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Raghuram Kothuru
Principal Product Manager
Columbus,OH
Summary
Passionate, Data-driven, Enthusiastic AI Product Leader with 18 Years of experience in Product Management, Product Implementations and Customer Success with a blend of technical expertise. Have successfully built, managed and delivered Products from 0 – 1 and enhanced existing products using Generative AI worth collectively over and above $100 Million ARR in the B2B SaaS Products.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
Certificates
Work History
Principal Product Manager
Oracle
10.2020 - 10.2024
- Spearhead the Product Strategy and Product Roadmap for Oracle Learning Experience (OLX), driving innovations that enhance learning experiences for enterprise customers, improve user engagement, and ensure alignment with Oracle’s talent management and learning solutions.
- Lead cross-functional teams in the development of Oracle Learning products, focusing on personalized learning experiences, social learning, and integration with Oracle HCM Cloud to support large-scale learning and development initiatives.
- Oversee the development of adaptive learning features and AI-driven content recommendations to drive personalized learning paths for users, enhancing engagement and improving learning outcomes.
- Boosted product adoption rates by 25% by integrating AI-based Recommendations to enhance learner experience.
- Envisioned a new generic AI Recommendations framework to manage use-cases from other Oracle Product verticals like HCM, SCM.
- Integrated the Google Language Translator API to reduce the manual overhead for learning administrators by 80%
- Doubled user engagement metrics by 30% through implementation of data-driven personalization features
- Defined and analyzed metrics to measure product performance and to achieve a high customer satisfaction rate of 95%
Product Owner
Xebia
12.2018 - 10.2020
- Improved User Activation rate by 90% by strategizing and implementing a new user onboarding flow
- Resulted in a 15% cost reduction in project delivery by optimizing resource allocation and workflow processes.
- Designed and developed a new LDAP based directory service to handle common application components thereby reducing development and QA overhead by 50%.
- Delivered a 50% increase in project efficiency by streamlining the project management process and using agile methodologies
- Effectively negotiated Sprint Goals with the Scrum Teams, which resulted in slashing delivery time by 20%
- Successfully managed the product backlog and sprint backlog to set clear goals and manage the team efficiency to 95%
Product Manager
Agile CRM
12.2016 - 12.2018
- Collaborated with CEO and other stakeholders to define Product strategy, roadmap and new product markets to improve the ARR by 25%
- Implemented Knowledgebase tool which resulted in significant user base increase by 80%
- Identified new Product markets and performed Market & Competitor analysis for Website Builder, Social Media Management platform, Chat bots
- Collaborated with product management to ensure AI solutions met client expectations and delivered value
- Worked with cross-functional teams to improve the Customer Satisfaction Score – CSS to 98%
- Planned and Estimated 2-week Sprints in realistic yet time-efficient manner that allowed teams to deliver 95% of the MVP per the Product Roadmap.
Lead – Product Implementations & Customer Success
ProcessMAP
12.2006 - 12.2016
- Acted as liaison between Business, Sales, IT Teams to refine the Product and incorporate features based on Market / Customer demands to increase the market share by 25%
- Implemented a New Enterprise Product for a Fortune 500 Customer which resulted in an up-sell of the Product to other customers and generated an ARR of about $2M
- Implemented new processes of communication between cross-functional teams which has fastened the requirements flow by 25%
- Translated features into user stories within the teams backlog while managing the priorities, to reflect stakeholder requirements
- Spearheaded implementation of new tracking tools to increase the processes efficiency by 75%
- Reviewed and responded to RFPs to bring in new customers and thereby increasing the business growth by 25%
- Conducted offline & online product trainings to increase the user engagement by 75%
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Andhra University
India 05.2003 - 03.2006
PG - Product Management
Pragmatic Leaders
California 05.2020 - 01.2021
Skills
Human Capital Management (HCM)
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)
Sustainability & Carbon Accounting
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Product Vision/Product Strategy
Product Roadmap/Product Growth
UX Design
Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Market Analysis/Competitor Analysis
Agile/SCRUM/Waterfall
REST API
SQL
COGNOS Reporting/BI Reporting
OpenID Directory Services
Data Warehousing/Data Visualization/Data Analytics
Generative AI
Figma/Balsamiq/Sketch/Lucid Chart
Asana/Airtable
MS Office
Quickbase/Smart Sheets
JIRA/Confluence
Slack/Skype/Zoom
Zendesk
Swagger/Postman
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Talent can be taught but attitude can't be.
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeContract WorkLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridCertification
Introduction to Cyber Security
Software
Confluence
Asana
Air Table
Smart Sheets
Figma
Sketch
Lucid Chart
Balsamiq
SQL
COGNOS
Zendesk
Quickbase
MS-Excel
Zoom
MS-Teams
Accomplishments
* AI Recommendations in Learning to identify skill gaps and careers of interest to improve user engagement
* GROW product to enable learners achieve their career path.
* Launched an enterprise product for Carbon Accounting (Emissions Management) to generate new revenue market and achieved an ARR of $2M
* New Processes & New Tools introduction to help Cross-functional teams improve on communication and efficiency.
* Implemented Zendesk, Quickbase workflows to help Customer Success teams deliver high results improving their efficiency.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Telugu
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Professional Working
German
Elementary
Interests
Cyber Security
AI & ML technologies
AI Agents (ChatGPT)
Product Ideation
Product Launch
Timeline
Introduction to Cyber Security
04-2024
AI Product Leader
08-2023
Building a Product Strategy
12-2020
Product Manager
12-2020
Principal Product Manager
Oracle
10.2020 - 10.2024
PG - Product Management
Pragmatic Leaders
05.2020 - 01.2021
Product Owner
Xebia
12.2018 - 10.2020
Product Manager
Agile CRM
12.2016 - 12.2018
Lead – Product Implementations & Customer Success
ProcessMAP
12.2006 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Andhra University
05.2003 - 03.2006