Author
Balaji Ananthanpillai
Balaji is a seasoned product leader with a strong track record of driving innovation and achieving business growth through strategic product development. With an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and over 15 years of experience in Product Management and Engineering, Balaji has successfully launched and scaled products and has led cross-functional teams to excel in achieving organizational goals across some of the big-tech like Amazon, Adobe and Morningstar. Balaji currently works as a Senior Group Product Manager at Paylocity. Balaji is particularly passionate about helping people break into product management and building products that reduce economic and cognitive friction.
Articles by Balaji
Building and managing high performing teams
In this article, Balaji Ananthanpillai, a product leader, and Ramya Kannan, a software engineering leader, shares a few strategies to building and sustaining a high-performing team.
Can AI tools address product manager performance paradox?
In this article, read how AI can be used to streamline processes and empowers managers to foster high-performance teams.
Sunsetting success: How to strategically phase out products in the digital age
In this comprehensive article, Balaji Ananthanpillai, senior group product manager at Paylocity, and Sabah Qazi, a seasoned product leader, explore the key steps and considerations for product managers when it's time to sunset a product.