Yash Samant
Product Manager with 4+ years of experience building and scaling B2B SaaS products (0 → 8K users), owning vision, roadmap, and delivery to drive 40%+ revenue growth. Expertise in crafting product strategy, market research, product development and end-to-end lifecycle management. Blends PM expertise with a founder’s mindset, creating India’s first online vintage car marketplace (scaling 0 → 2.7K+ users, 360K+ views), demonstrating entrepreneurial flair, problem-solving, and execution skills.
Work Experience:
4.2 Years
Industry:
Aviation & Automotive | Technology
Function:
Product Management
Product Manager | CaRPM | Gurgaon
• Owned product vision, strategy, and roadmap to build and scale India’s first multi-brand commercial vehicle diagnostic product from 0 to 2,000+ B2B users, boosting revenue by 10% within a year.
• Led a 3-member customer support team, designing feedback systems and SOPs to reduce ticket resolution time by 50% and escalations by 30%, resulting in an all-time high Google Play rating of 4.4★.
• Led consolidation of four fragmented automotive diagnostic systems into a unified solution for MG Motors, reducing diagnosis TAT by 60% (5 mins → 2 mins) and cutting cost of ownership by 8x.
• Acted as SPOC for TVS, leading workshops and facilitating integration of CaRPM’s diagnostic functionality into TVS’ garage management system across 1,200+ service centres, increasing revenue by 3% (₹6 Cr+ annually).
Automotive Research Analyst | CaRPM | Gurgaon
• Led research and product discovery to define hardware, software, and UX specs, aligning engineering, design, marketing, and sales to drive development and launch of a two-wheeler diagnostic product.
• Launched a clearly positioned two-wheeler MVP and ran a feedback-driven GTM, building diagnostic coverage across 95% of motorcycle models in India and cutting diagnosis time by 50% (60s → 30s).
• Drove continuous improvements and feedback-led feature expansion to scale the two-wheeler product from 0 → 6,000+ users, increasing revenue by 30% in two years.
• Owned the end-to-end two-wheeler product lifecycle, translating customer needs into a prioritized backlog and sprint roadmap to strengthen value proposition and extend product longevity.
Automotive Research - Intern | CaRPM | Gurgaon
•Conducted market, user, and competitor research to identify new product opportunities in automotive diagnostics, providing inputs that later shaped two-wheeler and commercial vehicle product roadmaps and contributed to a 43% revenue increase.
- Scholarship Recipient: Awarded 25% scholarship at IIM Ahmedabad for sporting achievements.
- BSc Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida
- Product Management, Udemy
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Udemy
- Mechanical Design, Dassault Systems
- Entrepreneurship | Founder & Product Lead | fixpaana.in:
- Built India’s first vintage car marketplace to solve for a fragmented, low-trust, high risk buyer–seller journey, scaling to 2,700+ active members in under 6 months through an online platform and content-led brand building.
- Conducted user research to identify and prioritize pain points, designing and shipping the fixpaana.in MVP through owning features and UI to create a smooth experience with a distinct visual identity and brand feel.
- Created and distributed engaging content across channels, growing to 360K+ YouTube views and 1,600+ social followers.
- Sports | National-level athlete:
- 2x state gold medallist in Shot Put and state gold and silver medallist in Discus Throw; represented Maharashtra at three consecutive national games (2011–13).
- Students’ Alumni Relations Committee of IIMA: Launched an alumni–student mentorship program, matching students to the right mentors through understanding student’s career aspirations and goals.
- Product Management Club of IIMA: Edited content for the institute’s ProdMag magazine and organized PM resume and mock interview workshops for students.