Nicholas Kanhai
Director of Product Management @Audi RED
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WORK HISTORY
Director of Product Management @Audi RED
Toronto, ON, CA
Rapid Experience Development (RED) is a digital agency with a unique way of working to design and develop robust digital experiences for customers. Going beyond the typical agency-client partnership model, AUDI AG and BIMM evolved over a 15-year relationship to create Audi RED, aligned by the same dedication to delivering a consistent experience across the Audi digital ecosystem.As the Director of Product Management at Audi RED, my responsibilities include:Drive Discovery and Scope Definition: Leverage industry-standard frameworks and tools to conduct thorough discovery processes and define scopes for complex feature deliveries, identifying the most impactful features and prioritizing speed to market without sacrificing quality.Enablement and Unblocking: Act as a key liaison between Audi business and technical stakeholders, ensuring that delivery teams have the resources, clarity, and support needed to maximize efficiency and deliver effectively.Coordination Across Product Workstreams: Work closely with workstream Product Owners to coordinate releases and dependencies across products, ensuring a cohesive delivery experience.Stakeholder Management: Communicate with and strive to find win-win compromises with senior Audi stakeholders, balancing business needs and technical constraints.Measure Success and Communicate Impact: Contribute to continuous improvement by analyzing performance data and feeding insights back into the product development cycle.Customer-Centric Focus: Drive a deep understanding of customer needs by working closely with Research teams to enable regular feedback loops, analytics, and user research.Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify potential risks in the product development lifecycle within teams, and create mitigation strategies to reduce disruption to timelines and deliverables.
EDUCATION
Product Faculty
Advanced Product Management Course
Product Faculty
AI Product Management Course
Carleton University
Bachelor's degree honours
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Master's degree
HackerYou College of Technology
Part-time Web Development Program
SKILLS
ABOUT NICHOLAS KANHAI
Nicholas Kanhai is a seasoned product leader with a deep passion for developing people, fostering relationships, and driving transformational growth through technical solutions. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated a keen ability to nurture talent, build high-performing teams, and drive efficient and impactful products in roles with BIMM, Rangle.io, Bounteous Canada, and Demac Media. His expertise lies in aligning business needs with product strategy, translating customer insights into functional requirements, and managing product delivery to optimize customer and business impact. Alongside these responsibilities, Nicholas has also made significant contributions to the community by providing strategic leadership at the Toronto Humane Society and supporting the mission of VentureKids to provide free coding classes to underprivileged youth. As a result, Nicholas brings a unique blend of technical, managerial, and social acumen that enables him to not just lead product development, but also to foster growth and drive societal impact.
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