Akshay Shende
Aspiring Product Manager | Product Strategy & Growth Manager | Driving SaaS Innovation, Market Adoption & Cross-Functional Impact
- Role
- Product Strategy & Growth Manager at Tars Technologies
- Location
- Nagpur, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Akshay Shende
I help businesses adopt AI-powered solutions to improve customer engagement, automate…
Experience
Product Strategy & Growth Manager
Jan 2025 — Present · Nagpur, IN
Serving as Product Owner for InternCorp, a SaaS-based Learning Management System, driving product vision, roadmap definition, feature prioritization, and early product-market fit validation- Heading the Business Development & Sales department, leading a team to build partnerships, accelerate revenue growth- Overseeing end-to-end Marketing functions, including digital campaigns, branding, and traditional marketing initiatives, while managing a cross-functional marketing team to strengthen visibility and adoption- Bridging business development, product marketing, and product growth to build and scale InternCorp, with dashboards for students, colleges, and industries- Contributing to product vision, roadmap definition, and feature prioritization from ideation to near-launch (80% complete), aligning offerings with diverse stakeholder needs- Driving go-to-market (GTM) planning & execution, shaping positioning strategies, and validating product-market fit with early adopters across education and industry- Leading cross-functional collaboration with engineering, design, and operations to transform user insights and competitive research into actionable product requirements- Developing sales enablement assets (decks, case studies, campaigns) to accelerate adoption and support industry-college partnerships- Applying data-driven decision-making to optimize messaging, improve engagement, and guide adoption strategies, contributing to product-led growth- Additionally contributed to refining Society Saathi, an in-house Society Management System, by providing feature recommendations and feedback, including: Internal Directory for better resident and tenant access, Super Admin visibility across resident, tenant, and guard dashboards, Guard-to-Guard communication flow for societies with multiple wings.These insights were incorporated into the product design, enhancing usability and stakeholder alignment.
Education
Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and Research, Wanadongri
Bachelor's degree
2011 — 2015
MIT Pune
PGDM
2019 — 2021
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Bachelor's degree
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