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Bhanu Madaan

Product Leader building at the intersection of AI, pricing, and 0→1 growth. I lead cross-functional teams, mentor founders, and write about what actually works.

Bhanu Madaan
First Agentic AI Travel experience on Google $200M+ revenue from pricing products Sales led to Product led Fortune 500 26x customer base growth $60M ML-driven annual uplift $70M highest-impact experiment NPS 27 → 52 10% of Booking.com business managed 9+ years in global product leadership Experience, Platform, API and ML/AI Products First Agentic AI Travel experience on Google $200M+ revenue from pricing products Sales led to Product led Fortune 500 26x customer base growth $60M ML-driven annual uplift $70M highest-impact experiment NPS 27 → 52 10% of Booking.com business managed 9+ years in global product leadership Experience, Platform, API and ML/AI Products
Jun 2017 – Aug 2018

Godrej Group

Delivered $200M topline while digitising the customer journey with AR experiences and digital interaction tracking.

Oct 2019

UC Berkeley

Innovation prototyping using First Principles at Haas School of Business.

May 2019

NOPE, Kenya

Design Thinking field work for a Kenyan NGO.

Nov 2018

Singapore Management University

Systems Thinking and organizational complexity.

Aug 2016

Harvard PAIR

Represented India at the Global Summit.

Apr 2016

General Electric

Automation and cost reduction through data analytics.

Jan 2014

Tata Group

Awarded Best Intern for Six Sigma process improvements.

01

Pricing Automation at Maersk

Problem

Manual pricing across global trade lanes couldn't keep up with market volatility, leading to revenue leakage at scale.

Approach

Built an automated pricing engine with dynamic rate adjustments. Led cross-functional alignment across commercial, operations, and engineering.

Outcome

Transformed pricing operations for the global commercial business.

$200M+
revenue increase over 2 years
02

0→1 Customer Base Growth

Problem

Maersk's digital platform needed rapid customer acquisition to justify the technology investment.

Approach

Led 0-to-1 discovery of Maersk's first self-serve e-commerce platform - conducting user interviews, usability testing, and multi-touchpoint feedback loops to define features including guaranteed pricing, add-ons, and documentation.

Outcome

Transformed Maersk from Sales-led to Product-led, with NPS improving from 27 to 52.

26x
customer base growth in 3 years
03

ML Forecasting for Revenue

Problem

Revenue forecasting relied on heuristics and spreadsheets, leaving significant value on the table.

Approach

Partnered with data science to define and introduce high-signal customer features (contract validity, lane fulfilment capacity) into a predictive availability platform, improving ML model accuracy from 41% to 78%.

Outcome

Scaled coverage across all 6 global regions from 20% to 65% of global volume in 8 months.

$60M
annual revenue increase
04

Generative AI for Ads Visibility

Problem

Ad listings on partner platforms lacked differentiated meta content, reducing click-through rates.

Approach

Leveraged GenAI at scale to generate product category labels for ~300k Attractions products on Google Things To Do, using LLM-as-a-judge and 3H (Honest, Helpful, Harmless) evaluation frameworks.

Outcome

Delivered measurable revenue uplift with ROI exceeding 100.

20%
revenue uplift

I mentor product builders, aspiring PMs, and founders navigating 0-to-1 challenges. Whether you need help with product strategy, career decisions, or building with AI - I've been there and I'd love to help.

Aspiring PMs

Interview prep, resume reviews, and navigating your first PM role.

Early-Stage Founders

Product-market fit, pricing strategy, and going from 0 to 1.

Career Switchers

Building an international career, switching industries, moving abroad.

Ready to talk?

Open to consulting, mentorship, and interesting conversations. I'd love to hear what you're building.