Rakesh Krishnan

About Rakesh Krishnan

Product leader with deep expertise in AI, enterprise SaaS, and product-led growth. Known…

Experience

1. Principal Product Manager, Power Automate

   Microsoft

   Sep 2019 — Present

   PM working on growing Microsoft\'s low-code/no-code automation product, Power Automate Delivered product capabilities across collaboration, integration and admin/management management areas across both RPA and DPA (API driven automation) Select achievements- Developed and executed on an industry-first SaaS embed strategy. Partnered closely with BD and Legal to finalize deal structure and terms for both custom and programmatic deals to drive extensibility via ISVs - Defined and developed new APIs to extend product integration, and worked day-to-day with strategic partners to launch embedded offering, which was featured in Satya\'s Inspire keynote - Worked across organizations and shipped several admin-facing features (Customer Managed Encryption Keys, Runtime scaling, advanced management etc) to drive enterprise usage and adoption at scale - Partnered closely with sales to dislodge competition from some of the largest enterprise RPA deployments. Worked directly with customer\'s CoE team to drive enterprise wide adoption - Defined and developed industry leading collaboration features (commenting, co-presence, enhanced sharing etc) within the low-code/no-code space - Created the product strategy around RPA migration. Developed SDKs to scale migration via ISVs and SIs, and partnered with BD and Sales to land initial partners- Delivered several critical features on the initial RPA offering (UI Flows) from Microsoft. Played a key role in integrating Softomotive acquisition and launching v1 of Power Automate Desktop

Skills

• A/B Testing
• Business Strategy
• Performance Management
• Targeted Advertising
• Sales Strategy
• Customer Acquisition
• Display Advertising
• Customer Segmentation Strategy
• Product Management
• Algorithms
• Financial Modeling
• Business Planning
• Inventory Analysis
• Market Requirements
• Ad Exchanges
• Program Management
• Sql
• Yield Management
• Customer Lifecycle Management
• Growth Strategies
• User Scenarios
• Forecasting
• Customer Retention
• P&L Analysis
• Excel Models
• Financial Projection
• Competitive Analysis
• Behavioral Targeting
• Regression Analysis
• Search Advertising
• Project Management
• Drafting Policies
• Pricing Strategy
• Online Marketplace