Product advisor, coach, and recruiter
Rajesh Nerlikar is a Co-Founder and Principal Product Advisor / Coach at Prodify and co-author of the best-selling product book, Build What Matters. Rajesh has more than 17 years of product management experience. Over the past 5 years, he’s advised/coached 40 companies on product strategy, team development and operations, from startup founders to growth-stage product executives to entire enterprise product teams.
Areas of Expertise
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Product Strategy One of the key areas Rajesh helps clients is with product vision and strategy (where’s the product headed, why is that the right direction for customers / the company, why will we win in the market, how are we going to get there, etc). All of this is based on Prodify’s Vision-Led Product Management framework.
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Coaching Product Folks From first-time product execs to standalone product managers at startups to entire product teams, Rajesh coaches both teams and individuals to develop their craft skills and optimize their operations to ensure they’re always building what matters to customers and the business.
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Recruiting Product Managers Rajesh can help companies scope roles and hire for product managers and product leaders, especially first product hires (he finds a “Sr. Product Manager” role tends to work well for the first product person given a focus on roadmap execution).
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Conducting Product Discovery Rajesh can share best practices for conducting product discovery, including balancing qualitative and quantitative data, and tactical tips and tricks for live usability testing.