Pragati Mandavia

Ready to Relocate

pragatimandavia4@gmail.com

About

Operations and strategy professional combining startup execution experience with technical depth and UX design expertise. Experienced in cross-functional coordination, 0→1 builds, crisis management, and scaling operations in fast-paced, high-growth environments. Skilled at structuring ambiguous problems into clear outcomes, driving initiatives across leadership and functional teams, and supporting commercialisation and strategic decision-making. Passionate about emerging technology and eager to contribute to a DeepTech company’s growth trajectory. Key Achievements - Led cross-functional teams of 8–10 through hypergrowth, company moratorium, and restructuring — maintaining operations, service quality, and team morale across multiple crisis periods (Vauld) - Built PLG self-service infrastructure with 50+ help articles that scaled support operations during 3x user growth without proportional hiring at a fintech startup (Vauld) - Drove 400% DAU growth and 77% increase in sessions through workflow redesign, reducing friction from 7 clicks to 2 and saving coaches 30+ minutes monthly (Dartle)

Experience

May 21 – Jun 22

Team Lead – Fintech Operations at Vauld (Crypto Fintech)

Bangalore, India

  • Led 8–10 associates through company hypergrowth, moratorium, and restructuring; maintained service quality and team morale while supporting high-value clients and sustaining operations during multiple crisis periods
  • Recognised support volume growing 3x faster than team capacity, drove strategic initiative to build a self-service knowledge base from 0→1 with 50+ articles, deflecting tickets and enabling scaling without proportional hiring
  • Designed and implemented a JIRA-based ticketing system with standardised workflows for dispute resolution, improving cross-team accountability and reducing average resolution time through structured triage
  • Built a KYB (Know Your Business) workflow from scratch for corporate client onboarding in a regulated environment, coordinating legal, operations, and product teams to ensure compliance while delivering a scalable process
  • Managed 7,000+ member community across Telegram, Intercom, and reviews during platform volatility; maintained <1 hr response times during critical incidents, preserving user trust through transparent communication
  • Collaborated with product and engineering to translate recurring user pain points from support data into prioritised feature requests, directly improving retention metrics
Dec 22 – Apr 23

Associate Product Manager at Dartle (Soccer CRM)

India / Remote

  • Identified key engagement bottleneck through user research and data analysis, redesigned session planning workflow from 7 clicks to 2, achieving 400% DAU growth and 77% increase in sessions created
  • Defined success metrics and validated through multi-variant A/B testing and user feedback analysis, driving 30% improvement in user satisfaction scores
  • Led cross-functional MVP delivery across engineering and design, coordinating Agile sprints and resolving 30–40+ weekly queries via JIRA, shipping on schedule with enhanced reporting capabilities
Sep 22

Customer Experience Strategist at Density (Crypto Fintech)

Bangalore, India

  • Built customer feedback infrastructure from 0→1 during beta launch, conducting 10+ user interviews alongside the CEO that directly informed Q4 roadmap priorities and feature sequencing
  • Identified beta user activation friction as a barrier to product validation; designed onboarding documentation from scratch, reducing setup time and support inquiries during the critical launch window
Jul 20 – Mar 21

Founder & Creative Lead at Vadapaaav

India / Remote

  • Founded and operated an e-commerce brand from 0→1, owning full product lifecycle from concept to delivery — designed product line, managed end-to-end operations, and executed go-to-market strategy independently
  • Handled all customer experience, order fulfilment, and operational troubleshooting, gaining hands-on understanding of how product decisions impact business operations and customer outcomes
Sep 17 – Jun 20

Recruitment Analyst (Early Career) at Onward Technologies, ConsultAdd Inc.

Pune, India

  • Applied analytical, data-driven approach to recruitment operations, managing stakeholder expectations and reducing time-to-fill by ~15%

Education

Oct 24

PFH University

Master of Science in UI/UX Design and Management

Göttingen, Germany

Human-Computer Interaction, User-Centred Design, Agile Product Development, Information Architecture

Mar 17

Symbiosis Institute of Technology

B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering

Pune, India

Apr 14

Nirma University

Diploma in Computer Science Engineering

Ahmedabad, India

Skills

Strategy & Operations

Cross-Functional Coordination→1 Initiative BuildingCrisis ManagementBusiness ContinuityStakeholder ManagementProcess DesignOptimisationScaling Operations

Analytical & Commercial

Data-Driven PrioritisationKPI DefinitionMonitoringMarketCompetitive AnalysisA/B TestingUser ResearchBehavioural Analytics

Product & Technical

Product StrategyRoadmapAgile/Scrum DeliveryHuman-Computer InteractionUnderstanding of AI/LLM Product Landscapes

Tools

JiraConfluenceFigmaMiroSQL (basic)Intercom

Projects

Oct 25

Design Thinking for Inclusive Mobility – TRAIL (EU Co-Funded Program)

  • Selected for EU-funded international design thinking workshop; collaborated with a cross-cultural team from 5 countries to develop inclusive mobility solutions for marginalised user groups

Master’s Thesis: Micro-Interactions & Digital Product Usability

  • Conducted mixed-methods research (A/B testing + user interviews), identifying optimisations that improved task completion by 25% and user satisfaction by 15%
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