Sudhir Bakhru

About Sudhir Bakhru

Product executive with 18+ years of experience leading large-scale technology product portfolios across enterprise software, AI platforms, digital commerce, and developer ecosystems. Proven track record of defining long-term product strategy, scaling multi-billion-dollar platforms, and aligning cross-functional organizations to deliver innovative global products.Currently Senior Director of Product Management at Salesforce leading the Experience Building Platform within Experience Cloud (part of Salesforce’s AI platform), powering digital experiences for over 100k enterprises and 1B+ users globally. Experienced in translating emerging technologies including generative AI into scalable product platforms and new market opportunities.Former product leader at Microsoft, eBay and venture-backed startups, with deep expertise in product strategy, platform ecosystems, and global product portfolio growth.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Product Management (Ai Platform)

   Salesforce

   Feb 2017 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Lead the teams responsible for building the Experience Building Platform at Salesforce. These products enable our customers and third-party partners to create visually stunning e-commerce websites, portals, forums, and mobile apps using Salesforce CRM. This is the platform that enables Salesforce\'s Martech capabilities as well - AI powered personalized emails, Landing Pages, Forms and more. My current portfolio includes:+ Lead the Experience Builder platform that enables ALL Experience Cloud customers to create, build and manage their Digital Experiences.+ Lead personalization initiatives that allow customers to use Salesforce\'s Customer Data Platform to create hyper personalized AI-based experiences.+ Lead initiatives that allow customers to use Generative AI for content creation and management.+ Led Mobile Publisher from an idea to a product to a strong business offering for Salesforce.+ Hire and mentor Product Managers.+ Engage directly with top customers and prospects to pitch Experience Cloud to help convert deals.+ Regularly lead Experience Cloud product strategy sessions at events with customers and partners. These events include Dreamforce, Customer Advisory Boards and more.Experience Building with Experience Cloud - Mobile Publisher -

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Product Management

  2013 — 2013

• San José State University

  MS, Software Engineering (Enterprise Software Technologies)

  2006 — 2008

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  B.E., Computer Engineering

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Perl
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Mobile Applications
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Testing
• Software Design
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Automation
• Distributed Systems
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Web Services