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Shruti Jayaprakash

Lead Consultant Product Manager | IIMB Merit Scholar

Email : shrutij24@iimb.ac.in | Mobile: +91 8903841045 

  • Seasoned product manager with 7.7 years of experience, specialized in analytics and hypothesis-driven development.

  • Worked with C-suite leaders and global stakeholders for 6+ years, driving strategic initiatives across functions.

  • Led a 15-member cross-functional agile team that built a suite of products for enabling efficient talent acquisition.

  • Led 6 new product launches for effective recruiting, driving the process from problem discovery to product scaling.

o Reduced time-to-offer accept (TTOA) by 25% by developing ‘GoHire’ tool for forecasting and process simulation.
o Reduced offer rejection rate by 21% by developing ‘Compass’ tool as single touch point for all candidate needs.
o Increased referral applications from 25% to 40% by building Refer, a tool enabling effective candidate referrals.
o Reduced JD audit effort by 80% by developing JD generator, a simple tool for recruiters to create compliant JDs.
o Improved interviewer contribution by 30% by creating BI dashboard that improves visibility for account leads.
o Enabled recruiters achieve a 40% W+UGM target with BI dashboard that enhances visibility on candidate diversity.

  • Created and executed product and team strategy using LVTs, OKRs, and Radical Candor to drive innovation & impact.

  • Co-created product vision with global recruiting leaders, developing service blueprints, journey maps and VPCs.

  • Made critical product lifecycle management decisions such as Sunset, Pilot scoping, Scaling plan, Beta and A/B testing

  • Managed global and regional stakeholders across 10 countries leveraging CVCC activities and stakeholder mapping.

  • Created analytics infra and process for data driven prioritization for product suite and created product roadmaps.

  • Boosted my 15-member team's engagement score by 20% by managing performance, capability & capacity planning.

  • Mentored 3 Product managers and Experience designers, fostering talent growth and enhancing team capabilities.

Lead Product Manager, Thoughtworks (Talent Acquisition Suite)                                      (Jan’2021 - Jan 2024)


Professional Experience

Senior Product Manager, Thoughtworks.                                                                           (Aug’2019 – Jan’2021)

Product manager at Data Center of Excellence which was accountable for an enterprise level Data Program.

  • Led a buy vs. build analysis to select an enterprise-level BI tool valued at ~$600k annually through elaborate research.

  • Developed domain agnostic data platform by creating data models, epics, features, story map, stories & release plans.

  • Achieved 80% program adoption by collaborating with users to develop impactful change management strategies.

  • Collaborated with publishers and subscribers to onboard data onto the platform and proposed required best practices

Associate Product Manager, Thoughtworks (Operational Insights Suite)
  • Boosted forecasting accuracy by 12% through products that optimized global demand and supply forecasting.

  • Led user research, prototyped wireframes and validated hypotheses to boost product-market fit and product UX.

  • Partnered with global stakeholders, XDs, and developers to craft user stories and drive successful product delivery.

Developer at Thoughtworks                                                                                               (May’2016- Nov’2017)
  • Built data pipeline for Italian retail client to streamline data flow, improve scalability and enable real-time data sync.

Accomplishments

  • Cornell International Case Competition: Ranked in global top 8 teams out of 700 participants. (finals to be conducted)

  • Received Thoughtworks “Why Award” twice for excellence & enhancing synergy between PM+XD community

  • Product management certification from Product Institute

  • Delivered talks in multiple forums on ‘Digital Transformation in Thoughtworks', 'Calm Technology’, ‘CVCC’ etc

Education

  • MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, 2024-25 (Merit Scholar)

  • Behavioral Economics course at Oxford Saïd Business School, UK, 2024 (GNAM)

  • B.E, Electrical Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 2012-2016 (CGPA 8.74/10)

Extracurricular activities

  • Member of Seminar Commitee of EPGP

  • Hobbies - Mandala art, Cooking, Travelling

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