Manik Gupta (Previously Chief Product Officer @ Uber): How Uber & Google Use Data To Drive Product Roadmaps

09/04/20 • 23 min

Manik Gupta is the previous Chief Product Officer at Uber. In Episode 2, we talk about establishing the right OKRs for your team, whether you work at a startup or a massive organization like Uber.
The episode is a fascinating look at the art of setting the right product goals, while also listening to the voice of the customer.
Manik Gupta (Previously Chief Product Officer @ Uber)
Manik has built the products that have helped millions of people discover the world, most recently serving as the Chief Product Officer at Uber. A key member of the executive team, Manik helped lead the company through its May 2019 IPO and helped the company grow to more than 100 million monthly active platform customers across Uber’s services. His 1100-person organization spanned Product Management, Data Science, Data Analyst, Design and Program Management functions. Prior to taking on this role, Manik ran Uber's Marketplace and Maps product teams, which created the best mapping solutions and marketplace technologies in the industry.
Prior to Uber, Manik was a product leader at Google Maps. His ‘Ground Truth’ team mapped the world from scratch. They collected visual data on the ground pairing it with business data to make Google Maps the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful map used by more than a billion people today.
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