Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
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CAREER BREAK (Nov 2022 – Present)
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SACHITANAND BHARDWAJ

Bengaluru,India

Summary

Product & Growth Leader with 12+ years of experience delivering scalable digital platforms and customer-centric financial products. Proven success in driving engagement, retention, and revenue through data-driven strategies. Led mobile-first initiatives for India’s largest insurtech, scaling users to 1M+/month. Passionate about solving customer pain-points through experimentation, design, and high-performance teams.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Vice President (Head of Product)

MOMENT
Gurgaon, India
06.2022 - 11.2022
  • Defined product strategy and streamlined MVP for mobile app focused on productivity and attention.
  • Set product objectives, milestones, and cross-functional alignment for launch.

Vice President (Mobile App & Growth)

POLICYBAZAAR
Gurgaon, India
04.2020 - 06.2022
  • Built mobile app from scratch with a team of 25; led product design, definition and rollout.
  • Boosted 90-day retention from 30% to 42%; increased app-driven revenue from $0.82M to $1.3M.
  • Drove mobile share from 15% to 20% of total business through deep experimentation and UX improvements.

AVP (Product & Business Head, Two wheeler insurance)

POLICYBAZAAR
Gurgaon, India
03.2018 - 03.2020
  • Scaled V2B metric by 300%; transactions grew from 0.76M to 3.8M.
  • Transitioned business model from assisted to unassisted; revenue rose from $0.68M to $2.8M.

Senior Product Manager (Motor Insurance)

POLICYBAZAAR
Gurgaon, India
03.2012 - 02.2018
  • Led integrations with 11+ insurers; cut integration time from 2 months to 2 weeks.
  • Developed PB-Inspect app to improve lead conversions from 7% to 30%.
  • Improved lead utilization from 55% to 95% through cross-functional alignment.

Business System Analyst

NEWGEN SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
New Delhi, India
10.2010 - 02.2012
  • Implemented BPM & DMS solutions for large clients; deployed at UIDAI (Aadhaar) project.
  • Managed accounts including Johnson & Johnson (Manila), Usha International and Omaxe.

Functional Consultant

GLOBAL GROUPWARE SOLUTIONS
Gurgaon, India
05.2009 - 09.2010
  • Deployed HR SaaS solutions for clients like Carrefour, STel, AkzoNobel, Bunge India.

Education

B.Tech. - Instrumentation & Control Engineering

BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY, IET
08.2002 - 06.2006

M.B.A. - Information Technology, Banking & Financial Markets

SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SICSR
06.2006 - 05.2008

Skills

  • Customer-Centric Product Thinking
  • Product Strategy & Execution Ownership
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration
  • People Management & Mentorship
  • Strong Communication & Stakeholder Influence
  • Dev Lifecycle & Process Fluency
  • Technical Communication & Architecture Understanding
  • APIs, Integrations & Systems Thinking
  • Security, Compliance, Legal & Infra Awareness

Affiliations

  • High Altitude Trekking, Football, Cricket, Cooking

CAREER BREAK (Nov 2022 – Present)

  • Took a purposeful career pause to support family health needs, while maintaining active engagement with the fintech and product space through mentoring, self-learning, and market research.
  • Used this time to reflect and realign with long-term career goals; now fully committed to returning to a high-impact product leadership role focused on customer-first innovation at scale.

Timeline

Vice President (Head of Product)

MOMENT
06.2022 - 11.2022

Vice President (Mobile App & Growth)

POLICYBAZAAR
04.2020 - 06.2022

AVP (Product & Business Head, Two wheeler insurance)

POLICYBAZAAR
03.2018 - 03.2020

Senior Product Manager (Motor Insurance)

POLICYBAZAAR
03.2012 - 02.2018

Business System Analyst

NEWGEN SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
10.2010 - 02.2012

Functional Consultant

GLOBAL GROUPWARE SOLUTIONS
05.2009 - 09.2010

M.B.A. - Information Technology, Banking & Financial Markets

SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SICSR
06.2006 - 05.2008

B.Tech. - Instrumentation & Control Engineering

BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY, IET
08.2002 - 06.2006

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