Top Talent like Gharesh are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Gharesh Shinde

Product Manager
AI & Machine Learning Engineer
Growth Product Manager
Gurugram, HR, IN
Kubernetes
Design Thinking
Terraform
Azure DevOps
Tableau
Docker
Google Analytics
A/B Testing
SQL
Miro
JIRA
Figma
Market Sizing
CI/CD
Microservices
Azure Functions
Power BI
A/B testing
FullStory
Jira
Hotjar
AWS Lambda
Amazon S3
SaaS
Agile
Go-to-market Strategy
Portfolio Management
Scrum Method
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Chief Product Officer | AI-First Enterprise SaaS Leader (Generative AI & Agentic Platforms)
Chief Product Officer Program graduate (IIM Kozhikode, 2025) and senior AI-first enterprise product executive with 14+ years scaling and shipping 0-to-1 and growth enterprise SaaS products across InsurTech, HealthTech, FinTech, Cybersecurity, EdTech, and data systems. Leads cross-functional product organizations of 50+ globally, owning product vision, roadmap, GTM, and P&L for $2M+ portfolios, with hands-on expertise in generative AI, RAG pipelines, agentic systems, and enterprise platform architecture (multi-tenant SaaS, IAM, APIs). Known for outcome-driven OKRs, tight metrics rhythms, and board-grade communication paired with technical fluency.

Projects

AI Powered Underwriting and Claims Automation Platform

Led end to end product development of an AI powered underwriting and claims automation platform at Artivatic Data Labs, serving global insurers across life, health, and commercial lines. Architected a multi model decisioning engine using LLMs and RAG pipelines that automated 70 percent of proposal processing workflows. Designed APIs and partner integration layers enabling 40 percent faster onboarding. The platform scaled to process thousands of policies daily across India, Middle East, and Southeast Asia, directly contributing to 10 percent operational cost reduction for enterprise clients.See More

Work History

A

Senior Group Product Manager

Artivatic Data Labs (RenewBuy / InsuranceDekho)AI-powered enterprise SaaS for global insurers across underwriting, claims, decisioning, IAM, and API platforms. Reports to CEO. Leads cross-functional squad of 50+ across India and the US. • Drove 7 enterprise AI platforms from concept to scale by owning vision, roadmap, and GTM, leading 50+ across India and US, reporting to CEO • Cut operational costs 10% and proposal throughput by 70% (48 hrs to under 4) by shipping AI Underwriting Platform with NLP and risk scoring across 5+ insurance carriers • Lifted product engagement 100% with 95%+ grounded accuracy by launching AI Copilot with intent classification, retrieval, and guardrails embedded in underwriting and claims • Auto-adjudicated low-complexity claims and shortened adjudication cycle time by launching GenAI + RAG Claims Decisioning with explainable logs, fraud signal detection, and human-in-the-loop validation mapped across 12+ personas (insurers, TPAs, surveyors, policyholders) • Steered a $2M annual portfolio with disciplined business cases, ROI analysis, quarterly OKRs, and weekly metrics rhythms across 7 platforms • Generated 3 production-shipped features and 2 patent-worthy ideas through cross-functional hackathons in AI-powered insurance workflows • Strengthened RenewBuy's positioning ahead of acquisition by InsuranceDekho by authoring an AI underwriting framework adopted across 5+ insurance carriers
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Data Science Product Manager

Gramener TechnologiesJun 2021 - Apr 2024 • 2 yrs 11 mosAI and decision-intelligence product lines for Fortune 500 and public-sector clients. Managed PM and BA team driving a $2M portfolio. • Boosted threat detection and response 35% and cut false positives 40% by shipping Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Platform processing 10M+ events daily • Supported 200+ business users across 5 departments by building Unified BI Data Marketplace (Conduent) with NLP query recommendations and semantic search • Reached 90% accuracy for evacuation planning across 1,000+ families by delivering Disaster Prediction (Sunny Lives, SEEDS India) ML models on satellite imagery • Cut revenue forecasting from days to hours at BlackRock Hospitality by building Revenue Intelligence Platform with real-time RevPAR tracking, demand forecasting, and competitive benchmarking, replacing manual Excel workflows • Eliminated BI training requirements for non-technical stakeholders by building NLP-Powered Narrative Intelligence (Gramener Core) with template-based story generation and configurable narrative tone, white-labeled across enterprise clients • Contributed to Conduent's cybersecurity unit acquisition through unified threat intelligence and BI marketplace deliveries
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Product Owner / Technology Analyst

