About

Sharat Marar is a seasoned Product Manager with over 10 years of relevant experience in building products that cater to the day-to-day problems of recruiter and job-seeker communities. He is currently working as the Lead Product Manager at sense, where he is responsible for ensuring the company's products are aligned with market realities, user acquisition, growth, B2B product engagement, and monetization. Sharat believes that the trick to building successful products lies in executing strategic intent effectively. Sharat has a passion for working with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, UEx-UI, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success, on a daily basis. He enjoys the complexity and span of work that comes with building worthwhile products that solve real-world problems. Prior to his current role, Sharat worked as AVP, Product Management at infoedge, where he led the product development for the B2B SaaS ATS (Applicant Tracking System) from Naukri. Naukri RMS is one of the largest players in the ATS space in India, and Sharat's team aimed to make life easier for recruitment teams and consultants in the SMB segment. Their solution helped manage requisitions, source CVs from multiple portals, collaborate within the hiring team, provide AI-based recommendations, manage interviews and feedback, generate offers, and provide insights and reports. Sharat also worked at naukrigulf as AVP Product Management, where he managed various products for the job-site with a focus on GCC countries. Under his leadership, the site grew to the #2 position in the UAE market in terms of job-seeker traffic share and became the largest in terms of revenue in the UAE market by 2019. Sharat holds a PGDM degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, an MBA from Aarhus Universitet, and a B-Tech degree in Electronics and Communication from the National Institute of Technology Calicut. His technical skills include product management, UI, and AI.