Product Manager with 10+ years building fintech, gift card payments, e-commerce & marketplace platforms at scale — bridging business strategy and technical execution.
Years in Software
Years in Product Management
Years E-Commerce & Marketplace
Years Gift Cards & Transactions
Years Agile & Scrum
Years Full Stack Development
I'm a results-driven Product Manager with 7 years of PM experience and 4 years of software engineering — giving me a unique ability to bridge business strategy and technical execution.
Currently at Blackhawk Network India, I manage a global acquiring switch platform processing millions of gift card transactions daily across APAC, Europe, and the US.
My journey has taken me from coding telecom ad platforms at Mahindra Comviva, to owning customer success at Zivame, to managing 3M+ DAU products at IndiaMart — every step sharpening my instinct for building things people actually use.
Manipal Institute of Technology
Manipal, Karnataka
Xavier Institute of Management
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
A decade of shipping products that matter
Tools and capabilities I bring to every product
Roadmap definition, stakeholder alignment, OKRs & backlog management
Acquiring switch, gift card platforms, REST APIs, partner onboarding
Google Analytics, SQL, funnel optimization, A/B testing, NPS & CSAT
Cloud migrations, platform reliability, high-throughput transaction systems
Referral programs, chatbots, CRM systems, browser push notifications
JIRA, Confluence, Sprint planning, cross-functional collaboration
What fuels my curiosity and creativity outside of product
Exploring new cities, cultures and landscapes keeps my perspective fresh and fuels empathy for users across the world.
Open roads, good music, and clear skies — long drives are where I disconnect, think deeply, and find my best ideas.
From product strategy books to biographies and tech blogs — reading sharpens my thinking and keeps me ahead of the curve.
Whether it's a new recipe, a side-project, or a fresh framework — I love trying things out, failing fast, and learning faster.
Recommendations from colleagues, managers & direct reports on LinkedIn
He has always been a cool manager who always motivated me to explore new things and has managed the product really well. He is well organized, innovative, always up with new ideas which has always benefited the product. In short, he is one of the best colleagues, best managers anyone can have.
His ability to deal with a crisis and come up with new ways to achieve results were always an inspiration. His innovative thought process in generating segmentation data had led to a more than 90% drop in data generation time. Ashutosh is amazing at his job — he knows his way around people, is good with clients, and does whatever it takes to get things done.
From being a positive, calm, diligent person to being a great team partner, Ashutosh has the qualities that are hard to find. His ability to handle multiple projects was unlike any I've seen before and his sense of humour has helped us get through some tough days at work.
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar is a great manager and an outstanding mentor. He always kept the team morale up. He is organised, innovative as well as helpful and is always open to ideas and suggestions. He has made me improve in many professional areas. I am delighted to work and learn with such a professional.
Ashutosh holds great expertise in streamlining user journeys on digital platforms, and managing and delivering projects timely with utmost efficiency. Along with sound business and tech skills, he possesses exceptional people skills — his teamwork and work ethics are truly worth appreciating.
Blackhawk Network · Oct 2023
Avery Dennison Campus Challenge, XIMB · Nov 2017
Vodafone India & Idea Cellular · Feb 2017
Mahindra Comviva · Jun 2016
Mahindra Comviva · Dec 2015
Mahindra Comviva · Apr 2015
Open to exciting product roles and conversations
Whether you're hiring, collaborating, or just want to talk product — my inbox is always open.