Shamali Kather

Product Manager with 5+ years of experience building and scaling B2B SaaS products from zero to one and beyond. Known for identifying market gaps, setting product strategy, and making prioritisation calls rooted in customer research and data.

Key results across roles: a platform projected at $1.2M+ ARR in year one, AI automation reducing analyst processing time by 60%, CSAT up 20% after a UI overhaul, and 75% fewer production bugs through structured delivery practices. Scaled a fintech portfolio from pre-revenue to a $55M+ Series B backed by Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and Hamilton Lane, now approaching Series C.

Background spans AI products, enterprise fintech, B2C e-commerce, and growth platforms. Currently leading product portfolio at Kelp Global.

Product Manager, Excellence at Kelp Global (2026-05 – Present)

AI-powered private equity intelligence platform covering deal identification, pipeline management, and portfolio value creation

• Owning end-to-end product strategy for a three-product PE intelligence portfolio. Setting the roadmap and operating standards behind Kelp's deal identification, pipeline management, and portfolio value creation offering for private equity clients.
• Owning the revamp of the portfolio value creation product as product owner. Focusing on clearing key backlogs so the majority of pending, high-reward items can roll out, strengthening client retention.
• Compressing prospect turnaround to under 2 days across all three product lines. Shortening the sales cycle and removing the single biggest friction point in the early client journey.
• Standardising internal workflows to market benchmark. Replacing ad hoc execution with a shared operating rhythm that lets three product teams move at one speed.

Product Manager II at 73 Strings (2024-01 – 2026-05)

AI-powered financial intelligence for alternative asset managers | Series B: Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, Hamilton Lane | ~$10T client AUM | Scaled pre-revenue to $55M+ Series B

• Led a cross-functional team of 18 as Product Owner across three strategic products, driving OKR-aligned roadmap governance and deprioritisation calls based on client KPIs and business impact.
• Defined strategy and owned delivery of an enterprise data collection platform projected to generate $1.2M+ ARR in year one, covering scope definition, build vs buy decisions, and GTM alignment from the ground up.
• Identified a critical bottleneck in manual data processing and shipped an AI-based extraction system with an intelligent review assistant via the PDFtron API, achieving 90% accuracy and cutting analyst processing time by 60%.
• Presented in enterprise client demos and executive reviews, connecting complex AI capabilities to concrete business value and contributing to feature adoption and contract renewals.
• Grew the PM function by bringing in and mentoring Associate PMs, introducing PRD templates, discovery practices, and shared standards for evidence-based decisions.

Product Manager at 73 Strings (2023-05 – 2024-01)

AI-powered financial intelligence for alternative asset managers

• Built a data approval and verification system that removed manual handoffs from the review process, improving data accuracy and creating a clear audit trail for enterprise clients.
• Surfaced UX fragmentation as a retention risk through user research and led a complete interface overhaul that lifted CSAT scores by 20% within the quarter after launch.
• Introduced structured PRD and UAT practices across the team, reducing production bugs by 75% and making releases more predictable and consistent.

Product Associate at 73 Strings (2021-06 – 2023-05)

AI-powered financial intelligence for alternative asset managers

• Took a new product line from concept to market across strategy, user research, PRDs, design, and go-to-market, reaching 80% client adoption within the first release cycle.
• Proposed and built an internal UI component library that standardised reusable elements across products and freed up an estimated 15 to 20% of front-end development time.

Co-Founder at The Spacesmith (2024-09 – 2026-03)

Architecture and interior design firm

• Co-founded a design firm that reached Rs. 1Cr in turnover in the first year, growing into a self-sustaining operation with no external funding.
• Designed operational systems, project tracking, team structure, and client workflows that allowed the firm to run and scale independently.

Product Consultant, Freelance at Dopest.io (2025-06 – 2025-08)

GEO, SEO and performance marketing studio for B2B SaaS, MarTech and E-commerce

• Scoped and launched the market-entry website in five weeks with full ownership of positioning, copy strategy, design coordination, and delivery, on time and within brief.
• Created the brand identity system from scratch covering visual language, UI themes, and guidelines tuned to the target market and customer expectations.

Product Consultant, Freelance at Nordika (2024-05 – 2024-08)

Scandinavian home interior e-commerce platform for the European B2C market

• Led product development for a B2C e-commerce platform targeting European consumers, owning product vision, feature scope, and team coordination from kickoff through to handover.
• Designed the full visual identity and design system including logo, UI themes, and brand guidelines, grounded in research on European shopping preferences.

Architect at Girish Joshi and Associates (2018-06 – 2019-05)

Architecture and project management firm

• Managed design and delivery across 12 construction projects, handling client relationships and keeping scope, schedule, and cost aligned throughout.

M.Des in Design Management – MIT Institute of Design, Pune (2019 – 2021)

B.Arch in Architectural Design – Minerva College of Architecture, Pune (2013 – 2018)