Product Manager · Builder · Problem Solver
Aryan Anand
I build products that solve real, messy problems — shipping AI-driven experiences used by millions and operational tools that save millions.
CurrentlyProduct Manager @ OptumExperience3+ years in product
Looking for my next challenge0→1 BuilderAI ProductsMobile · B2C · B2B
7.7M+
Members Impacted
2M+
Feature Interactions
4+
AI Products Shipped
3
Product Lines
AI Product Strategy0→1 BuilderMobile-first ExperiencesOperational AutomationDiscovery & ResearchData-Led DecisionsCross-functional LeadershipRoadmappingAI Product Strategy0→1 BuilderMobile-first ExperiencesOperational AutomationDiscovery & ResearchData-Led DecisionsCross-functional LeadershipRoadmapping
Experience
May 2023 — Present2023 — Present
Optum (UnitedHealth Group)
Fortune 5 · Health-tech · Gurugram
Product Manager
Driving strategy, discovery and delivery of AI-driven products across consumer mobile experiences and operational platforms — spanning three product lines impacting 7.7M+ members.
myUHC Mobile App
B2C · Mobile · 7.7M+ Members
- Shipped Apple & Google Wallet auto-refresh for 7.7M+ members — reduced ID card support issues by 18%.
- