Prabu Ram

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Senior Vice President of Engineering at Razorpay

India

Overview

Prabu Ram is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Razorpay, with extensive experience scaling products, teams, and systems. He previously led global engineering organizations at Google, delivering planet-scale services in API infrastructure and cloud security. He holds a Masters Degree in Science from Ohio University.

He is passionate about navigating the challenges of high-growth and high-ambiguity environments. Prabu focuses on shipping products fast, learning directly from customers, and fostering a culture of ownership among builders to solve real-world problems.

He successfully took an idea on a few slides and launched Google Clouds Assured Open Source Software service as a full-fledged product.

Personality Overview

Assertive

Value Driven

Curious

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals.

Topics They Care About

Fintech at Scale
Joined Razorpay to solve complex engineering challenges in the fintech space, focusing on building and operating products at a massive scale for businesses in India.
Cloud Security
At Google, he drove innovation and launched multiple new products in cloud security, leading teams responsible for IAM, Resource Management, and Governance.
Building Great Teams
He focuses on what defines great builders: individuals who stay focused on solving the real problem, talk to customers, and maintain ownership from start to finish.

Media Appearances

Razorpay appoints Prabu Rambadran as senior VP, Engineering. Featured in Economic Times – BFSI

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Ex-Google engineering head Prabhu Rambadran joins Razorpay's tech leadership. Featured in Economic Times

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Work History

9-2025
Senior Vice President of Engineering at Razorpay
1-2020 - 8-2025
Senior Director, Engineering at Google
12-2017 - 1-2020
Senior Director, Engineering at Nutanix
7-2014 - 11-2017
Director, Products at Nutanix
8-2011 - 6-2014
Senior Manager, Products at Microsoft

Education

2002 - 2004
Masters Degree in Science from Ohio University
Education details unavailable from SBOA

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Insights For Selling To Prabu

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Ask them questions to understand their needs better while staying affable

DONT's

  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Prabu is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Prabu

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Prabu move?

  • They like to perform full analysis and can take time to make any decision.
  • Can Prabu take some risk or not?

  • They weigh all decisions systematically and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Prabu

Personality Compatibility


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