Actively Looking — April 2026
Senior Product Manager

Sunny
Shekhar

12 years building products that work in the real world — not demos. From zero-to-one AI platforms to $365M CRM systems, I own products end-to-end: discovery, metrics, delivery, and the messy bits in between.

12+ Years Building
13+ Products Shipped
$365M Claims Processed
Available Now Open to Senior PM & AI Product roles — Remote or Hybrid
B2B SaaS Fintech RegTech AI-Native
4512% Defect Rate Slashed
143 Days Processing Time
5,000+ Businesses Served
<60 Days to Launch
About

The PM
behind the
numbers

12+ Years Exp
13+ Products
$365M Processed

I'm a Senior Product Manager with over a decade of building products across Fintech, RegTech, and AI-native B2B SaaS. My path ran through six years in regulated, high-stakes customer operations before I touched a PRD — and that's not a weakness.

It's why I ask better questions in discovery, why IEEPA rules and IRS R&D criteria become product requirements in my hands instead of blockers, and why I don't confuse shipping velocity with shipping value.

Most recently at Occams Advisory, I built and led the AI product function from zero — shipping 8+ products across AI SaaS, internal platforms, and automation tools with full ownership of the product lifecycle.

I don't open Figma until I've talked to the people with the problem.

On Product Discovery

45% to 12%. Those numbers didn't happen by accident — someone defined what mattered and built toward it.

On Metrics

Most PMs avoid regulated domains because they're hard. I've spent years in them.

On Domain Complexity

Shipping in constraints is the actual skill. No unlimited resources. No large team. That's real product management.

On Execution
Selected Work

Products I've
owned

Each project had full ownership — not just tickets. Discovery through delivery, metrics defined, stakeholders managed, and something real shipped at the end of it.

Flagship Product · 2023–2024

ERC CRM Platform — Built from Zero to $365M Processed

Full multi-department CRM built from scratch. Sales, Ops, Finance, Affiliate, Admin, and Lead modules. Reduced defect rate from 45% to 12%, cut processing time from 14 days to 3 days, grew affiliate network by 2,000+.

Sales Module Operations Module Finance Module Affiliate Network Admin Dashboard Lead Management
$365M
ERC Claims FY23–24
45→12
Defect Rate %
2K+
Affiliate Growth
Problem

No system, pure chaos

A $365M advisory operation running on spreadsheets and email chains across five departments. Every handoff was manual, every error invisible until it became a client problem.

What I Did
  • Discovery interviews across all 5 departments
  • Defined KPIs before writing a single requirement
  • Designed full data model and cross-module workflows
  • Led eng team through phased delivery
  • Owned QA standards and definition of done
Outcomes

Numbers that moved

Defect rate: 45% → 12%. Processing time: 14 days → 3 days. Affiliate network grew by 2,000+. FY 2023–24: $365M in ERC claims processed.

02
TaxVantage AI · 0 to Launch · 2025

R&D Tax Credit Portal — Replacing a Manual Advisory Process

Led discovery through client interviews, mapped the R&D qualification process end-to-end, and designed an 11-stage self-service portal. Eliminated manual advisor intervention at every step.

11
Stage portal
0→1
Full build
03
IEEPA Tariff Recovery Program · 2025

Launching a Regulatory Recovery Program in Under 60 Days

Defined 6-document structured intake workflow, automated OneDrive folder provisioning via Microsoft Graph API, built SDR playbook, integrated DocuSign for two-signer engagement letters.

<60
Days to launch
6
Doc workflow
Full Product Inventory

13+ products
shipped

Across external SaaS platforms, internal CRM systems, automation tools, and workflow products — each one solving a real business problem, not a theoretical one.

AI-Native Products — External 5 products
AI · SaaS

TaxVantage AI

R&D tax credit self-service portal. 11-stage intake replacing manual advisor process.

AI · SaaS

CFOInsights AI

AI-powered financial insights platform automating CFO-level advisory with LLMs.

AI · SaaS

Occams AI

Core AI platform powering advisory workflows previously requiring senior consultants.

AI · SaaS

Incubation AI

AI-powered platform supporting early-stage businesses with structured advisory.

