Nikhilesh Jha

Senior Product Manager | AI & SaaS

Salary / Daily rate

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

Product ManagementProduct Strategy

Languages

EnglishFrenchHindiNepali

About me

Intro

AI Product Manager with 3+ years delivering enterprise solutions for Fortune 500 clients across pharmaceutical, automotive, and manufacturing sectors. Scaled AI platforms to 19+ facilities, generated 3x company revenue, and achieved 50% waste reduction saving $500K annually. Wharton MBA specializing in B2B SaaS platforms and AI-driven process optimization.

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Work experience

Senior Product Manager

Ripik.AI

Jul 2023 - Present

3 years 4 months

Greater Delhi Area

Ripik.AI is an AI Enterprise Platform whose products help organizations grow revenue, optimize expense & accelerate transformation. As Senior Product Manager, I:   - Delivered enterprise-level AI solutions for major Fortune 500 clients in diverse sectors (pharmaceutical, paint manufacturing, automotive), generating revenue equivalent to three times the company's previous total annual revenue - Deployed an AI-powered manufacturing scheduler across 19 plants (6 international, 13 domestic) for a leading Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer, securing expansion contract for 9 additional facilities - Scaled workforce optimization app to 5 pharmaceutical plants, improving resource allocation by 35% - Launched 8 computer vision use cases to help with procedural sampling compliance and safety harness compliance for the India's leading paint manufacturer - Automated quality control system for recipe adherence thereby reducing errors by 60% for the paint manufacturer - Led development of first version of a centralized SaaS platform integrating 10+ AI products for process compliance, material optimization, and production scheduling, reducing client implementation time by 65% - Pitched and led AI-based scrap reduction project for major Indian automobile manufacturer, delivering 50% waste reduction that generated $500K in annual savings and securing $100K+ contract

Product Manager

Tvarit GmbH

Dec 2021 - Jul 2023

1 year 8 months

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Launched world's first AI based web app for reducing scrap waste

Product Management Consultant

IFC - International Finance CorporationFreelance

Sep 2021 - Jan 2022

5 months

Greater Delhi Area

Building a job portal to connect HR personnel at organizations to enable hiring/rehiring of blue-collar workers, thereby minimizing disruption to livelihoods and business.

The Red Pen

May 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year 8 months

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Lead Consultant

Oct 2021 - Dec 2021

3 months

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Helped students get into top colleges like MIT, Columbia, Kellogg, LBS and INSEAD among others.

Assistant Manager

May 2020 - Oct 2021

1 year 6 months

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sr. Manager

Manya - The Princeton Review

Feb 2019 - May 2020

1 year 4 months

Strategy Consultant

Accenture

Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

3 months

New York, NY, USA

During the internship, I built a financial model to calculate the savings due to migration to the cloud for one of the largest life science companies as a Tech Strategy consultant. I gained an understanding of cloud computing as well as cultural and political hurdles that arise while adopting a new technology.

Project Manager

Young Mother Well Being Project

Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

1 year 1 month

Janakpur, Nepal

I wrote and executed a $160,000 project that was funded by International Donors. The project provided medical care to 9000 teen mothers during pregnancy. Here, I also developed the ability to build financial models for the project and work effectively with consultants. Piloted telemedicine project in rural Nepal to provide non-prescriptive second opinion from licensed doctors.

Entrepreneur

Mithilanchal City Hospital

Dec 2013 - Jul 2015

1 year 8 months

Janakpur, Nepal

I started the hospital in Janakpur in order to support the local community. Here, I managed the daily operations and supervised the 25-person staff of both the hospital. I also launched several services such as Ultrasonography, Pathology and Ambulance services in order to increase hospital revenue.

Head of Information Technology

Everest Hospital

Aug 2012 - Dec 2013

1 year 5 months

Kathmandu 44600, Nepal

IT Engineer

Atos

Jul 2011 - Jul 2012

1 year 1 month


Education

The Wharton School

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

2015 - 2017

2 years 5 months

National Institute of Technology Hamirpur-Alumni

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)

2007 - 2011

5 years

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