About

Manikandan K is a highly experienced and customer-focused professional with over 10 years of experience in B2C, FinTech, B2B, SaaS, building new products, API integrations, payments, platforms, growth, and mobile. He is passionate about bringing new ideas and building new products, and creating value. Manikandan has a technical background that helps him guide engineers and the development team to solve and simplify solutions for implementation. He is a consistent exceptional performer of the year with a high positive attitude and high energy who aspires to become an entrepreneur in his career by solving the right problem and creating an impact. Manikandan graduated from the Great Lakes Institute of Management with a Master of Business Administration in Marketing and Business Management and earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from an affiliated institution of Anna University. He is also a consistent learner and keeps himself updated with the latest trends and technologies. In his current role as Product - FinTech at Wasoko, Manikandan leads and defines business requirements and product roadmap through consumer insight, competitive analysis, and cross-functional ideation, and translates them to actionable user stories for agile development. He also leads a cross-functional team of dedicated resources from various delivery teams, supervises deliveries from other teams, and is accountable for feature delivery, performance, and quality. Manikandan identifies key metrics to evaluate data both quantitatively and qualitatively, builds product requirement documents, wireframes, test case scenarios, and workflows for the product, and communicates and executes product vision to key stakeholders such as management, technology, design, marketing, and sales teams. Previously, Manikandan worked as a Product Manager at Athena Health and Gain Credit, where he introduced new product lines, monitored product performance, and optimized the journey for better customer experience. He also identified problems around the product management process and led the process to figure out potential concepts to solve the identified problem. Manikandan's education history includes an MBA from Great Lakes Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Anna University. He is skilled in product management, mobile, test, and big data. With 8.79 years of relevant experience, Manikandan is a valuable asset to any organization looking to build new products, optimize product performance, and create value for customers.