# Manish Malik **Senior Product & Technology Management Executive** — Mountain View, CA, United States > Senior product and technology leader with 20+ years building billion-dollar monetization strategies and scaling global teams at Amazon, Flipkart, and multiple startups. Career Archetype: **Launchpad Navigator** (HS-DG) — One of the first Launchpad Navigators on Saywise ## Links - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/manishmalik ## Experience ### Independent Product Builder & Advisor, Independent Product & Engineering Projects and Advisory (2025-10 – present) Mountain View, San Francisco Bay Area · Designed backend infrastructure and data pipelines for a learning platform supporting content delivery across web and mobile. Provided short-term product consulting and mentorship to an AI startup's product and engineering team. ### Caregiving, Career Break (2025-06 – 2025-09) San Francisco Bay Area ### General Manager / Senior Manager, Head of Product-Tech, Fire TV Apps Subscription Experience & Partner Monetization, Amazon (2018-05 – 2025-06) Sunnyvale, San Francisco Bay Area · Led product and tech teams driving multi-billion-dollar Fire TV and Fire Tablets Appstore monetization strategy, managing up to 16 product managers and influencing 280+ engineers globally. Doubled new customer subscription conversion rates through Quick Subscribe flows for top 10 apps. Championed partner monetization initiatives that reduced time to market by 75% for enterprise partners. Promoted 4 Amazon leaders to Principal level and served as first Product Lead for International Machine Learning group in 2018. ### Founder / Coder / Designer / Marketer, Online SaaS business in nutrition planning space (2017-05 – 2018-12) Bengaluru, India · Founded and built a family-centric nutrition and meal planning app across mobile (Android & iOS) and web platforms. Handled all aspects including product design, engineering, and marketing. ### Head of Product – Post Order Customer Experience, Flipkart (2015-02 – 2017-12) Bengaluru, India · Built a team of 10 product managers and UX designers to drive the customer experience roadmap influencing 70+ engineers. Launched several firsts including ML-based social media listening platform, AI chat bots, and multi-channel customer journey optimization. ### Director - Tech and Operations, Octro Inc. (2013-11 – 2014-12) Delhi, India · Drove tech and operations for massive multiplayer games, with 3 titles reaching the top 10 grossing charts on both Android and iOS at peak. Played a key role in raising $15M from Sequoia Capital and scaled the company from 15 to 55 people. ### Founder / Business Development / Tech Lead / Enterprise Product Designer, Hazel Media (2010-07 – 2013-12) Delhi, India · Founded and launched 5 mobility and enterprise software products with a team of 9. Spearheaded a tri-party joint initiative with Research In Motion (BlackBerry) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for on-ground data collection across 800 rural locations. ### Product Head & General Manager - Mobile App Store, Spice Digital (2008-08 – 2010-12) Delhi, India · Launched India's first telecom operator-led cross-platform mobile app store with active subscribers growing 300% in 6 months. ### Member of Technical Staff, Adobe Systems (2005-06 – 2007-12) Delhi, India · Led the launch of 5 new feature releases for Adobe Stock Photos, tightening integration with Creative Suite. Recognized as best performer for 2 years. ### Software Engineer, Goldman Sachs / Infosys (2003-07 – 2005-12) Bengaluru, India · Held bottom-line responsibility for technical delivery of trading derivatives software. Recognized as Most Valuable Player in Q1 2004. ## Education ### MBA in General Management, Smith School of Business at Queen's University (2007-01 – 2008-01) An year at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada was an amazing learning experience. The small university-town of Kingston itself offers larger learning and interaction slate than what's experienced inside the business school. In 2015, the Queen's School of Business was renamed Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business (popularly known as "Smith School of Business" now). I still fondly call it Queen's School of Business when in company of the alumni. If you're someone who's considering education at Queen's (especially if you're considering the MBA), feel free to ask a question. ### B.Tech in Information Technology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Part of the first ever batch of engineering students graduating from the University School of Information Technology (main university campus) at the new university in Delhi. ## Skills Digital Publishing, Customer Experience, Education tech, Technical Product Management, System Architecture, Problem Solving, Product Design, Product Strategy, Manager of Managers, Product Management, Enterprise Mobility, Mobile Applications, Cross-platform Development, Mobility Strategy, Mobile Devices, Strategy, Team Leadership, Monetization Strategy, Machine Learning, Android, iOS, E-commerce, Gaming, Enterprise Software, Startup Founding, Business Development, Technical Leadership, UX Design, App Store Strategy, Multiplayer Games, API Integrations, Cross-functional Collaboration, Data Analysis, Linux Kernel, Trading Software, Derivatives, Subscription Services, Backend Infrastructure, Data Pipelines, Chatbots, Startup Leadership ## AI Fluency - **Claude** — Extensively using it for building projects end to end, and maintaining them (https://claude.ai) - **Codex** — Prototyping and Research (https://developers.openai.com) - **Hermes** — Trusted backend agent orchestrator for my projects --- Source: https://saywise.com/member9670 (last modified 2026-10-05T21:20:22.543Z)