Shehjar Tikoo
About Shehjar Tikoo
Shehjar Tikoo is the Director of Product Management at Airbase in Mumbai, India, with extensive experience in product management and software engineering.
Company
Shehjar Tikoo is currently the Director of Product Management at Airbase, located in the Mumbai Area, India. Airbase is widely recognized for its comprehensive spend management platform that streamlines and automates account payable processes, expense management, and financial reporting.
Title
As the Director of Product Management at Airbase, Shehjar Tikoo leads various product initiatives, focusing on developing and refining products that enhance financial efficiency for businesses. In this role, Shehjar oversees key product strategies, ensuring alignment with broader business goals.
Education and Expertise
Shehjar Tikoo holds a LEAD Advanced Management Programme credential from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, completed in 2022. He also earned a Master of Computing and IT from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2006 and a Bachelor of Computer Application in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, in 2004. His extensive educational background in computer science and management provides a solid foundation for his roles in product management.
Career Background
Shehjar Tikoo has a rich career history, having held several significant roles in various organizations. He served as Group Product Manager, Senior Product Manager, and Product Manager at Endurance International Group between 2015 and 2019 in Mumbai. Before that, he worked as a Product Analyst at Seclore from 2013 to 2015 and held an early-stage startup product leadership role at Unbxd Inc from 2012 to 2013 in Bangalore. He began his career as a Senior Software Engineer at Gluster/Red Hat from 2009 to 2012 and worked as a Research Engineer at the University of New South Wales.
Professional Achievements
During his tenure at Airbase, Shehjar Tikoo has led the development of the Accounting Product, integrated key features such as reconciliation automation and amortization. He spearheaded the launch of the Approvals Product with features like Workflow Builder and Approval Groups. As the first Product Leader at Airbase, he hired and organized a design team, implemented cross-functional planning and execution across multiple countries, and developed solutions to integrate accounting and approval workflows with various payment methods. His efforts have driven product strategy to align with business strategy and advanced Annual Contract Value (ACV) through pricing tier upgrades.