Ritika Maheshwari

Senior Product Manager, Search & User Experience
London, UK.

About

Accomplished Senior Product Manager with over 8 years of experience in core product development, specializing in enhancing user engagement and retention for millions of users. Proven leader of cross-functional teams, adept at shipping delightful UI/UX experiences that drive significant business growth, including increasing searches by 60M+, revenue by $4M+, and user conversions by 3M+ in high-scale environments like Yelp. Seeking to leverage deep expertise in product strategy, AI-driven solutions, and data-backed improvements to deliver impactful user experiences and achieve measurable business outcomes.

Work

YELP INC
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Senior Product Manager, Search UX (Core Experience)

London, England, UK

Summary

Led product strategy and roadmap to enhance search UX, driving user engagement, conversions, and revenue for over 50 million users and 1 billion searches.

Highlights

Spearheaded product strategy and roadmap, significantly improving search UX for a user base exceeding 50 million and over 1 billion searches.

Developed and launched an AI pricing agent for auto services, enabling users to find accurate pricing and driving increased conversions.

Achieved over 3 million user conversions by implementing data-driven usability improvements, informed by continuous customer feedback and analytical insights.

Boosted user engagement by approximately 2% through the introduction of new discovery components, leveraging competitive benchmarking and user behavior analysis.

Generated over $4 million in revenue and 60 million searches by leading UX/UI optimizations in close collaboration with engineering teams.

Orchestrated cross-functional stakeholder alignment to define and implement critical search success metrics, ensuring cohesive product development and measurable impact.

OLX GROUP
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Product Manager, Seller Experience (Emerging Markets)

Delhi, Delhi, India

Summary

Drove user adoption and conversion for a new seller channel across multiple emerging markets by leveraging user insights and strategic product development.

Highlights

Achieved approximately 30% user adoption of a new seller channel by integrating user insights from stakeholders and comprehensive data analysis.

Successfully launched and scaled a new seller channel for used cars across multiple countries, coordinating development and deployment with cross-functional teams.

Improved listing conversion by approximately 5% through the strategic identification and resolution of product gaps via quantitative and qualitative analysis.

AIRTEL WYNK
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Product Manager, Advertising

Delhi, Delhi, India

Summary

Developed and executed a product roadmap to monetize over 60 million users, driving significant ad revenue and enhancing user experience.

Highlights

Developed and executed a comprehensive product roadmap to monetize over 60 million users, successfully delivering more than $10 million in ad revenue.

Enhanced user experience by approximately 10% by addressing critical user needs identified through in-depth data analysis and user research.

Boosted advertiser conversion by approximately 20% for video ads through the introduction of innovative ad formats and advanced ad targeting capabilities.

Grew annual revenue by approximately 15% through the identification and exploitation of new revenue opportunities derived from actionable data insights.

Education

Indian Institute of Management
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Master of Business Administration

Business Administration

Grade: Top 10 percentile (GPA: 3.42)

Delhi College of Engineering
Delhi, Delhi, India

Bachelors of Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Grade: Rank 5 (75.03%)

Awards

Top 15 teams nationally in WIT hackathon 2020

Awarded By

IBM

Recognized among the top 15 teams nationally out of 3000 participants in the WIT hackathon 2020, in association with IBM.

2017 MIT SOLVE Finalist

Awarded By

United Nations Headquarters

Finalist in a social entrepreneurship challenge held at the United Nations headquarters.

National Finalist in Hult Prize 2017

Awarded By

Clinton Global and Hult BSchool

Recognized as a national finalist in the Hult Prize 2017, a social challenge organized by Clinton Global and Hult BSchool.

National Semi-finalist in Mahindra War Room 2016

Awarded By

Mahindra

Achieved national semi-finalist status, ranking among the top 22 teams out of 2214 participating teams in Mahindra War Room 2016.

National Runners-up in Hero MotoCorp Challenge 2016

Awarded By

Hero MotoCorp

Secured national runner-up position in the Hero MotoCorp Challenge 2016, which saw participation from 536 teams.

Skills

Product Management Tools

Magic Patterns, Mixpanel.

Data Analysis & Visualization

Data Modelling, SQL, Tableau, Google Analytics.