Rinku Stephen

About Rinku Stephen

I’m a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft with 8+ years of experience working across B2C and B2B domains. At Microsoft, I contribute to WinUI—Windows’ native UI platform—focusing on performance modernization, platform adoption, and enhancing developer workflows. I’ve collaborated with partners like Apple, Meta, and WhatsApp to enable consistent, accessible, high-performance UI across surfaces. I owned the windows integration for Boot to Cloud experience for b2b Win365 subscribers.Previously at Flipkart, I worked on the Grocery team, driving initiatives in growth, user retention, Flipkart homepage experience, and merchandising optimization. I closely partnered with design, engineering, and analytics to experiment, iterate, and scale features aimed at improving engagement and conversion.My strengths lies in structured problem solving, data-driven thinking, and navigating ambiguity through tight cross-functional collaboration. I’ve been recognized with awards for Product Excellence, Building a Dream Team, and Fostering a Culture of Learning. I hold an MBA from IIM Bangalore, and I’m passionate about solving complex platform problems that require systems thinking, empathy for users, and deep collaboration.

Experience

1. Senior Product Manager

   Microsoft

   Feb 2023 — Present

   Windows Search platformOptimizing search experienceWindows experiencesBuilding platform capabilities that power windows native experiences Developer App authoring experience Empowering developers with smart dev tools to ensure they are poised to churn out high impact apps. Cloud PCsEnvisioning and enabling futuristic experience of virtualized computing systems right from boot of your PCs.

Education

• St. Joseph's College Of Engineering

  Engineer’s Degree, Computer Science

  2009 — 2013

• St.Michael's Academy

  High school, Computer Science

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing, Technology and Operation Strategy

  2015 — 2017

Skills

• Microsoft Sql Server
• Java
• .net
• Sql
• Agile Methodologies
• Business English
• Asp.net Mvc
• Edi
• Nfc
• Android Development
• Wireframes
• Microsoft Office
• Jira
• Waterfall
• Matlab
• Powerpoint
• C++
• Databases
• C
• Javascript
• Html
• Microsoft Word
• Css
• Microsoft Excel
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Management
• Team Management
• Programming
• Project Management
• Microsoft Powerpoint