AKSHAY KUMAR A R
Bangalore • - •-• linkedin.com/in/akshay-kumar-a-r
Product Manager | AI Powered SaaS Platforms | Quality Engineering | Automation & Testing
• Product Manager with over 5.5 years of experience building and scaling automation-driven SaaS platforms across India,
Southeast Asia, and the US; available immediately and open to remote, hybrid, or relocation-based roles.
• Skilled in AI-led product development, API-first platform design, modular frameworks, and checkout/payment integration.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, improve product delivery velocity by 50%, and ensure compliance across
regulated industries (SOC2, ISO, GDPR).
• Launched Myanmar’s first e-pharmacy platform with custom payment setup, achieving 100% revenue growth.
• Hands-on with LLM integration, A/B testing, and data-led decisions to optimize customer LTV and conversion.
SKILLS
• Product Methodologies: Product Roadmaps |SOPs &Documentation |Agile Methodology |Data Analysis |Market Research |
Stakeholder Management |Visual Storytelling
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API & Backend: Backend Integration |API Orchestration |Serverless Workflows |Data Querying |Checkout &Payments
AI & Automation: LLM Integration |Prompt Engineering |No-Code Automation Frameworks |Autonomous Process Design
Design & Prototyping: UX Prototyping |Visual Design |Figma |Graphic Design
Testing and QA: Test Automation Strategy |Regression Testing |QA Optimization |A/B Testing |Post-release Audits
Tools: Jira |ClickUp |Notion |Confluence |Miro |GSuite |Office |GitHub |Postman |Zapier |Lovable |Mixpanel |Docker
Languages: English (Native),Hindi (Native),Kannada (Native),Telugu (Native)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance • May 2025 - Present
Support early-stage teams with product strategy, delivery setup, and GTM readiness.
Product Consultant
• Delivered competitor analysis and market strategy to guide product positioning.
• Advised on sprint planning, SOP creation, and product documentation workflows.
• Helped design and launch websites and pitch decks tailored to investor and user needs.
StackBOX Services Pvt. Ltd. • July 2022 - January 2025
Designed and deployed scalable architecture and QA systems, resulting in a 50% improvement in release efficiency for enterprise
clients.
Product Manager
• Released 5+ enterprise SaaS platforms for Global clients, accelerating releases by 50% and reducing defects by 40%.
• Led development of API-first OMS/TMS platform integrated with payments and 100+ partners, processing 100K+ orders.
• Designed a Modular automation framework to orchestrate CRUD workflows, avoiding new API development, handling over
500k+ transactions reducing operational overhead by 50%.
• Led UX and Database design for scalable architecture, improving data performance and retrieval speed by 30%.
• Designed and launched Coverage Expansion Tool, improving onboarding by 50% and expanding sales reach by 30%.
• Established QA/compliance protocols, cutting defects by 40% and achieved 100% audit success (ISO 27001, SOC 2).
• Actively contributed to workplace inclusion as a POSH Committee member.
Algo Legal • December 2020 - June 2022
Streamlined product feedback cycles and reduced time-to-fix by integrating structured QA checkpoints.
Product Analyst
• Owned market research and defined PRDs and roadmaps, accelerating development by 50% and improving feature readiness
and delivery timelines.
• Acted as cross-functional liaison between clients, engineering, and design, reducing resolution time by 50% through structured
QA checkpoints.
• Increased user feedback loop participation by 150% and integrated cost-benefit insights to reduce ownership costs by 15%.
Process Engineer
• Led process improvements across teams, improving execution efficiency by 20% and increasing brand engagement by 50%
through pitch decks and GTM assets.
• Used data analytics to improve decision-making by 50%, streamline workflows, and reduce operational overhead by 20%.
• Researched and deployed emerging tools, improving internal user efficiency by 20% and accelerating team adoption.
Decabits Software • August 2019 - November 2020
Launched 10+ SaaS products from scoping to go-live, improving QA-readiness and alignment.
Project Manager
• Launched API-first SaaS platforms including Myanmar’s first e-pharmacy; increased adoption by 50%, and revenue by 100%.
• Spearheaded the launch of MGR, a B2B fitness subscription platform in the US, driving digital transformation for fitness
businesses.
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Managed cross-functional teams, aligning with business goals to improve client satisfaction and retention.
Ensured clear stakeholder communication, reducing misalignment issues by 80%.
Conducted post-launch audits, achieving 25% process improvement and fostering continuous growth.
Launched organic and inorganic marketing campaigns, increasing SEO-driven leads by 200%.
EDUCATION
Bachelors in Engineering • M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology • GPA: 8.53 • August 2015 - June 2019
PROJECTS
FinSight
Built a stock market analysis assistant using Yahoo Finance API, Ollama, and ChatGPT, generating market insights, trend
summaries, and investment prompts for research automation.
HelpBot
Trained a FAQ-driven chatbot system using LLMs and prompt engineering to automate internal queries, reduce support tickets, and
accelerate knowledge access across teams.
API Lens
Created a Chrome extension to log and visualize API request/response data, enabling faster QA, debugging, and validation of
backend services during development.
