Manohar Botlagunta

About Manohar Botlagunta

I am a Director of Engineering at Intuit, leading the Monetization Platform that powers billing, subscriptions, payments, accounts receivable, entitlements, and revenue recognition across our global product ecosystem.I oversee an organization of ~300 engineers across multiple geographies and senior engineering leaders. My work centers on designing and running scalable, reliable, and financially-accurate systems that support both self-serve SMB journeys and complex mid-market and enterprise sales motions.I partner closely with Product, Finance, GTM, Accounting, CX, and Architecture teams to evolve our monetization capabilities, simplify customer experiences, and modernize the platforms that support Intuit’s long-term growth. A major part of this evolution is the shift toward an AI-native, agent-driven monetization platform, where AI and automation enhance speed, accuracy, and operational efficiency across the stack.Over the past year, I’ve also driven a broad AI transformation across my organization—achieving 100% AI proficiency among engineers and embedding AI into day-to-day engineering workflows. This effort has significantly improved developer productivity, engineering quality, and our ability to execute on complex technical and business challenges.I’m passionate about-> Leading high-performing engineering organizations -> Building scalable, secure, and financially-correct platforms -> Advancing AI-powered engineering excellence and developer productivity -> Developing engineering leaders and fostering accountability and ownership -> Solving big, meaningful problems with clarity and strong executionI enjoy connecting with others who are interested in SaaS monetization, AI-driven transformation, large-scale platform engineering, and the future of financial systems.

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   Intuit

   Aug 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   I lead the Monetization Platform for Intuit, responsible for the systems that power billing, subscription management, payments, accounts receivable, entitlements, and revenue recognition across global products.Scope & Leadership -> Lead an organization of ~300 engineers across multiple geographies -> Directly manage senior engineering leaders (M3/M2) and Principal/Sr Staff engineers -> Own strategy, execution, platform modernization, operational excellence, and talent development -> Drive close collaboration with Product, Finance, GTM, Accounting, Architecture, CX, and SecurityImpact Areas -> Scaling Intuit’s global monetization backbone for SMB, mid-market, and enterprise -> Transforming the platform into an AI-native, agent-driven system -> Driving 100% AI proficiency across engineering teams and uplifting developer productivity -> Enabling new revenue models and simplifying customer experiences -> Elevating platform reliability, compliance, and financial accuracy

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  B.Tech

  2000 — 2004

• APRS, Gandipalem, Andhra Pradesh

  SSC

  1992 — 1998

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Executive MBA

  2015 — 2016

• Adarsha Junior college

  High School

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Ajax
• Android Development
• Java
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Risk Management
• Web Applications
• Unix
• Software Project Management
• Project Management
• Web Services
• Xml
• Database Design
• Rest
• People Management
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Oracle
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Spring
• Product Development
• Coldfusion
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Sdlc
• People Development