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Jagan Mohan KB · Product Advisor

I help founders and early-stage teams build better products — faster, with more clarity, and without the overhead of a full-time hire. Especially relevant for AI-native and B2B SaaS teams right now.

14+ years across Freshworks, athenahealth, ThoughtWorks, and TCS — from zero-to-one builds to marketplace ecosystems with 1,300+ apps.

Jagan Mohan KB
14+
Years in Product
1,300+
Marketplace Apps
$24M
Series B Scaled
6
Companies · 3 Industries

You'll get the most out of working with me if…

I work best with founders and teams at a specific stage and inflection point.

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You're early-stage to Series B

Seed to Series B. The stage where product decisions matter most and every dollar of engineering spend needs to count.

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You don't have a full-time PM leader yet

Your engineering team is strong, but there's no senior product voice. I fill that gap without the full-time cost or time-to-hire.

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You're an AI-native team figuring out the product layer

You've built something technically impressive but need help finding the wedge, defining the buyer, and going from demo to paying customer.

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You need a thought partner, not just execution

You have smart people. You need someone who's seen what breaks at scale — and can ask the questions you're too close to see.

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You're preparing for a fundraise

I help sharpen your product narrative, define your roadmap story, and make the product section of your investor deck watertight.

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You're building a platform or marketplace

Developer ecosystems, API products, partner marketplaces — I've built and scaled these from zero to 1,300+ apps. This is my deep expertise.

📍 Based in Bengaluru — available in-person across HSR Layout, Koramangala, Indiranagar. Remote-friendly for companies outside Bengaluru, including US-based teams.

Four ways I work with founders & teams.

From ongoing advisory to intensive discovery sprints — structured to your stage and need.

Most Popular
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Fractional Product Advisory

Your interim product leader — running strategy, roadmapping, prioritisation, and team coaching. Ideal for Series A–B founders who need senior PM judgment without a full-time hire.

→ Retainer-based · ~4 hrs/week
Signature
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Discovery & Inception Sprints

Structured product discovery based on ThoughtWorks inception methodology. In 1–3 focused days we align stakeholders, map assumptions, and story-map your MVP — so your team builds the right thing first.

You leave with a prioritised MVP scope, a documented "what we're not building" list, and full team alignment — on paper, in days not months.

📍 In-person available in Bengaluru
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Strategy & Roadmap Projects

Outcome-based engagements: competitive analysis, MVP scoping, API product design, marketplace strategy, or platform audit. Clear deliverables in 2–4 weeks.

→ Project-based · Defined scope
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AI Product Strategy

Helping you understand where AI actually fits in your product — and how to build it right, without the hype. From AI feature scoping and RAG product design to full AI-native product strategy.

→ Workshop or advisory engagement

Clear ways to work together.

No ambiguity. Here's exactly what working with me looks like.

Ongoing

Retainer Advisory

Starts at ₹60,000/month · USD pricing available
  • ~4 hrs/week commitment
  • 2 strategy sync calls/month
  • Async support via WhatsApp/Slack
  • Best for: Series A–B without a PM leader
Project-Based

Outcome Engagements

₹40,000 – ₹1,50,000/project · Scoped on call
  • Competitor & market analysis
  • MVP scoping & 6-month roadmap
  • Platform or API strategy audit
  • AI product strategy document
Intensive

Workshops & Sprints

₹25,000 – ₹1,50,000/session
  • 2-hr advisory or strategy session
  • Half-day team workshop
  • 1–3 day Discovery Inception Sprint
  • 📍 In-person in Bengaluru preferred

What changes after working together.

Anonymised snapshots — because outcomes matter more than credentials.

Voice AI Startup · Bengaluru · 2025

From three weeks to shutdown — to first investor commitment

A Voice AI monitoring startup had strong technology but couldn't convert pilot interest into paying customers. They were two weeks from winding down. We reframed their GTM positioning, redesigned their pilot model around measurable customer outcomes, and sharpened their value story for enterprise buyers.

