Priya Rajagopal
Senior Director - Product & Strategy | Developer Ecosystem & Developer Experience (Agentic AI) • Product-Led Growth (PLG) • Edge AI • Mobile & Edge Computing• Distributed Data Sync
- Role
- Senior Director of Product Management at Couchbase
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Priya Rajagopal
Product & technology leader with 25+ years of experience driving innovation across startups and Fortune 500 companies. I specialize in developer platforms/developer experience, edge computing, mobile, and Edge AI—combining technical depth with strategic product leadership.As Senior Director of Product Management at Couchbase, I lead the edge computing product portfolio, delivering offline-first and Edge AI experiences with Couchbase Lite, Sync Gateway, Edge Server our fully managed App Services offering. My team is also responsible for the strategy and roadmap of developer platforms for Couchbase including streamlined UI, SDKs, connectors, APIs, IaC tools, plugins and AI ecosystem integrations, making it easy to build agentic applications with Couchbase. This is pivotal in driving modern experiences and contributing to the company’s product-led growth (PLG) efforts by enhancing the in-product journey. Previously, I held leadership and architect roles at Barracuda Networks, Motorola Solutions, Compuware and Intel, leading research and prototyping in platform security, mobile innovation, and network systems—delivering patented technologies and shaping IPTV industry standards.Key Areas of Expertise: Product strategy, developer platforms, Edge AI, edge computing, PLG strategy, cloud & SaaS platforms, SDKs & APIs, mobile & embedded systems, product lifecycle management, and cross-functional leadership.
Experience
Senior Director of Product Management
Feb 2024 — Present
Lead the product portfolio for Couchbase Lite, Sync Gateway, and Edge Server products, delivering offline-first, Edge AI, and edge computing solutions across self-managed and managed (Capella) offerings- Define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for developer platforms—SDKs, APIs, tools, IDE plugins, connectors, DevOps/IaC automation, and the Capella UI- Drive developer experience improvements across evaluation, learning, and build phases, delivering key developer-focused launches including Free Tier, credit card payments, Data API, and MCP server to boost adoption and engagement- Contribute to the company’s product-led growth (PLG) strategy as part of the core team, driving the in-product experience initiatives that enhance activation, engagement, and conversion into product-qualified leads (PQLs)- Oversee product lifecycle and Go-to-Market (GTM) planning, collaborating with engineering, marketing, sales, and customer success to deliver high-impact outcomes.Focus Areas: Product strategy, cross-functional leadership, developer platforms, edge computing, embedded/mobile databases, data synchronization, SDKs & APIs, DevEx, GTM execution,
Education
Bangalore University
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Software Engineering
1993 — 1997
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M.S, Computer Science
1999 — 2000
Skills
- Mobile Applications
- Ios
- Iptv
- Software Development
- Software Engineering
- System Architecture
- Software Design
- Objective-C
- Mobile Devices
- Network Administration
- Ios Development
- Agile Methodologies
- Architecture
- Programming
- Mobile Technology
- Ip
- Start-Ups
- User Experience
- Embedded Software
- Embedded Systems
- Xcode
- Architectures
- Nosql
- Couchbase
- Couchbase Mobile
- Swift
- Leadership
- Jira
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