Product Recruiter
- Applecart
- Full-Time
- Oct 2021 - Feb 2022
focused on VP Product role
Rajesh Nerlikar
Skill Scoreⓘ
Professional (3/6)
245
Industries
Professional and Business Services
Product advisor / coach / recruiter - helping SaaS companies become product-driven and build what matters
An experienced product advisor, coach and consultant applying best practices from 15+ years of hands-on startup and enterprise product management to help companies accelerate the creation of customer and shareholder value.
We help startup founders / CEOs, product executives (CPO, VP Product, and CTO) and product team leads (Director, Group PM) make tough product decisions:
* Vision / Strategy – who to target, why and how to go to market to realize a long-term vision
* Product team – when to hire, who to hire, how to organize the team, and how to help the team get better at their jobs
* Operations – how ideas turn into product (process, feedback loops, KPIs, tools, etc)
We do this mostly through weekly / bi-weekly checkins and through The Prodify Guild, a private community where clients can learn from each other and The Prodify Library, which has worksheets, guides and real-world examples of product deliverables to help teams accelerate their decision-making.
Skills
Evaluated for VP of Product and
Consumer PM role archetypeⓘ
Performance by Category
Communication
Strategy
Design
Technology
Execution
Go-to-market
Top Skills
Skill Progression
Experience
Product Recruiter
- Jointly
- Full-Time
- Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
placed a new Head of Product
Product Coach
- Nubank
- Full-Time
- Sep 2021 - Dec 2023
Product Recruiter
- Cureatr
- Full-Time
- Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
Helped screen and place 2 Sr PMs – one patient-facing, one pharmacist-facing
Product Recruiter
- Savonix, Inc.
- Full-Time
- Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
sourced and placed a Sr PM
Product Recruiter
- Hireology
- Full-Time
- May 2021 - Aug 2021
sourced and placed a Group Product manager
Principal Product Advisor / Coach
- Prodify
- Full-Time
- Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Apr 2021 - Dec 2023
Advising and coaching startup founders, product executives, product team leads and individual PMs on product management best practices, based on our Vision-Led PM framework
CEO
- Prodify
- Full-Time
- Apr 2021 - Dec 2023
Craft the vision and strategy to realize it for a boutique management consulting firm focused on helping companies make tough product decisions related to vision and strategy, go-to-market, prioritization, hiring and product development / operations.
Product Trainer
- J2 Global
- Full-Time
- Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
Led private training for 15 team members on product vision, strategy, customer discovery and roadmapping
Product Advisor / Coach
- FutureFuel.io
- Full-Time
- Oct 2020 - Sep 2021
Product Advisor
- Juntos Global
- Full-Time
- Jan 2020 - Sep 2021
Product Recruiter
- Journey Meditation
- Full-Time
- Jan 2020 - May 2020
Recruited and screened Head of Product and Senior Product Manager candidates with consumer mobile experience
Product Advisor / Coach
- Ordergroove
- Full-Time
- Aug 2019 - Dec 2023
Product Advisor / Coach
- DrFirst, Inc.
- Full-Time
- Jul 2019 - Jan 2021
* Coached 4 consumer-facing product managers on topics such as product vision and strategy, product launches, growth product management, and managing a team.
* Led 20-person team training on how to apply Vision-Led Product Management across 4 product areas
* Supported product operations transition to becoming more data and outcome driven
Product Advisor / Coach
- Till, Inc.
- Full-Time
- Jul 2019 - May 2020
Co-Founder
- Prodify
- Full-Time
- Austin, Texas Area
- Jun 2019 - Dec 2023
Rebranded co-founder Ben Foster’s original product advisory firm, Foster Innovation, to Prodify and clarified how we help startup founders / CEOs, product executives, product team leads and individual PMs make tough product decisions to advance their business and careers.
Product Advisor / Coach
- Storyblocks
- Full-Time
- Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Jun 2019 - May 2020
Product Coach
- Capital One
- Full-Time
- May 2019 - Dec 2023
Chief Product Advisor / Coach
- Prodify
- Full-Time
- Apr 2019 - Apr 2021
* Led team of Prodify product advisors / coaches through regular check ins and “summits” to share best practices on coaching and advising
* Advised companies on best practices to find product-market fit, then create explosive growth and sustain a competitive lead
* Coached product managers on the skills they needed to reach their career goals
* Helped companies hire the right product manager based on the situation
Interim VP of Product and Design
- Savonix, Inc.
- Full-Time
- Apr 2019 - Nov 2020
Started as a product advisor / coach and stepped into interim executive role to help lead a team of 3 PMs and 2 Designers while also helping the company transition to becoming more product-driven
Degree Programs
MBA, Entrepreneurship / Marketing
- University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
- Jun 2019 - May 2020 · 1 yr
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Jun 2019 - May 2020 · 1 yr
Licenses and Certifications
No Licenses or Certifications Found.