Kumar Asheshanand
Senior Product Manager @ Hindustan Times | Building AI Products
- Role
- Senior Product Manager at HT Digital Streams
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kumar Asheshanand
Product leader with 10+ years of experience building and scaling B2C and B2B products, including AI-first and data-driven platforms. Scaled consumer app products from 0 → 2.5M DAU, led multiple 0→1 launches, and improved critical funnels across fintech, travel, and media. Recently focused on practical AI and GenAI products—shipping tools that reduce user effort, improve decision-making, and deliver real business impact.Hands-on, outcome-driven, and comfortable operating across product strategy, execution, and cross-functional leadership.
Experience
Senior Product Manager
Nov 2024 — Present
Led 0→1 consumer and AI products across HT’s ecosystem, including the Mint Money fintech app and AI tools for the newsroom platform- Built editor-facing systems where writers train the tools on their writing styles to generate first drafts, reducing content creation time by 56%- Build consumer AI features, including Credit Coach (conversational AI for credit guidance)- Independently built and launched multiple Gen AI products—from financial PDF → news draft, from text article → image and video—taking them from idea to reliable, organisation-wide adoption.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building AI Products and Services
2024 — 2025
ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management
B.Tech + MBA, Information Technology
2010 — 2015
Skills
- Php
- Product Management
- Sem
- Market Research
- Team Management
- Online Marketing
- Team Leadership
- Business Development
- Windows
- Marketing
- Business Strategy
- C++
- Business Analysis
- Marketing Strategy
- C
- Search Engine Marketing (Sem)
- Management
- Java
- Microsoft Office
- Entrepreneurship
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