Infosys LimitedSep 2018 - May 2021 • 2 yrs 9 mosOwned product delivery for Fortune 500 enterprise platforms across LMS, smart city, and analytics. Championed agile adoption across delivery teams. • Selected to Infosys Lab 42 (named after Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), the inhouse niche product team building proprietary IP for global clients • Engineered AI face-detection proctoring during pandemic for 10K+ certification attempts, saving an estimated 500 manual proctoring hours per day across enterprise certifications • Built 3D-modeled virtual engagement platforms at Lab 42 enabling product roadshows when physical events were disrupted by COVID • Deployed Wingspan LMS with personalized learning journeys, certification tracking, gamification, and structured onboarding • Cut parking violations 25% by delivering MLCP IoT Smart Parking with occupancy sensors, mobile app, and operational dashboards • Shipped 4 major LMS releases on schedule across 3 scrum teams while managing competing stakeholder priorities • Lifted sprint predictability 30% by championing agile transformation for 2 delivery teams with Scrum and velocity tracking
I

Senior System Engineer / System Engineer

Infosys LimitedOct 2014 - Aug 2018 • 3 yrs 11 mosSenior technical analyst driving agile adoption, enterprise platform delivery, and team leadership across banking, retail, and manufacturing clients. • Built L&D function from scratch training 500+ employees in Python, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, and Oracle apps with curricula adopted as standard onboarding • Halved manual reporting across 3 business units by delivering KPI dashboards, scheduled data pipelines, and analytics platforms • Condensed regression cycles from 2 weeks to 2 days by pioneering regression testing frameworks and CI/CD practices • Supported 100K+ daily active users by overseeing defect triage, RCA, and production support for enterprise applications • Mentored 8+ junior engineers and analysts on agile practices and documentation, with 3 promoted within 18 months
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Digital Manager

VL AutoJul 2012 - Sep 2014 • 2 yrs 3 mosDigital operations for an automotive dealership network covering customer acquisition, engagement, and multi-channel digital strategy. • Compressed campaign launch time from 2 weeks to 3 days by integrating CRM, analytics, and CMS into unified marketing workflows • Trimmed marketing spend 20% while lifting reach and retention by negotiating 15+ vendor contracts • Fueled digital engagement and customer acquisition through multi-channel SEO, SEM, social media, email, and CRM-driven campaigns • Identified drop-off points and informed product strategy by planning a customer journey analytics framework tracking acquisition-to-retention funnel

Education

I

IIM Kozhikode

Chief Product Officer Program, Chief Product Officer Program2025
A

AltUni by Inside IIM

Certified Program in Product Leadership, Certified Program in Product Leadership2023
S

Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)2023
U

Udacity

Data Scientist for Enterprise, Data Scientist for Enterprise2019
I

Infosys Ltd

Agile Methodologies Practitioner, Agile Methodologies Practitioner2019
M

Mahaveer Institute of Science & Technology

B.Tech, Computer Science2012

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
Chief Product Officer | AI-First Enterprise SaaS Leader (Generative AI & Agentic Platforms)
Chief Product Officer Program graduate (IIM Kozhikode, 2025) and senior AI-first enterprise product executive with 14+ years scaling and shipping 0-to-1 and growth enterprise SaaS products across InsurTech, HealthTech, FinTech, Cybersecurity, EdTech, and data systems. Leads cross-functional product organizations of 50+ globally, owning product vision, roadmap, GTM, and P&L for $2M+ portfolios, with hands-on expertise in generative AI, RAG pipelines, agentic systems, and enterprise platform architecture (multi-tenant SaaS, IAM, APIs). Known for outcome-driven OKRs, tight metrics rhythms, and board-grade communication paired with technical fluency.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call

Top Talent like Gharesh are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Gharesh Shinde

Product Manager
AI & Machine Learning Engineer
Growth Product Manager
Gurugram, HR, IN
Kubernetes
Design Thinking
Terraform
Azure DevOps
Tableau
Docker
Google Analytics
A/B Testing
SQL
Miro
JIRA
Figma
Market Sizing
CI/CD
Microservices
Azure Functions
Power BI
A/B testing
FullStory
Jira
Hotjar
AWS Lambda
Amazon S3
SaaS
Agile
Go-to-market Strategy
Portfolio Management
Scrum Method
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
Available for hire fromNegotiable

Projects

AI Powered Underwriting and Claims Automation Platform

Led end to end product development of an AI powered underwriting and claims automation platform at Artivatic Data Labs, serving global insurers across life, health, and commercial lines. Architected a multi model decisioning engine using LLMs and RAG pipelines that automated 70 percent of proposal processing workflows. Designed APIs and partner integration layers enabling 40 percent faster onboarding. The platform scaled to process thousands of policies daily across India, Middle East, and Southeast Asia, directly contributing to 10 percent operational cost reduction for enterprise clients.

