
Ritesh Nain
Verified Expert in Product Management
Product Manager
Delhi, India
Toptal member since May 7, 2021
Ritesh is a senior AI product manager with 15+ years of experience in tech engineering, AI/ML, GenAI, and AI agents. He specializes in Agile AI product development, from strategy to execution, identifying use cases, roadmaps, MVP, and scaling AI solutions. His expertise spans SaaS, cloud (AWS and Azure), and global markets (35+ countries). As an AI technical product manager, Ritesh bridges data science, engineering, and business to deliver AI-driven products in multiple domains
Project Highlights
Expertise
- AI Product Management
- Agile Software Development
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Product Management
- Software Engineering
- Strategic Planning & Execution
Work Experience
CTO, Product Head
Thirdroc Pty Ltd
- Ideated and strategized the solution concept. Created an actionable plan for executing the plan implementation by identifying granular use cases. Mapped them further to day-to-day tasks for the end result.
- Created a fully autonomous credit analysis and lending cloud-based solution using AI agents, LLMs, and software engineering pieces (APIs and more). Connected with full human feedback loop and memory management for delivering solid practical value.
- Headed the whole product initiative from scratch, worked with key stakeholders, connected with the solution-market fit, managed a cross-functional dev team of engineering and data scientists, and delivered and managed the final solution.
- Identified AI agents use cases in credit risk analysis as a first. Created an autonomous lending solution as a first in the industry.
Product and Technology Head
Fintranxect Digital Solutions Pvt Ltd
- Collaborated with senior management on developing the product roadmap, defining prioritization, design prototyping, and delivery demos for acceptance.
- Managed a cross-functional remote development team and assisted in the technology architecting of the solution, ensuring timely delivery as per the definition of done. Used Slack for team coordination.
- Managed the Jira Kanban board, user story creation, and backlog prioritization.
- Collaborated with 3rd-party lenders, NBFCs, and banks with their APIs to create a seamless process flow.
- Assisted marketing and sales teams, giving them product updates and coordination in go-to-market.
- Handled technology execution from scratch, including desirability, definition of functionalities, and tech stack decisions. Used React, Node.js, MySQL, Amazon S3 bucket, and EC2 on AWS.
- Helped build a platform comprising web and mobile apps, eKYC in place, and separate portals for super admin, lenders, partners, borrowers, and users via a fully automated dataflow pipeline.
Product Head
RS Portals Pvt Ltd
- Conceptualized and developed the idea of a visitor management solution called DoRunDo in selected market segments. Worked with co-founders to propose and expand the idea, identifying potential targeted market segments and dividing customer segments.
- Created the product roadmap, features, prioritization, and final MVP layout.
- Managed a cross-functional remote development team for Android and iOS native mobile apps and web apps using Slack and Jira and following the Kanban method.
Product Manager | Project Manager
Freelancer
- Developed and delivered an eCommerce store using the Magento framework for Erawan Spices by implementing wide functionalities in a short span of time.
- Collaborated with the development team to decide on the stable version, fixed security vulnerabilities, and defined the process of regular updates and fixes.
- Oversaw full testing and final deployment in an aggressive timeframe of 15 days.
Co-founder | Product and Technology Head
Self-employed
- Co-founded the idea of connecting farmers to consumers using tech via mobile and web apps called Food Saints and Food Ants.
- Managed the outsourced development efforts for apps rolling out with planned features and functionalities.
- Connected with over 1,000 farmers network in three states (Delhi, Haryana, and Punjab) and managed direct-to-home delivery to end consumers in the South West Delhi territory in Delhi, India.
- Led the funding efforts and raised the initial angel funding round from a combination of high-net-worth individuals.
Co-founder | Product and Technology Head, Strategy
Ascent Telecom
- Co-founded Ascent Telecom to provide private labeled software to service providers and enterprises (B2B). Ideated and handled multiple responsibilities for developing and delivering cutting-edge telecom software across geographical boundaries.
- Created organization structure from scratch, built a team and handled marketing, sales, product management, customer accounts, and partnerships with multiple stakeholders.
- Scaled the company so as to have customers in over 35 countries with over 12 B2B varied new products launched during 11 years.
Project History
Autonomous Credit Risk Analysis and Lending
http://www.thirdroc.aiI led ideation, technology, and product for use cases, features definition, tech, and team development.
Fintranxect Web Lending Platform
Architected and led the web lending platform from scratch by managing the cross-functional remote development team and collaborating with the management. Took the platform growth to 10,000 orders processing in the initial span of six months.
As the product head and project lead of this project, I discussed and understood the initial base requirements of the management, converted these base requirements to broad functionalities, guided the design of wireframes with the help of a designer, created a feature roadmap, and ensured that the development team had a proper understanding of the work to be done. Used Agile Kanban framework through Jira to manage the day-to-day work and updates and ultimately grew and stabilized it to the 10,000 orders processed level with around 32 partners and lenders integrated into the platform.
DoRunDo Visitor Management
Took the initiative right from ideation to strategy, design, functionalities, the definition of MVP, go-to-market, and launch. Led all the aspects from step one to the last phases of web and mobile app development with a cloud back end.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Kurukshetra University - Kurukshetra, India
Certification in Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
IIT Delhi - Delhi
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
XLRI - Xavier School of Management - Jamshedpur, India
Certifications
Probability - The Science of Uncertainty and Data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | via edX
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | via edX
Executive Program in Data and Decision Sciences: ML, AI, and Neural Networks
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Skills
Tools
Jira, Slack, Amazon Textract, DeepSeek, Git
Paradigms
Agile, Kanban, Agile Software Development, Web Architecture, Requirements Analysis, Agile Product Management, Scrum
Platforms
ProductPlan, Magento
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications
Other
Product Strategy, Feature Backlog Prioritization, Feature Prioritization, Feature Analysis, Technical Product Management, AI Product Management, Product Management, Technical Project Management, User Stories, Web Applications, Web App Development, Market Fit, Investor Presentations, User Requirements, Go-to-market Strategy, Product Owner, Fintech, VoIP, eCommerce, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agile Delivery, Roadmaps, Mathematics, Science, Computer Science, Programming, Management, Marketing, Finance, Strategy, Market Research & Analysis, Human Resources (HR), Consumer Behavior, Leadership, Data Science, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Python 3, Ideation, Product Roadmaps, Feature Roadmaps, Strategic Planning & Execution, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Mobile Apps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), UI Prototyping, Deployment, QA Testing, PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Bootstrap, Angular, Prototyping, Feature Planning, Product Delivery, Strategy Planning, New Products, Partnerships, Partner Management, Business to Business (B2B), Business Development, Digital Marketing, B2B Partnerships, Strategic Partnerships, Customer Analysis, Teamwork, Demo Designs, Pricing Strategy, Software Sales, SaaS, REST APIs, API Integration, Go-to-market Plans, Market Segmentation, Customer Segmentation, APIs, Business Management, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Networking, Probability Theory, AI Agents, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), LangChain, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Lambda Functions, Amazon RDS, React, Node.js, OpenAI, Llama, Backlog Management, Use Cases, Automation, AI Consulting, Business Ideas, Product-market Fit, Cross-functional Team Leadership
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