POOJA VITHLANI

“I am incredibly grateful to have had Pooja as a mentor and boss. Her commitment to excellence, expertise, and vision have been truly inspiring. I particularly appreciate the recent product managers course she led for us, which was super constructive and boosted our growth. I have also been impressed by her ability to lead multiple teams to success, and effectively synchronize business and product to collaborate and work together. Her dedication to our team and work is exceptional, and I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked with Pooja.”

“I had the pleasure of working with Pooja being a VP of Product at Kitopi. Pooja started with implementing various tools and frameworks to help streamline the product development process. These included basic product approach capabilities that enhanced agile methodologies, user research, and data analysis to drive data informed decisions around crucial and most valuable problems to be solved in order to achieve the desired outcomes. These initiatives helped to increase efficiency and ensure that the team was able to deliver high-quality products on time. After that Pooja moved on to helping out on defining and implementing visions across the product portfolio improving proper product life cycle execution. She was nurturing team ability to identify customer needs, develop a product roadmap and bring the valuable product to market successfully. Her ability to balance short-term and long-term goals was impressive, and she was able to deliver results within a demanding and very dynamic environment. One of Poojas greatest strengths is her ability to coach and mentor her team. She was always available to provide guidance and support, which helped to foster a positive and productive work environment. She was able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each team member and provided the necessary resources to help them improve. By establishing and empowering work-life balance within the product team, Pooja helped to instill healthy habits. She also fostered a culture of cooperation and collaboration with other parts of the company. This influenced a positive and productive environment for the entire company and resulted in a more cohesive and efficient organization. One of Pooja’s best initiatives was the introduction of a Product Operations function, which led to increased capabilities from the product team and at the same time reduced admin time waste for the team. This allowed the product team to focus on the most critical aspects of product development and delivery, resulting in a more streamlined and efficient process. It was a significant contribution to the company's overall success and allowed it to keep fast pace of delivery. I highly recommend Pooja for any VP of Product role. She is a strategic thinker and a strong leader who consistently delivers results. Her ability to coach and mentor, implement tools and frameworks, ensure execution of proper product life cycle, establish and empower work-life balance, and introduce product operations function that led to increased capabilities from the product team and reducing admin time waste make her an asset to any team.”