Work History

A

Senior Group Product Manager

Artivatic Data Labs (RenewBuy / InsuranceDekho)AI-powered enterprise SaaS for global insurers across underwriting, claims, decisioning, IAM, and API platforms. Reports to CEO. Leads cross-functional squad of 50+ across India and the US. • Drove 7 enterprise AI platforms from concept to scale by owning vision, roadmap, and GTM, leading 50+ across India and US, reporting to CEO • Cut operational costs 10% and proposal throughput by 70% (48 hrs to under 4) by shipping AI Underwriting Platform with NLP and risk scoring across 5+ insurance carriers • Lifted product engagement 100% with 95%+ grounded accuracy by launching AI Copilot with intent classification, retrieval, and guardrails embedded in underwriting and claims • Auto-adjudicated low-complexity claims and shortened adjudication cycle time by launching GenAI + RAG Claims Decisioning with explainable logs, fraud signal detection, and human-in-the-loop validation mapped across 12+ personas (insurers, TPAs, surveyors, policyholders) • Steered a $2M annual portfolio with disciplined business cases, ROI analysis, quarterly OKRs, and weekly metrics rhythms across 7 platforms • Generated 3 production-shipped features and 2 patent-worthy ideas through cross-functional hackathons in AI-powered insurance workflows • Strengthened RenewBuy's positioning ahead of acquisition by InsuranceDekho by authoring an AI underwriting framework adopted across 5+ insurance carriers
G

Data Science Product Manager

Gramener TechnologiesJun 2021 - Apr 2024 • 2 yrs 11 mosAI and decision-intelligence product lines for Fortune 500 and public-sector clients. Managed PM and BA team driving a $2M portfolio. • Boosted threat detection and response 35% and cut false positives 40% by shipping Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Platform processing 10M+ events daily • Supported 200+ business users across 5 departments by building Unified BI Data Marketplace (Conduent) with NLP query recommendations and semantic search • Reached 90% accuracy for evacuation planning across 1,000+ families by delivering Disaster Prediction (Sunny Lives, SEEDS India) ML models on satellite imagery • Cut revenue forecasting from days to hours at BlackRock Hospitality by building Revenue Intelligence Platform with real-time RevPAR tracking, demand forecasting, and competitive benchmarking, replacing manual Excel workflows • Eliminated BI training requirements for non-technical stakeholders by building NLP-Powered Narrative Intelligence (Gramener Core) with template-based story generation and configurable narrative tone, white-labeled across enterprise clients • Contributed to Conduent's cybersecurity unit acquisition through unified threat intelligence and BI marketplace deliveries
I

Product Owner / Technology Analyst

Infosys LimitedSep 2018 - May 2021 • 2 yrs 9 mosOwned product delivery for Fortune 500 enterprise platforms across LMS, smart city, and analytics. Championed agile adoption across delivery teams. • Selected to Infosys Lab 42 (named after Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), the inhouse niche product team building proprietary IP for global clients • Engineered AI face-detection proctoring during pandemic for 10K+ certification attempts, saving an estimated 500 manual proctoring hours per day across enterprise certifications • Built 3D-modeled virtual engagement platforms at Lab 42 enabling product roadshows when physical events were disrupted by COVID • Deployed Wingspan LMS with personalized learning journeys, certification tracking, gamification, and structured onboarding • Cut parking violations 25% by delivering MLCP IoT Smart Parking with occupancy sensors, mobile app, and operational dashboards • Shipped 4 major LMS releases on schedule across 3 scrum teams while managing competing stakeholder priorities • Lifted sprint predictability 30% by championing agile transformation for 2 delivery teams with Scrum and velocity tracking
I

Senior System Engineer / System Engineer

Infosys LimitedOct 2014 - Aug 2018 • 3 yrs 11 mosSenior technical analyst driving agile adoption, enterprise platform delivery, and team leadership across banking, retail, and manufacturing clients. • Built L&D function from scratch training 500+ employees in Python, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, and Oracle apps with curricula adopted as standard onboarding • Halved manual reporting across 3 business units by delivering KPI dashboards, scheduled data pipelines, and analytics platforms • Condensed regression cycles from 2 weeks to 2 days by pioneering regression testing frameworks and CI/CD practices • Supported 100K+ daily active users by overseeing defect triage, RCA, and production support for enterprise applications • Mentored 8+ junior engineers and analysts on agile practices and documentation, with 3 promoted within 18 months
V

Digital Manager

VL AutoJul 2012 - Sep 2014 • 2 yrs 3 mosDigital operations for an automotive dealership network covering customer acquisition, engagement, and multi-channel digital strategy. • Compressed campaign launch time from 2 weeks to 3 days by integrating CRM, analytics, and CMS into unified marketing workflows • Trimmed marketing spend 20% while lifting reach and retention by negotiating 15+ vendor contracts • Fueled digital engagement and customer acquisition through multi-channel SEO, SEM, social media, email, and CRM-driven campaigns • Identified drop-off points and informed product strategy by planning a customer journey analytics framework tracking acquisition-to-retention funnel

Education

I

IIM Kozhikode

Chief Product Officer Program, Chief Product Officer Program2025
A

AltUni by Inside IIM

Certified Program in Product Leadership, Certified Program in Product Leadership2023
S

Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)2023
U

Udacity

Data Scientist for Enterprise, Data Scientist for Enterprise2019
I

Infosys Ltd

Agile Methodologies Practitioner, Agile Methodologies Practitioner2019
M

Mahaveer Institute of Science & Technology

B.Tech, Computer Science2012

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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