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Kruthika Akanaboina

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Lead Product Manager at Nielsen
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Kruthika is a Lead Product Manager at Nielsen with over six years of experience managing $45M product portfolios in SaaS, FinTech, and CX. An alumna of IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Dhanbad, she specializes in leveraging AI and data to drive product adoption and solve key user problems.

Outside of her core professional role, Kruthika has a demonstrated interest in effective communication and public speaking. This is highlighted by her engagement with Toastmasters, where she has been recognized for her evaluation skills in speech contests. She also enjoys analyzing consumer technology platforms.

Unique fact: Kruthika won a Best Evaluator award at an ISM Toastmasters club speech contest, showcasing her talent for constructive feedback and public speaking.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Lead Product Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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AI-Powered Products
Her career is focused on building and leading AI & Data products at Nielsen and Sprinklr, turning data into automated decisions and user-centric insights.
SaaS Growth
She has a proven track record of driving over 65% adoption growth for enterprise SaaS platforms and managing a product portfolio valued at $45M.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Lead Product Manager
Nielsen
4-2022 - 5-2025
Lead Product Manager
Sprinklr
8-2020 - 3-2022
Product Success Manager
Sprinklr
5-2018 - 6-2020
Digital Product Growth
Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd.
4-2017 - 5-2017
Summer Intern -Consumer Insights
Star TV Network
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Education
2016 - 2018
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
2012 - 2016
Bachelor’s Degree
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
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