Sugandha forever in pursuit of truth and beauty | currently building cinematiq - a magazine + product studio | ex product @ Netflix, EA mobile games, Eightfold AI etc. current
Sugandha forever in pursuit of truth and beauty | currently building cinematiq - a magazine + product studio | ex product @ Netflix, EA mobile games, Eightfold AI etc. current
Career
Sugandha studied at Delhi Technological University (B.Tech).
ISolo Founder, Consumer AI at Independent from 2025-04 to Present in London, UKDesigned and launched multiple consumer AI products end to end across education, gaming and interactive media. Now working on launching Cinematiq -- a product studio + magazine. WIP link: https://claude.ai/artifact/QYMaAWef4tzfNGodbCiNj3
Launch Manager, Product Discovery and Promotion at Netflix from 2023-06 to 2024-08 in Mumbai, Indiaoperator role leading regional "product discovery and promotion" on all Original IPs and partnering with executives in content, marketing, public policy, legal, etc. worked on product format innovation for tier-1 IPs and new formats, marketing, product education for filmmakers.
Product Strategy Principal at Eightfold from 2022-02 to 2023-02 in Remote, IndiaEstablished the new Product Strategy team as the first Principal, working directly with the CPO on growth initiatives. Defined the product strategy for a co-sell partnership with SAP, unlocking $2M–$3M in ARR. Designed product roadmapping frameworks for an org of 70+ PMs.Principal Product Manager at Eightfold from 2021-08 to 2022-02 in Remote, Indiabuilt properietary AI platform, “Job Intelligence Engine”. scaled from MVP to PMF with customers eg. McKinsey, DSG, Ericsson, Bayer, American Express etc., scaling from 0 to $5M+ ARR. built products for hiring trend analyses, talent matching, succession planning, role calibrationTitle Operations Manager, Creative Production at Netflix from 2019-10 to 2021-07 in Mumbai, Indiafirst hire in regional creative-product team. partnered with content executives, marketing, production + post teams, industry partners (filmmakers and talent) to drive the most optimal pre-launch campaigns and launch strategies on original film IPs.
Senior Product Manager at Electronic Arts from 2017-08 to 2019-09 in Hyderabad, IndiaMonetised mobile games. Promoted to lead a portfolio of 10 live-service mobile games from EA’s top franchises (Bejeweled, Plants vs. Zombies, Tetris), with 4M+ global DAUs across freemium, premium and ad-based models. Delivered $20M+ FY19 revenue, ~30% above forecast.SProduct Manager at Simplilearn from 2016-03 to 2017-07 in Bangalore, IndiaBuilt edtech (mobile and web LMS) for working professionals. Grew app installs by 56% and 2Xd session-length with personalised content feed and a mobile-friendly video learning experience.
FProduct Manager at Flatchat from 2015-08 to 2016-03 in Bangalore, IndiaBuilt Tinder for home-rentals (matching home owners and tenants). First and only PM, reporting to the founders (later Unacademy’s founders); launched in Singapore and grew the app from 0 to 5,000+ installs.
Software Engineer at Oracle from 2013-06 to 2015-07 in Bangalore, IndiaBuilt Windows infrastructure for Oracle BI 12c and an NLP tool in Java for querying XML data; resolved 100+ Priority-1 bugs.