Yash Samant
Product manager with 4+ years of experience building and scaling B2B SaaS products. Skilled at identifying market gaps and defining product vision and strategy. Known for strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills that align stakeholders and the ability to move seamlessly between business, design, and engineering. Proven ability to leverage market research, data analytics, and stakeholder engagement to deliver innovative solutions that improve efficiency by over 50% while boosting revenue by 40%.
Work Experience:
4.2 Years
Industry:
Aviation & Automotive | Technology
Function:
Product Management
Work Experience
CaRPM | Gurgaon
- Product Manager
- Aligned product portfolio and business strategy by leading end-to-end development of a solution for heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) diagnosis, driving a 10% increase in revenue and 2000+ new B2B users across India within a year of launch.
- Developed a SaaS solution for MG Motors, consolidating four standalone diagnostic systems into one, reducing service TAT by 15% while simultaneously lowering MG’s yearly operating costs by 80%.
- Led product workshops for myTVS to identify requirements and deliver a solution at 50% lower cost, boosting client revenue by 3% (₹6 Cr + annually), driving adoption across 1000+ myTVS service centres across India.
- Owned roadmap for hardware development to harmonize products across categories by defining manufacturing specifications and managing vendor relationships.
- Managed pre-sales activities for Cars24, mapping our product capabilities with client requirements leading to a pilot engagement, integrating our solution into their used-car inspection and intelligence workflow.
- Automotive Research Analyst
- Orchestrated product discovery and roadmap for two-wheeler garages. Deployed and scaled product to 6000+ B2B users in a span of two years, contributing to over 30% revenue increase.
- Conducted user research and analysis to identify bottlenecks to improve compatibility across 45+ motorcycle models and reduced average diagnosis time by 50% (60s→30s).
- Designed systems and SOPs for quality control, testing, and customer feedback, setting up release and feedback cadence, prioritized bugs and features from app reviews, contributing to an all-time high 4.4-star rating on Google Play.
- Conducted market research and competitor analysis to identify an opportunity for a product in the two-wheeler segment. Led R&D and partnerships with cross-functional teams to ideate, plan, develop and deliver the right product-market fit.
- Intern - Automotive Research
- Provided personalized technical support to customers resolving complex issues, ensuring client satisfaction and strengthening stakeholder relationships.
- Developed deep industry subject matter expertise through primary and secondary research and self-directed learning to augment existing knowledge assets, enabling increased product capabilities and breadth of feature.
Accomplishments
- Founder, fixpaana.in: conceived and built a solution for buying and selling of classic cars and motorcycles in India. Scaled to 2700+ active users on Facebook.
- Scholarship Recipient: Awarded 25% scholarship at IIM Ahmedabad
- National-level athlete: Gold medallist in Discus Throw and Silver medallist in Shot Put at state-level championships
Education
- BSc Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida
Certification
- Product Management, Udemy
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Udemy
- Mechanical Design, Dassault Systems
Extra-curricular
- Classic car restorer and content marketing: @fixpaana on YouTube and Instagram
- ProdMan Club of IIMA
- Students’ Alumni Relations Committee of IIMA