Himanshu Singh
Skill Scoreⓘ
Professional (3/6)
270
Industries
Education Tech Jobs Search and Employment Service Mobility Tech
Founder, Prowess: a merit-based upskilling and hiring platform for product managers
I am building an anonymous skills evaluation and progression system for professionals where what people can do matters more than where they learned, how they learned, and who they know. Check us out at – showprowess.com Life Before Prowess: Industries – Education Tech (Higher Ed, Professional Learning, and K-12), Consumer Tech, Enterprise SaaS Functions – Product Management, Business Development, Operations, Strategy, and Software Engineering. Highlights – • Educated millions around the world by launching affordable online learning products in the US, Europe, Russia, South America, Central America, and the Asia Pacific, resulting in $100M+ in revenue. • Expanded global reach of K-12 adaptive learning product to 10M+ users during COVID-19 by launching product features in 6 languages. • Increased access to electricity in emerging markets by creating the product strategy and GTM plan for a low-cost power generation system for a $29B market cap energy company, impacting thousands of families. • Saved millions of dollars in operating costs by introducing lean processes and launching enterprise SaaS products for customers in the tech, services, and manufacturing sectors.
Skills
Evaluated for VP of Product and
Consumer PM role archetypeⓘ
Performance by Category
Communication
Strategy
Design
Technology
Execution
Go-to-market
Top Skills
Data retrieval Distribution planning Feature prioritization Build vs buy vs partner Market analysis Product requirements User journey and personas User research Listening Negotiation Writing and presentation Metrics definition Product roadmap Relationship building
Skill Progression
Projects
- User experience design
Expert Rating
3.3/5
- Education Tech
- User experience design
- Jobs Search and Employment Service
Endorser's Rating
3.3/5
Listening Negotiation User feedback review
Endorser's Rating
3.7/5
Experience
Staff Product Manager
- Cruise
- Full-Time
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Nov 2022 -
Building (and shipping!) consumer products at the intersection of software, hardware, and telephony for autonomous vehicles.
- Responsible for Customer service product area covering Operator SaaS, Consumer interactions, and high-reliability telephony
- Launched Customer Service Operaator SaaS tooling to address rider calls in less than 60 seconds
- Launched AI-based chat for riders to get their queries answered within 30 seconds
- Built a telephony and calling system with 99.99% reliability to handle collisions and other high-severity incidents on the AV
- Launched proactive in-car messaging for non-nominal events, informing customers earlier and preventing unnecessary phone calls
EdTech Fellow
- On Deck
- Full-Time
- Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
Learn, connect, and build EdTech companies with founders and operators around the world.
Founder
- Prowess
- Full-Time
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Sep 2020 – Present
Hiring is broken and the current signals for skills (pedigree, a day of interviews and referrals) are ineffective and biased at best. We need an unbiased, merit based system that empowers product professionals to showcase their skills and fast-track their career.
Prowess is building an anonymous skills evaluation and progression system where professionals can
1. Learn from a community of practice.
2. Demonstrate skills by sharing their work or taking on new challenges.
2. Improve their craft with anonymous expert feedback.
3. Standout as a professional with expert vetted portfolios.
Anyone, irrespective of their background, can use Prowess to showcase their skills and differentiate themselves in the job market. Check us out at showprowess.com!
Head of International Experience
- IXL Learning
- Full-Time
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
Mandate – grow revenue and active users for 14 international editions in 6 languages.
Channels:
– Family subscriptions (B2C)
– School/ District subscriptions (B2B and B2B2C)
– Teacher subscriptions (B2B2C)
Skills acquired: User research, user stories, user experience design, analytics and quantitative testing, team management and mentorship, agile development, strategy and roadmap planning, go-to-market strategy.
Head of Product and Operations, Content & Credentials
- Coursera
- Full-Time
- Mountain View, California, United States
- Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
Got things done to grow business by 100% Y-o-Y.
A few responsibilities include:
– Align cross functional efforts and prioritize learning product launch plan to hit revenue goals
– Build operational muscle by setting up processes and systems to scale business for 30% employee growth
– Expanded Coursera’s presence in Latin America and Russia with first ever non-English learning programs
Senior Manager, Product Management, Content & Credentials
- Coursera
- Full-Time
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Dec 2017 - Aug 2019
Channels: B2C and Institutions
Products: Online Degrees, MOOCs
Launched education products in business, tech, data and health across the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific. User enrollments and revenue in launched products grew more than 100% YoY.
Lead a 50+ person cross-functional team to identify, prioritize, launch more than 12 learning products with some of the biggest brands in higher-ed.
