Hi, I’m Navindra, welcome to my little corner of the internet! I’m fascinated by the technology that shapes our lives. I’m a Technical Product Manager at Nielsen(a media data company) with 6+ years of experience leading teams, delivering 5+ products to market that leverage large datasets to improve user engagement and decision-making for their end-users. Currently, I am exploring the world of Machine Learning(LLMs, Recommendations, etc) and how we can leverage them to improve user experience.
Product Principles
Be a fan of what you work on. This makes the user research and the discovery phase fun, as you find what the team should build next and why it’s important to do so.
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it” - Peter Drucker. Set KPIs and OKRs along the development process to ensure you are on track to meet your goals and adjust, if not.
Execution is everything - ship small and often.
Miller’s Law is essential. We live in an age where time and attention are fleeting commodities, highlighting the important takeaways when talking to stakeholders.
Never stop learning.
After graduating with a degree in Business Management from CUNY City College, I spent three years in tech sales as an Account Executive. Quickly, I became more fascinated with the product development process than with selling the end product itself. Building off of my entrepreneurship experience while in college, I joined and started a few projects to start my journey into product management and never stopped learning from there.
Video Podcast
A great conversation around product-market-fit and how to identify it from my perspective as an entrepreneur/product manager.
Products
A city owned website created to expand on Executive Order 45, an order Mayor Bill de Blasio signed in 2019 that mandated the continuation and expansion of the Social Indicators and Equity Report. I setup the analytics ecosystem using Google Analytics 4, led the Go-to-market strategy for the time, identified/prioritized our target audience, and conducted numerous product demos during our pre-launch roadshow.
WorkingNYC
A mobile-friendly city owned website created during the COVID-19 pandemic to help New Yorkers find and connect to services and resources that can help them prepare for and get a job. I conducted user testing to validate our MVP features and prior to launch I setup the analytics ecosystem to generate weekly reports. Currently, I am the product owner on the sitemap feature.
Lens Snap & Share
Lens is an easy to use photo-taking app. You have the flexibility to take up to 10 pictures at a time and select the time between each photo. As a founding member of this project since its inception, I’ve built out the roadmap, tracked analytics, and taken it through various iterations. Recently, shipping a save directly to camera roll feature, which led to an increase of saved images by 34%. Presentation
Shopkeep Pocket by Lightspeed
A react native application for small to medium business owners who use ShopKeep by Lightspeed point of sale. I worked with the Director of Product Management to completely reskin the app. We conducted numerous A/B tests and user interviewers to validate our hypothesis.
Product Manager
I work on various digital products that are in their early stages of development, such as WorkingNYC, Equity NYC, and a handful of others soon to come!
Co-founder & Product Manager
Designed the Roadmap and UX for a picture taking app that allows users to take multiple pictures with a delayed timer in between each picture for a 3 month release timeline.
Awarded 10K in startup capital for pitching an idea that allows skateboarders to be safer at night. Delivered 400 units nationally from sourcing alternative manufacturing that reduced costs by 17%