Top Talent like Aditya are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Aditya Pappula

AI & Machine Learning Engineer
Dubai, Dubai, AE
Product Strategy
UX research
Natural Language Processing
Compliance
Start-ups
Optimization
Machine Learning
Advising
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Growth
AI
Available for hire fromNegotiable
AI Product Leader | 13+ Years Scaling Consumer & GenAI Platforms
Product leader with 13+ years building and scaling consumer-first products, super apps, and AI-powered platforms across MENA, Asia, and LATAM. Owns revenue growth, conversion optimization, retention, and monetization for high-volume products (50M+ MAU), leading cross-functional teams across product, engineering, UX, and data. Expertise includes product-led growth, lifecycle architecture, and using data/UX research to drive activation and retention, along with AI/ML-enhanced personalization and gamification. Delivered major outcomes including launching GenAI health-tech platforms acquired by the UAE government and driving $15M+ incremental GMV at OLX and $8M ARR at ET Prime.

Work History

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Consultant - AI Product and Execution

Dubai Chambers (with FRWRDx & Dunes Ventures)Partnered with Dubai Chambers, FRWRDx Ventures & in5 to advise early-stage startups on product strategy, growth architecture, and AI adoption Led pre-seed & seed staged startups in mental wellness, health tech, and re-commerce domains, driving over 100k users within 6 months Enabled startups to integrate AI-driven personalization & define product roadmaps, improving activation, retention, and early monetization signals
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Senior Product Manager - AI

Locai.ai (Acquired by AI71 labs)Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 • 1 yr 1 moBuilt Razi & Specter, enterprise-grade AI platforms in healthcare and legal sectors integrating LLMs and agentic workflows, generating multi-million $ revenue, leading to acquisition by the UAE govt Embedded NLP pipelines and recommendation algorithms to unify multimodal data (clinical speech, EMRs, & lab records) into actionable insights Led cross-functional squads of SMEs (doctors & lawyers), data scientists, engineers and UX designers, to ensure compliance and accurate outputs
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Senior Product Manager - Global Marketplaces

OLX GroupJan 2022 - Jan 2023 • 1 yr 1 moLed the 30 strong OLX Seller Experience squad, owning seller-side e-commerce funnels across marketplaces in Asia, Europe and LATAM, to serve a MAU of ~50M Owned core flows, including onboarding, listings, lead gen, discovery and monetization, to bring in an incremental revenue of $15M Revamped onboarding and lead-gen flow through pricing, funnel optimization and experimentation to improve global NPS by 18 points
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Senior Product Manager - Super App Growth & Engagement

Mobile Premier League (MPL)Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 • 1 yr 1 moOwned acquisition, activation and retention verticals of the MPL platform, in the high-frequency and highly competitive gaming industry Developed MPL’s wellness gamification layer, incorporating step-based challenges, check-ins, & periodic nudges to encourage healthy in-app behavior Designed habit loops, native nudges, personalized experiences and engagement loops, to increase retention by 20% and boost LTV by 24%
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Product Lead - Subscription Lifecycle & Retention

The Economic TimesJan 2019 - Jan 2021 • 2 yrs 1 moHeaded ET Prime's acquisition & activation verticals, building & scaling it to one of the largest in Asia, generating an annual revenue of $8 million Incorporated ML-powered engines to provide the subscribers a gamified experience to reduce churn by 30% Designed targeted lifecycle journeys using milestone rewards and trigger based nudges to improve trial-to-paid conversion rate by 25%
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Product Manager

VMockJan 2018 - Jan 2019 • 1 yr 1 moLaunched & scaled the VMock AI Mobile Platform, driving successful entry into B2C markets expanding to 20+ countries across Asia, EMEA and the Americas
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Software Engineer/Manager (Various Roles)

CenturyLink, Zemoso Technologies, MySmartPriceJan 2010 - Jan 2016 • 6 yrs 1 moRaised Series B funding of $10m with MySmartPrice in the eCommerce industry

