Navanethan Gangatharan

About Navanethan Gangatharan

Hey! I am a product enthusiast, working at Microsoft. Love to solve problems and understand behaviors. Deeply believe in the power of products to make this world a better place. Have about 9+ years of experience as product manager across consumer and enterprise products. Over these years I got the opportunity to work with a rising Indian startup as well as one of the leading technology companies in the world. Through these experiences I have demonstrated capabilities in building products ground up, taking through different stages of product life-cycle successfully. Be it owning a product to grow from zero to one or helping a product create impact at scale I have performed at both the ends of spectrum.I find joy in the process of solving problems having meaningful impact in user’s life. I look for insights from users and facts from data. A keen advocate of structured and framework-based thinking and problem solving. Strongly believe in and work by hypothesis driven product development process. Experienced in running experiments at scale. I follow a goal-based approach (OKRs) to set impact targets for the areas I own. Deep and strong focus on outcomes than outputs.Above product, I like to engage more with people. I love having challenging conversations with design and engineering teams to shape the product. I have lead teams designing for web apps and mobile apps with a key focus on design and performance. I cherish the value and perspectives brought to the product by different functions like engineering, design, research, operations, support, and other cross functional teams.\"Drive clarity, delegate with trust, quality engagement and show empathy\"- my go-to principles when it comes to collaboration with people.Outside work I like to read more about product, business models, psychology, and strategy from thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and books.Feel free to hit the message button to discuss everything about product & business. Eager to engage and connect.Better purpose. Better product. Better worldSpecialties: Product Management | Program Management | User Research | Design Thinking | User Growth and Retention | Conversion Rate Optimization | Product Analytics | Web apps | Mobile apps

Experience

1. Senior Product Manager

   Microsoft

   Aug 2020 — Present · Bengaluru Urban, IN

Education

• IIM Indore

  PGDM, General Management

  2012 — 2014

• Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Project Management
• Product Marketing
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Management
• Consulting
• Sales Analysis
• Market Requirements Documents
• Business Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Competitive Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Market Research
• Requirements Analysis
• C
• Pl/Sql
• Asp.net
• C++
• Team Management
• Product Management