Skills acquired: user persona and stories, product roadmap planning, decision making, leadership, management, negotiations, product-market fit (new product design, new business model design), product growth strategy, pricing and competitive analysis.
Senior Product Manager, Content & Credentials
- Coursera
- Full-Time
- Mountain View
- Jun 2016 - Dec 2017
Product: Online Degrees
Built learning product team from scratch for the biggest product at Coursera (Online Degrees) by defining learning product roadmap and strategic growth plan while leading cross functional teams. Launched learning products with revenue more than $50M.
Business Development Manager, MOOCs
- Coursera
- Full-Time
- Mountain View
- Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
Product: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS)
Managed and grew high impact partnerships, resulting in $XM annual revenue while increasing access to education for millions around the world.
• Achieved 200% revenue growth and educated 5M+ learners by monetizing Stanford and launching 50+ MOOCs.
• Negotiated multimillion-dollar partnerships with top tier creators to secure content worth $XM.
Corporate Strategy Manager
- Cummins Inc.
- Full-Time
- Indianapolis, Indiana Area
- Nov 2013 - Sep 2015
Sector – Automotive, Transportation and Energy
Products – Telematics system, Trucks, Engines, Generators, Batteries, Filters
Project work with the CEO’s office –
– New market entry assessments, product partnerships and path-to-market strategies
– Product growth strategy
– Product portfolio management and expansion
– Organization design and restructuring
Skills acquired – strategy (growth, portfolio management, go to market planning), acquisitions, competitive analysis, data analysis, financial modeling, stakeholder management, team management
Key results:
– Implemented Go-to-Market strategy for rural electrification product by defining the business model and partner engagement model in Asia and Africa, enabling electrification in thousands of villages
– Created strategic growth plan for $XB business unit, resulting in product partnership and JVs.
– Defined risk mitigation framework to assess threat from disruptive technologies. The framework is used by business unit head.
Manager – Digital Transformation and Performance Improvement
- PwC
- Full-Time
- Oct 2009 - Jun 2012
Sectors – Consumer Goods, Tech and Chemical
Led multiple 15+ member teams to execute projects in technology transformation, operations effectiveness, and product portfolio strategy.
Skills acquired – leadership, team management, user experience research, product development, strategy, problem solving, operations improvement, project management, customer success, user acceptance testing, user support.
Examples –
• Led 7-member team to gather user requirements, design workflows and launch financial management tool at 120 sites of a chemical company, saving 3 days in books closing time for 3K users.
• Enforced effective disbursement of $500M World Bank grant to 170 research centers (10K employees) by designing fund disbursement framework, mapping regulations to product features and conducting usability testing, resulting in 100% adoption and compliance.
Senior Associate – Digital Transformation and Performance Improvement
- PwC
- Full-Time
- Aug 2007 - Oct 2009
Sectors – Consumer Goods, Government, Industrials
Built and launched enterprise SaaS product solutions that saved millions in finance, operations, supply chain and service functions at companies with over 20K employees.
Skills acquired – user research, conceptual modelling, user persona definition, user journey mapping, product development, user testing, bug identification and resolution, data analysis, leadership, communication and stakeholder management.
Work-streams – product strategy, user research, operations improvement, supply chain management, organization design and digital transformation.
Projects:
• Launched route optimization tool at a consumer goods company by creating a route recommendation framework based on SKUs distribution and order history at 17 warehouses, resulting in 80% reduction in delivery delay rate.
• Build a custom order management application that used real time inventory and sales data to decrease order processing time by 70% at 7 locations of an industrial company.
Degree Programs
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
- University of Virginia Darden School of Business
- General Management
- Aug 2012 - May 2014
• Elected Student Body Executive Vice President (1 out of 320) – removed redundant student club leadership positions to increase accountability among officers.• Elected Class Secretary, Alumni Relations (2 out of 320) – co-led one of the biggest class gift campaigns in school’s history.
Bachelor of Engineering (BE)
- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
- Electronics and Communications Engineering
- Aug 2003 - May 2007
Lots of math, logic, programming, VLSI design, and network theory combined with student club leadership experience. Classes I enjoyed the most – Data Structures, Scientific Computing, C, C++, UNIX, Java, Microprocessor Programming, Network Theory, Digital Signal Processing, Probability Models and Stochastic Analysis, VLSI Design.
Licenses and Certifications
AI for Everyone
- Apr 2017 - Nov 2017
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Certified Supply Chain Professional
- Nov 2015 - Feb 2016
Digital Product Management
- Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
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