Gaurav Prakash

About Gaurav Prakash

As a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, I lead product development, manage lifecycles, and drive innovation. My role involves strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality products that meet business goals and customer needs.As the Co-founder of Fidel Folio, I have leveraged my leadership skills to build and grow the company. I have been instrumental in developing the vision, strategy, marketing and partnerships, navigating complex challenges, and fostering teamwork.Leadership Skills:1. Visionary Leadership: Setting clear vision and strategic direction.2. Team Building: Building and mentoring high-performing teams.3. Decision Making: Balancing risk and opportunity for successful outcomes.4. Communication: Ensuring transparency and alignment with stakeholders.5. Problem Solving: Guiding teams through complex challenges.

Experience

1. Principal Product Manager

   Microsoft

   Aug 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   As a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, I lead strategy and development for enterprise products with a focus on onboarding new customers and driving business growth. I unite cross-functional teams to build intelligent HR technology solutions, leveraging AI-driven capabilities to transform innovative ideas into impactful tools that help the organization hire unique talent quickly.Key Contributions & Skills1. Visionary Leadership: Spearheaded the recruitment digital strategy and the roadmap for two enterprise products, ensuring alignment with business goals and market trends.2. HR Technology Development: Led end-to-end development of HR tech products, launching AI-driven solutions that improved recruitment efficiency, saved recruiter time, and reduced operating costs.3. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered across engineering, design, and HR teams to implement innovative hiring technologies, ensuring seamless integration and high adoption across the organization.4. Stakeholder Management: Engaged senior leadership and key stakeholders to champion HR technology initiatives, effectively securing buy-in and investment for strategic projects.5. Data-Driven Decision Making: Established and tracked OKRs for HR tech programmes, publishing key metrics that demonstrated faster hiring cycles and operational savings.6. Storytelling & Communication: Drove internal storytelling for product successes through workshops and case studies, enhancing visibility of product impact and sharing best practices.7. Mentoring & Talent Development: Mentored early-career and experienced product managers and participated in hiring interviews, helping build a strong product management team and ensuring a smooth hiring process.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  PGDM, Marketing and Finance

  2014 — 2016

• SUNBEAM ENGLISH SCHOOL

  SSC, Science

  2003 — 2003

• SUNBEAM ENGLISH SCHOOL

  HSC, Mathematics

  2003 — 2005

• Institute of Engineering and Technology

  B.Tech, Electronics & Communication Engineering

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Sql
• Asp.net
• Cognos
• Ibm Servers
• Product Management
• Networking
• Sql Server 2005/2000
• Perl
• Network Configuration
• Market Research
• C#
• Program Management
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Visual C#
• Tivoli
• Cognos Reportnet
• Db2/Sql
• Ibm Db2
• Financial Services
• Servers
• Network Mana
• Network Administration
• Db2
• Network Security
• Netcool
• Orion
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Trend Micro