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.
Who This Is For
I work best with founders and teams at a specific stage and inflection point.
Seed to Series B. The stage where product decisions matter most and every dollar of engineering spend needs to count.
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.
You've built something technically impressive but need help finding the wedge, defining the buyer, and going from demo to paying customer.
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.
I help sharpen your product narrative, define your roadmap story, and make the product section of your investor deck watertight.
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.
What I Do
From ongoing advisory to intensive discovery sprints — structured to your stage and need.
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.
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.
Outcome-based engagements: competitive analysis, MVP scoping, API product design, marketplace strategy, or platform audit. Clear deliverables in 2–4 weeks.
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.
Engagement Models
No ambiguity. Here's exactly what working with me looks like.
In Practice
Anonymised snapshots — because outcomes matter more than credentials.
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.
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.
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.
About
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.
How I Work
What makes working with me different from hiring a junior PM with AI tools — or a generalist consultant who's never shipped.
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.
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.
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.
What People Say
30+ LinkedIn recommendations · 290+ endorsements from 65+ professionals
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.
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