"Over a decade of work experience spanning across Asia and Europe, bridging value-propositions with consumers and corporate users of payment transaction systems. Shivani's expertise spans across the continuum from building products for backend reconciliation systems in the B2B ecosystem to frontend wallets for B2C.
In her current role at Thought Machine , as Strategic Partnerships Leader -APAC , she is responsible for strengthening the core banking partner ecosystem in the region to help banks transition out from legacy cores and transform into Digital first by integrating to Vault, a Cloud native platform .
Known as a flexible leader who collaborates with diverse teams, manages intricate projects, achieves stakeholder buy-in for crucial development initiatives, and deftly navigates dynamic markets. Shivani in her last role as Head of product & partnerships solutions at Rapyd , was a key contributor to the startup’s success in the Asia pacific market. One of the earliest employees at Rapyd,she wore many hats ranging from pre-sales, product upto delivery management which was instrumental in driving the four-fold growth for the company seen between 2018 to 2019.
As a leader in fin-tech she is highly regarded for guiding,supporting and delivering key strategic projects to drive market development and sales. She was part of the product team during the launch of N26 in the UK. An out-of-the-box thinker who champions creative solutions and well-received insights through smart interfacing with clients. At Grab, she helped build and launch reconciliation engines across SE Asia as well as devoting substantial time for the development and growth of two flagship products - GrabPay and GrabRewards. Prior experience includes her role as a consulting engineer responsible for delivering critical projects for legacy banking clients like Lloyds Banking Group, UBS, and CYBG.
Shivani believes community building is key to growth at scale and has actively been contributing in this space in different capacities.As a global ambassador in APAC region for Product management festival to promote the growth of PMs in fin-tech. Besides, she is also a global community council member for Women in Payments. She is the founder of a non profit global community The Product Tree which has 19k followers on Linkedin and engages the PM leadership globally."