Education

H

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

MBA2016 - 2018
L

London Business School

MBA - Exchange2017 - 2018
I

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

BTech (Hons.), Electrical Engineering2006 - 2010

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

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AI Product Leader | 13+ Years Scaling Consumer & GenAI Platforms
Product leader with 13+ years building and scaling consumer-first products, super apps, and AI-powered platforms across MENA, Asia, and LATAM. Owns revenue growth, conversion optimization, retention, and monetization for high-volume products (50M+ MAU), leading cross-functional teams across product, engineering, UX, and data. Expertise includes product-led growth, lifecycle architecture, and using data/UX research to drive activation and retention, along with AI/ML-enhanced personalization and gamification. Delivered major outcomes including launching GenAI health-tech platforms acquired by the UAE government and driving $15M+ incremental GMV at OLX and $8M ARR at ET Prime.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
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Top Talent like Aditya are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Aditya Pappula

AI & Machine Learning Engineer
Dubai, Dubai, AE
Product Strategy
UX research
Natural Language Processing
Compliance
Start-ups
Optimization
Machine Learning
Advising
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Growth
AI
Available for hire fromNegotiable

Work History

D

Consultant - AI Product and Execution

Dubai Chambers (with FRWRDx & Dunes Ventures)Partnered with Dubai Chambers, FRWRDx Ventures & in5 to advise early-stage startups on product strategy, growth architecture, and AI adoption Led pre-seed & seed staged startups in mental wellness, health tech, and re-commerce domains, driving over 100k users within 6 months Enabled startups to integrate AI-driven personalization & define product roadmaps, improving activation, retention, and early monetization signals
L

Senior Product Manager - AI

Locai.ai (Acquired by AI71 labs)Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 • 1 yr 1 moBuilt Razi & Specter, enterprise-grade AI platforms in healthcare and legal sectors integrating LLMs and agentic workflows, generating multi-million $ revenue, leading to acquisition by the UAE govt Embedded NLP pipelines and recommendation algorithms to unify multimodal data (clinical speech, EMRs, & lab records) into actionable insights Led cross-functional squads of SMEs (doctors & lawyers), data scientists, engineers and UX designers, to ensure compliance and accurate outputs
O

Senior Product Manager - Global Marketplaces

OLX GroupJan 2022 - Jan 2023 • 1 yr 1 moLed the 30 strong OLX Seller Experience squad, owning seller-side e-commerce funnels across marketplaces in Asia, Europe and LATAM, to serve a MAU of ~50M Owned core flows, including onboarding, listings, lead gen, discovery and monetization, to bring in an incremental revenue of $15M Revamped onboarding and lead-gen flow through pricing, funnel optimization and experimentation to improve global NPS by 18 points
M

Senior Product Manager - Super App Growth & Engagement

Mobile Premier League (MPL)Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 • 1 yr 1 moOwned acquisition, activation and retention verticals of the MPL platform, in the high-frequency and highly competitive gaming industry Developed MPL’s wellness gamification layer, incorporating step-based challenges, check-ins, & periodic nudges to encourage healthy in-app behavior Designed habit loops, native nudges, personalized experiences and engagement loops, to increase retention by 20% and boost LTV by 24%
T

Product Lead - Subscription Lifecycle & Retention

The Economic TimesJan 2019 - Jan 2021 • 2 yrs 1 moHeaded ET Prime's acquisition & activation verticals, building & scaling it to one of the largest in Asia, generating an annual revenue of $8 million Incorporated ML-powered engines to provide the subscribers a gamified experience to reduce churn by 30% Designed targeted lifecycle journeys using milestone rewards and trigger based nudges to improve trial-to-paid conversion rate by 25%
V

Product Manager

VMockJan 2018 - Jan 2019 • 1 yr 1 moLaunched & scaled the VMock AI Mobile Platform, driving successful entry into B2C markets expanding to 20+ countries across Asia, EMEA and the Americas
C

Software Engineer/Manager (Various Roles)

CenturyLink, Zemoso Technologies, MySmartPriceJan 2010 - Jan 2016 • 6 yrs 1 moRaised Series B funding of $10m with MySmartPrice in the eCommerce industry

Education

H

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

MBA2016 - 2018
L

London Business School

MBA - Exchange2017 - 2018
I

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

BTech (Hons.), Electrical Engineering2006 - 2010

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We've distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea's AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company's niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea's fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team's capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We've combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that's unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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