Venkatesh Vooturi

AI Product Manager with 10+ years shipping ML-powered banking products — fraud detection, credit scoring, AML pipelines, and LLM-based automation.

Delivered production AI systems at enterprise scale: real-time Kafka+Spark streaming pipelines processing millions of daily transactions, ML underwriting models reducing credit default risk by 12%, and AI-assisted KYC that cut loan processing from 5 days to 2 hours. Deep understanding of AI/ML lifecycle (data pipelines → model training → evaluation → deployment → monitoring), combined with strong product discovery, user research, and OKR-driven delivery in FCA-regulated, payments-heavy environments.

Head of Platform Business at Equity Investment Bank (EIB) — Equity Group Holdings PLC (2026-01 – Present)

Leading AI/ML integration strategy across EIB's investment banking platform — embedding machine learning into client onboarding, credit decisioning, and operational reporting. Direct accountability to ExCo and Board.

• Defining AI product roadmap: agentic AI for document processing, LLM-powered KYC automation, and AI-assisted credit decisioning — conducting user research and data discovery before each initiative.
• Owning prompt engineering standards, model evaluation frameworks, and AI governance policies for all production AI systems.
• Modernising platform with API-first microservices architecture — enabling faster AI feature deployment without disrupting regulated banking operations.
• DevSecOps and CI/CD championing — reduced release cycles by 40%; built structured A/B testing and monitoring for AI feature rollouts.

General Manager — Group Technical Product at Equity Group Holdings PLC (2024-06 – 2025-12)

Led AI and cloud-native transformation across 6 markets; 50+ person team; £2M+ budget. Owned the full AI/ML product lifecycle — from data pipeline design to model deployment and monitoring.

• Shipped real-time fraud and AML detection: Kafka + Spark event-driven streaming — 18% false positive reduction; production system processing millions of daily transactions across 7 markets.
• Defined ML-based cash forecasting models using Kafka stream data — enhanced deposit usage prediction and liquidity stress visibility for treasury teams.
• API-first cash management and ERP/TMS integration — client onboarding time reduced by 35%; 99.99% availability for SWIFTNet host-to-host payment services.
• Ran structured product discovery (user interviews, data analysis, prototype testing) for every major AI initiative; defined OKRs and tracked product-level metrics post-launch.

Senior Technical Product Manager at Azenia Technology (2022-04 – 2024-05)

Owned AI/ML and payments product roadmap across 15+ countries — ML underwriting, credit risk scoring, real-time payments modernisation.

• Defined and shipped ML-based risk scoring and underwriting models using alternative data — 12% reduction in credit default risk on BNPL portfolios; worked directly with data science team on feature engineering and model evaluation.
• Integrated AI-powered omni-channel journeys (web, mobile, chatbot) with embedded ML personalisation — customer adoption +22%; tracked via funnel analytics and NPS.
• Payments hub on OpenShift integrating RTP, SWIFT gpi, SEPA Instant, ISO 20022, Visa, Mastercard, UPI, FedNow — transaction volumes +25%.
• Implemented CI/CD and A/B testing frameworks — enabled safe, measurable rollout of ML model updates with automated rollback capability.

Senior Product Lead at Intellect Design Arena Limited (2018-06 – 2022-02)

• Enterprise banking product leadership — cash management, liquidity, and corporate banking platforms across Tier-1 banks in Middle East and Africa.
• Led $3M multi-country rollout (Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania) within 6 months; CIO and Business Head engagement for product adoption.

Lead Consultant / Solution Engineer at Intellect Design Arena Limited (2015-01 – 2018-05)

• High-volume, low-latency banking application development; offshore delivery management; mission-critical payment interface implementation.

MS in Software Engineering – VIT University (2010 – 2015)