Sourav Lashkari

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May 2026 - Aug 2026 (4 months)

Senior Product Manager

Nivoda

Jun 2024 - Apr 2026 (1 year 11 months)

Led product across Gems marketplace, a 0→1 certification brand & AI-driven Media Quality & catalogue infra, managing a team of 2 PMs
Gems: Scaled Gems category from fragmented supplier listings to 45K stones by building global auto-mapper reducing go-live by 90%
Launched 10K stones under curated selection pre-sorted on fast-selling criteria delivering 3x higher STR & 5x lower returns
Boosted conversion via Mix panel-led category redesign, contextual search, supplier scorecards - supporting $40K monthly revenue
WISE: Built certification brand WISE by identifying whitespace vs GIA & IGI & defining 40+ grading parameters with gemmologists; conducted deep competitive analysis of incumbent brands to inform naming, visual id

Lead Product Manager- Smart Phones

Lava International Limited

Jul 2022 - Jun 2024 (2 years)

Led 5G smartphone development from concept to market by aligning distributed scrum teams across China & India, ODMs, marquee partners (Airtel, Jio, Qualcomm, Samsung) & Govt to deliver a roadmap that acquired 3M+ users & generated ₹2500 Cr+ in revenue
Owned post-launch product lifecycle with managing inventory working with Sales and CSD team, shipping targeted UI/UX updates (icon animations, charging & biometric flows, one-hand mode, Anti-Theft & Privacy features, Store mode, background YouTube) actively used by 5M+ users daily
Director’s Award 2022 for launching Lava's fastest-selling smartphone ‘Agni 2’ considered as best device by Tech Community Technical Guruji (23M+ Subs) , Trakin Tech (13M+ Subs) in its price segment; garne

Co-Founder (Product and Growth)

Chirrup

Mar 2020 - Jun 2022 (2 years 4 months)

Video enabled Social Gaming Platform with 10 multiplayer games | 100K MAU |700K downloads
Secured 300K USD Seed funding in Aug’20 from Titan Capital, Angelist and Firstcheque; Yourstory | Our Journey
Product: Identified key user personas, preferences, behavioral patterns & issues from Mixpanel, Customer interviews, Market research
Developed in-house search algorithm to identify niche Micro-influencers, achieving 30% WoW growth at blended CAC of INR 2
Iterated on user journey and product offerings to improve NUX funnel from 10% to 50%, D7 retention from 6% to 12%
Growth: Built a partnership-led growth engine across streamers, corporate HRs, hostels, chess communities, and 30+ schools & colleges, driving engagement

Entrepreneur in Residence

Rupeek

Jan 2019 - Mar 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Product: Digitized systems to automate KYC with partner Banks as per RBI guidelines; Improved NPS at Gold release by ~30% and reduced time to book a Fresh loan by ~25% by managing data flow in inhouse apps
Growth: Led New city launch in Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur via city wide mapping, branding and ATL activities, hiring & training of personnel, banking partnerships, vault security management and initial sales leads generation to achieve target of INR 3 Cr/month
People & Culture: Owned TA & HRBP, growing headcount from 200 to 900 employees in 7 cities; managed payroll & PIP systems

Management Trainee- Product Development

Hindustan Unilever Limited

Jul 2014 - Sep 2015 (1 year 3 months)

Among 3/19 interns across IITs to receive a Pre-Placement offer; Worked across 3 out of 4 Categories & 5 Brands
Consulting: Optimized competitiveness of Household category through Logistics cost analysis, Packaging & Supply demand Mapping & Debottlenecking production line resulting in savings of 47 Cr; Offered Role at Unilever Netherlands for successful completion
R&D: Formulated Asia’s only Foaming Sanitizer; developed non-petroleum based alternate Wheel detergent formulation
International: Led South-East Asia team from Thailand as Product Manager to launch a Single detergent across Australia and New Zealand by Locking technical action standard with no on-cost, perfume assessment, packaging synchronization & consumer valida

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