x Sri Santhanam โ€” Fractional Product Manager & AI Enablement
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Fractional product leadership that ships value, not just features.

I help startups and growth-stage companies turn business goals into Product & AI roadmaps that drive measurable ROI โ€” from strategy through hands-on execution.

Reforge ยท MavenAlumni network
Conversational AI ยท RAGHands-on AI execution
Strategy โ†’ ExecutionFull-cycle partnership
Sri Santhanam, Fractional Product Manager
PRODUCT STRATEGY AI / LLM ENABLEMENT RAG SYSTEMS CUSTOMER DISCOVERY CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DELIVERY
The Value I Bring

Strategy that's grounded. Execution that ships.

A trust-first, user-centric approach to product and AI โ€” built on lean frameworks, not hype.

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Product & AI Strategy

I translate business goals into actionable roadmaps โ€” ensuring both traditional product bets and AI initiatives drive measurable ROI, not just hype.

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AI Execution

Hands-on experience with conversational AI, LLM orchestration, prompting strategy, evaluation loops, and RAG โ€” from concept to production-ready systems.

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User-Centric, Trust-First

Customer discovery and tight feedback loops build products that are safe, predictable, and meaningful โ€” driving acquisition, conversion, and retention.

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Cross-Functional Alignment

Close partnership with Design, Data, Engineering, and GTM to align requirements with technical feasibility for faster, cohesive delivery.

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Efficient Frameworks

Lean methodology and Reforge/Maven best practices to avoid over-engineering and validate value quickly โ€” without sacrificing quality.

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Flexible Engagement

From a 30-day roadmap sprint to ongoing fractional leadership โ€” engagement models that meet your company at its current stage.

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How I Work

Lean, trust-first, built to avoid over-engineering.

Every company's stage is unique. I partner closely with founders and cross-functional teams, using customer discovery and feedback loops to build products that are safe, predictable, and meaningful โ€” reducing time-to-market without sacrificing quality.

  • Validated Product + AI roadmaps grounded in business outcomes, not trends
  • Hands-on with conversational AI, LLM orchestration & RAG systems
  • Deep-dive market research, competitor analysis & persona development
  • Product metrics tied to quality, adoption, and business impact
Engagement Options

Flexible models, built around your stage.

Whether you need a quick strategic roadmap or hands-on execution โ€” I meet you where you are.

30 Days

The Strategy & Roadmap

Best for early-stage startups or adding AI features for the first time
Outcome: A validated Product + AI roadmap
  • Product vision & strategic roadmap
  • AI opportunity mapping โ€” where AI adds value vs. distracts
  • High-level architectural guidance (Conversational/RAG)
  • Feature prioritization matrix
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Ongoing

Fractional Product Leadership

Best for founders who need a partner to drive execution, research & design collaboration
Outcome: Comprehensive PM, from deep research to dev execution
  • Deep-dive market research & competitor analysis
  • Complete user persona development
  • Collaboration with Design & Engineering on execution-driven goals
  • Product metrics for quality, adoption, and business impact
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Strategic Advisory โ€” $125/hr

Best for ad-hoc support without a long-term commitment. Second opinions on roadmaps, AI design reviews, prompt engineering critiques, or sounding-board sessions for founders.

Custom Engagement

Tailored to your specific bottlenecks โ€” customer discovery, PMF expansion, pricing strategy, RAG audits, or roadmap alignment workshops.

Pricing Plan

Simple retainers, scoped to your needs.

Weekly Retainer

5 Hr. Commitment

Light-touch, ongoing involvement โ€” ideal for staying close to strategy without a full-time hire.

Monthly Retainer

20 Hr. Commitment

Deeper, hands-on partnership across strategy, execution, and cross-functional alignment.

Packages & pricing are flexible โ€” tailored to your needs and finalized during our initial discovery conversation.
How We'd Start

From first call to validated roadmap.

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Discovery Call

We talk through your stage, goals, and where product or AI is creating friction.

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Scope & Engagement

We pick the right model โ€” roadmap sprint, Lean MLP accelerator, or fractional leadership.

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Embedded Work

I partner with your team โ€” research, strategy, AI design, and cross-functional delivery.

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Validated Outcomes

A roadmap, product, or AI system that ships measurable value โ€” not just more features.

Have a roadmap that needs validating โ€” or an AI bet that needs grounding?

Let's talk through where you are and what the next 30, 60, or 90 days could look like.