Secured first ₹25L soft commitment within 8 weeks. Now in active fundraise conversations.
SaaS Marketplace · Platform Ecosystem · Freshworks-Era

1,300 apps listed — but 80% had near-zero engagement

A mature developer marketplace had an ecosystem that looked healthy on paper but was creating false signals for enterprise buyers. The root cause: incentive structure rewarded listing, not maintenance. We redesigned the curation model and developer incentives so engagement became the metric that mattered.

Reframed ecosystem health metrics. Quality-active app ratio improved significantly within one quarter.
B2B SaaS · Discovery Sprint · Representative Engagement

40-feature backlog. 6 engineers. No idea what to build next.

A Bengaluru B2B SaaS founder had funding, engineers, and a 40-item backlog — but no shared clarity on what to build first or why. After a 2-day in-person Discovery Sprint, the team had a prioritised 8-feature MVP, aligned stakeholders, and a clear "what we're not building" list to protect focus.

Shipped first customer-facing feature 6 weeks later. Closed 3 design-partner conversations within 30 days of launch.

Builder first, advisor always.

I'm an independent product advisor with 14+ years of experience building platforms and products that scale — and the scar tissue to show for it.

At Freshworks, I scaled a developer marketplace to 1,300+ apps and built partner tooling that powered an ecosystem of SaaS integrations. At TrusTrace, I shaped product strategy during the Series A to Series B journey ($24M raise). At athenahealth, I worked deep in API platforms and healthcare data integrations powering clinical workflows. At ThoughtWorks, I led cross-functional product work across enterprise clients — and developed the structured discovery and inception methodology I bring to startups today.

I now work with founders and product teams navigating the hardest parts of building: defining what to build, aligning stakeholders around it, and shipping with speed and conviction.

I also make selective angel investments in founders building developer-first products and SaaS infrastructure — bringing product perspective alongside capital.

Freshworks TrusTrace athenahealth ThoughtWorks TCS

Senior judgment. AI speed. Network depth.

What makes working with me different from hiring a junior PM with AI tools — or a generalist consultant who's never shipped.

01

Structured Discovery

I bring ThoughtWorks inception methodology to your team — stakeholder alignment, assumption mapping, story mapping — in focused facilitated sessions that compress weeks of ambiguity into 1–3 days of clarity.

02

Cross-Industry Pattern Recognition

I've seen what breaks at scale in SaaS, healthtech, developer platforms, and supply chain. That cross-industry exposure means I recognise failure patterns early — before they cost you a quarter.

03

Network as a Resource

For the right engagements, I bring in UX designers, senior engineering leads, or CPO-level advisors from my network — expanding your team's thinking without expanding your headcount.

Trusted by product leaders across industries.

30+ LinkedIn recommendations · 290+ endorsements from 65+ professionals

Jagan stood out as a customer-centric, platform-minded product leader. He framed integration problems around customer outcomes and ecosystem impact — not just features. He's great at moving discussions from opinions to decisions.
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Shreyansh Singh
Staff Product Manager, Freshworks
Jagan is an exceptionally diligent professional who consistently demonstrates strong product management principles. His ability to collaborate across teams and bring together diverse perspectives while fostering a productive environment is impressive.
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R Madhava Venkatesh
Co-Founder & CTO, TrusTrace
If you need someone who can quickly understand and distill complex problems into well-organized product roadmaps that non-technical stakeholders can buy into, Jagan has all those skills and more. He is deeply caring and a joy to work with.
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Frank Parsons
Principal BI Analyst, athenahealth
Jagan has immense clarity of thought, coupled with product thinking abilities that bring enormous value. He is very natural at facilitation and coaching — he has the ability to envision the larger picture as well as delve into details.
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Priya Wadhwa Malhotra
Lead TPM — Applied AI & GenAI, ThoughtWorks

Let's Talk.

Whether you're scoping an MVP, preparing for a fundraise, looking for a thought partner on product strategy — or just want to explore if there's a fit — I'm always open to a conversation.

Based in Bengaluru · Available in-person & remote

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