Saicharan Kumar-Lead Product Manager
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Experience
Lead Product Manager
OysterHR Inc.
- Enabled over $5M in EOR revenue and scaled the new standalone global payroll product to 500% YoY growth in the past year, following its strategic launch and integration into the core platform two years prior by aligning leadership across Sales, Finance, and Operations
- Owned the Go-to-Market strategy and served as the primary domain expert for Sales; redefined the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and introduced new commercial packaging and pricing structures that successfully shifted the pipeline toward mid-market accounts, significantly increasing Average Contract Value
- Drove platform consolidation by collaborating with staff engineers and architects to unify global payroll and EOR solutions into a single HR platform, unlocking cross-sell opportunities and improving operational efficiency
- Realised a 75% reduction in payroll transactional costs by driving the financial automation domain across 100+ countries; transitioned operations from expensive third-party partners to high-efficiency in-house processing and automation, while ensuring 99%+ payroll accuracy
Associate - IT Product Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH (PwC)
- Expanded enterprise market share and drove cross-border growth by leading the development of a proprietary tax engine and global mobility payroll product, leveraging the platform to secure new DAX 40 clients and establish strategic cross-country partnerships with international PwC branches.
- Designed and delivered automated solutions that shifted manual data transformation into scalable software, enabling the processing of monthly payroll for 9,000+ enterprise employees with significantly optimised headcount and minimal operational overhead.
- Scaled engineering delivery velocity and optimised resource allocation by hiring and managing a cross-functional QA team, and leading the build of an automated regression testing tool; cut sprint deployment times by 90% and shifted QA focus to high-value product initiatives.
Software Engineer
Zoho Corporation
- Achieved over a 50% reduction in process time by re-architecting file compression/decompression modules, leveraging parallel extraction and de-serialization of data
- Developed data migration capabilities by building integrations for Zoho WorkDrive, used by over 70 million users across 40,000+ businesses
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology and Professional Services.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Product Development, Information Technology, Finance, Operations, Sales, and Strategy.
Skills
Programming Languages
Java — Advanced
Python — Advanced
C++ — Intermediate
Others
Microsoft Office Suite — Advanced
Sql — Advanced
Alteryx — Advanced
Looker — Advanced
Languages
Education
Technical University of Munich
M.S · Management · Germany
Indian Institute of Information Technology
B.Tech · Mechanical Engineering · India
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Experience
Global experience
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Saicharan is based in Neu-Isenburg, Germany.
Saicharan speaks the following languages: Tamil (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).
Saicharan has at least 9 years of experience. During this time, Saicharan has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 1 month. Note that Saicharan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Saicharan would be well-suited for roles such as: Lead Product Manager, Associate - IT Product Manager, Software Engineer.
Saicharan's most recent position is Lead Product Manager at OysterHR Inc..
In recent years, Saicharan has worked for OysterHR Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH (PwC).
Saicharan is most experienced in industries like Information Technology and Professional Services.
Saicharan is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Information Technology, and Finance. Saicharan also has some experience in Operations, Sales, and Strategy.
Saicharan has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Professional Services.
Saicharan has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Finance, and Operations.
Saicharan holds a Master in Management from Technical University of Munich and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Information Technology.
Saicharan has 2 certificates. These include: ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level and ITIL® 4 Foundation - IT Service Management Certification.
Saicharan is immediately available for suitable projects.
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