Saran Raju

Product manager || Entrepreneur || Petrol-head || Mechanical Engineer || Marketing Analyst

Saran Raju
Berlin, Germany

Experience

Feb 2022 - Present
3 years 1 month
Munich, Germany

Product Management Intern

Seven.One Entertainment GmBH

A B2B media streaming platform that is part ProSiebenSat.1 Media with millions of user base. (Product: video.kabeleins.de)

  • Build and shipped a multi-tenant video streaming B2B platform and onboarded 7 TV channels to the platform
  • End-to-end ownership for multiple tv channel onboarding into the platform
  • Owned the display ad feature which is expected to increase the ad revenue by 10%
  • Owned the integration of promo-teaser feature which focuses on improving user engagement and retention
  • Focus KPIs - Video view duration, Ad Revenue
  • Did multiple root-cause analyses and increased the average video view time by 12%
  • Introduced a third-party user survey tool which is implemented as a high-priority feature with a focus on increasing NPS
  • Introduced Bit Rate metric to monitor the video quality
  • Performed all expected product roles ranging from organizing, and brainstorming to conducting product ceremonies
  • High-level roadmap planning and prioritization of features
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
3 months
Berlin, Germany

Product Management Intern

Product People

Product people provide Interim Product Management Services to multiple companies in different industries.

Projects: Consumer Sports Platform (Football), Health Platform, B2B Elearning Platform

  • Creating user-centric flow for multiple Web apps and Mobile apps
  • Collaborated with senior product managers to document, validate and monitor logging and metrics
  • Researched and compiled data to prepare competitive analysis and trend analysis for business
Jun 2017 - Nov 2018
1 year 6 months
India

Co-founder

Rain Forest Traditions(TefeTea)

Rainforest Traditions was a herbal green tea manufacturing and marketing firm

  • Studied market trends to determine optimal pricing of goods and services and to capitalize on the emerging markets
  • Delivered the product to the market in 5 months and generated sales of 8,00,000 INR in the first 3 months
  • Involved in the product designing including the branding and package design
  • Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify trends in the market
Apr 2017 - Nov 2019
2 years 8 months
India

Co-founder

Envirodynamics

Envirodynamics is a consulting and contracting firm for water and wastewater treatment plants

  • Acquired 14 projects and completed them in 2 years
  • Generated turnover of about 20,00,000 INR of turnover in 1st year and 28,00,000 INR in 2nd year
  • Client acquisition, tendering for the project, coordinated approval of government bodies, purchase
  • Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends
  • Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational performance
Feb 2014 - Oct 2016
2 years 9 months

Project Engineer

Summit Engineering and Technology

Summit Engineering and Technology is an MEP contracting firm

  • Was able to increase profit margin by 10% through efficient raw material utilization and project coordination
  • Provided technical guidance, peer review, and mentorship to junior engineers engaged in building system

Summary

Looking to kickstart my career in Product management in a junior/associate PM role. Diverse experience in project management and Entrepreneurship acquired by co-founding 2 startups.

Languages

English
Advanced
Hindi
Advanced
German
Elementary

Education

Oct 2023 - Jun 2023

WBS CODING SCHOOL

Marketing Analytics

Oct 2022 - Jun 2022

IBAT College Dublin

Diploma in Data Analysis and Visualisation using Tableau

Mahatma Gandhi University

Bachelor's degree · Mechanical Engineering

Certifications & licenses

Become a Product Manager | Learn the Skills & Get the Job

Data Product Manager

Product Management BootCamp

User Story Masterclass: Your Agile Guide to User Stories

Google Analytics for Beginners