RegTech

IEEPA Tariff Recovery

Full program product — intake, automation, SDR playbook, DocuSign. Launched <60 days.

CRM & Internal Platforms 2 products
CRM · Multi-dept

ERC CRM Platform

Full multi-department CRM. $365M processed across 5,000+ businesses.

Data Tool

Apollo.io Data Enrichment

Custom PHP + HTML tool automating decision-maker research for SDR workflows.

Automation & Workflow Tools 6 tools
Integration

DocuSign Integration

API-driven two-signer engagement letter workflow in WordPress/Laravel portal.

Automation

OneDrive Folder Automation

Microsoft Graph API integration for automated client folder provisioning.

Dashboard

Social Media Automation

Centralized dashboard for scheduling and managing social activity.

Tool

Digital Business Cards

Dynamic digital business cards — shareable, trackable, updatable.

Planning

LinkedIn Growth Engine

Structured content planning engine — built to v1.4 production-ready spec.

Tracking

Referral Tracking System

Multi-sheet workbook for referral leads by source, stage, and conversion.

Experience

12 years,
one direction

Jan 2025 – Present
Product Lead — AI Products
Occams Advisory · New Delhi (Remote)
Founded AI product team. Shipped 8+ products across AI SaaS, automation tools, and workflow integrations. Full ownership from vision to delivery across five external product lines.
Jan 2023 – Dec 2024
Product Lead — ERC CRM Platform
Occams Advisory · New Delhi (Remote)
Built and owned a multi-department CRM from zero. $365M processed, 5,000+ businesses, defect rate 45% → 12%.
May 2020 – Jan 2023
Business Analyst → Product Owner
Coditro · New Delhi (Remote)
First product role. Owned discovery, research, backlog, and sprint delivery across two concurrent product streams.
2014 – 2020
Customer Operations & Team Management
Amex · FIS · Tech Mahindra · First Source
Six years across regulated, high-stakes environments. The ground-level instincts built here shape every product decision I make today.
PM Philosophy

How I
think

01

Problem first, always

I don't open Figma until I've talked to the people with the problem. Every product decision that went wrong started with skipping discovery.

02

Metrics are product decisions

14 days to 3 days. 45% to 12%. Those numbers didn't happen by accident — someone defined what mattered and built toward it.

03

Regulatory complexity is product surface

Most PMs avoid regulated domains because they're hard. I've spent years in them. IEEPA rules, IRS R&D criteria — product requirements, not blockers.

04

Shipping in constraints is the skill

No unlimited resources. No large team. No brand-name company. Everything I've shipped was built lean and fast. That's the real skill.

Capabilities

What I
bring

Product Management
Product Strategy0-to-1 DevelopmentProduct DiscoveryUser ResearchBacklog PrioritizationKPI DefinitionGo-to-MarketRoadmappingExec Stakeholder Mgmt
AI & Technology
Generative AILLM IntegrationPrompt EngineeringAPI Product DesignMicrosoft Graph APIDocuSign APIn8n AutomationSystems Thinking
Domain Expertise
B2B SaaSFintechTax-TechRegTechCompliance ProductsAI-Native ProductsIEEPA RulesIRS R&D Criteria
Process & Delivery
Agile / ScrumKanbanSprint PlanningQA StandardsJTBD FrameworkDefinition of Done
Tools
JiraAsanaFigmaMiroLucidchartOffice 365n8n
Certifications
PSPO
Professional Scrum Product Owner I
Scrum.org
KMP
Certified Kanban Practitioner
Kanban University
B.Com
Bachelor of Commerce
Magadh University
Get in Touch

Let's
talk

Actively looking for Senior PM / AI Product Manager roles where I can own the product — not just manage it. Open to B2B SaaS, Fintech, RegTech, or AI-native companies.

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Actively Looking — April 2026

Currently open to

Roles where I can own the product end-to-end.

Target Roles
  • Senior Product Manager — AI / ML Products
  • Senior PM — Fintech / RegTech / Tax-Tech
  • Lead PM — AI-Native B2B SaaS
  • Group Product Manager — Series B/C Startups
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