Nikhil Stephen

About Nikhil Stephen

I am a Director of Product Management with deep expertise in building scalable enterprise SaaS platforms across infrastructure and public-sector markets. My core strengths lie in simplifying complex product ecosystems, aligning multi-year product strategy to business goals, and driving cross-functional execution that creates measurable customer and financial impact.At Aurigo, I’ve helped transform our product portfolio by modernizing mobile and platform capabilities, introducing AI-powered analytics, and expanding our addressable market. I’ve driven significant improvements in adoption, customer retention, and ARR by focusing on customer-centric problem solving, clarity in prioritization, and execution discipline.I’m known for building strong PM teams, creating high-efficiency workflows, and enabling engineering, design, sales, and customer success to execute with shared understanding and purpose. My work consistently converts strategy into tangible outcomes—new revenue, improved product usage, reduced operational friction, and stronger customer confidence in our roadmap.

Experience

1. Director of Product Management

   Aurigo Software Technologies

   Aug 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Leading Platform, Mobile and Analytics Portfolio to manage a team of 7 Product Managers.Key Achievements:Modernized PM workflows by integrating AI-assisted prototyping tools (Lovable, Cursor etc.), cutting early-stage product development time and increasing clarity during MVP definition and customer validation.Increased mobile application adoption 33% across DOT customers through UX modernization, offline enhancements, and background sync improvements within 6 months of launch.Launched AI-powered reporting and analytics SKU with NLP/AI agent capabilities, contributing $150K in incremental ARR and improving enterprise reporting adoption.Work closely with executive leadership, customer advisory boards, and strategic accounts to shape long-term product vision and investment priorities.

Education

• Marian Engineering College

  Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering

  2006 — 2009

• Duke University

  Certification Program, Product Managemet

Skills

• Team Management
• Project Planning
• Management
• Business Analysis
• Epc
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Quality Assurance
• Business Process
• Oil/Gas
• Pre-Sales
• Requirements Analysis
• Earned Value Management
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Project Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Erp
• Customer Product Training
• Document Management
• Vendor Management