inefficiencies into frictionless, intuitive digital experiences.
Experience
Senior Product Manager
AutoVelocity AI (Auto Edit Productions)
Mumbai, India
Led the 0→1 journey of Auto Velocity (Generative AI platform) from concept to enterprise-ready. Defined product strategy, designed multi-model generation workflows (Kling, Seedance, Veo, Vertex AI, Gemini), and reduced video production iteration cycles.
Enabled 200+ enterprise users to create 2,500+ AI-generated videos within one month and implemented structured evaluation frameworks for cinematic quality.
Senior Product Manager
DYD (Arpannaa Apex Alliance Pvt Ltd)
Mumbai, India
Founding product manager for a home car servicing startup. Owned end-to-end product strategy for consumer, fulfillment, and admin platforms. Led Razorpay integration, redesigned slot logic driving 3.15X order volume, and built automated MIS dashboards. Reduced app crash rates by 6.72% and implemented churn prediction models with 93% accuracy.
Product & Business Head
Hignosis IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
Led end-to-end strategy and execution for All Schools, a student assessment platform. Drove product-led growth, achieving a 2.2% free-to-paid conversion rate and onboarding 125+ schools. Implemented churn prediction models and automated ticket classification systems.
Director, Product Management
Hignosis IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
Founding Product Manager role focused on initial product strategy and execution for the All Schools platform.
Product & Delivery Consultant
ProductSC Business Consulting and Services
Bangalore, India
Provided product and delivery consulting services.
Senior Systems Analyst
LG Soft India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
Senior Systems Analyst role.
Software Engineer-II
Arcot R&D Software Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
Software Engineer-II role.
Software Engineer
DSL Software Ltd
Bangalore & Singapore
Software Engineer role.
Software Consultant
Nagraj Technologies Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
Software Consultant role.
Assistant Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
Noida, India
Assistant Systems Engineer role.
Education
IIM Kozhikode
MBA
NIT Silchar
BE
Skills
GTM PlanningPRDCross-functional LeadershipUATUX OptimizationA/B TestingNLP WorkflowsLLM OrchestrationData AnalysisSQLPythonTableauPower BIJiraFigmaAWSGCP
CERTIFICATION, ACHIEVEMENTS & MEMBERSHIP
Certifications
Evangelist & early Contributor to Product Management Certification Program – UpGrad, Building a Product Roadmap (LinkedIn Learning), Product Management First Steps (LinkedIn Learning), AI Agents for Product Leaders (LinkedIn), Google Analytics & MixPanel (Internal), Generative AI Overview for Project Managers (PMI), ISTQB Foundation Level (ITB)
Achievements & Membership
Featured in YourStory for ProductSC; Member of AIPMM (2016 - 2017), Member of AMBA