Unacademy / product and efficiency

Unacademy Program Manager, CTO Office 2022

Raised execution velocity while taking structural cost out of the system.

Working from the CTO Office meant balancing roadmap clarity, cross-functional coordination, and a harder mandate: increase execution quality while reducing the drag in the operating model.

Focus

Roadmaps, alignment, AI tooling, burn reduction

Environment

Cross-functional product and engineering organization

Anchor result

$650K monthly burn reduction

Execution was spread across too many moving parts.

The organization needed better prioritization, tighter execution, and lower burn without slowing down delivery. This required both operating rhythm and cost-aware product judgment.

Make coordination cheaper and decisions clearer.

  • Defined product roadmap priorities based on research and user needs.
  • Used weekly dynamic sprints to align 45+ stakeholders.
  • Introduced AI tools, reduced redundant spend, and renegotiated contracts.

Higher velocity, less friction, and a materially healthier cost structure.

45+

Stakeholders aligned through a more disciplined execution cadence.

100+ hrs/mo

Team time saved through better operating rhythm and less coordination waste.

$650K/mo

Burn reduced by combining tooling, infrastructure, and vendor changes.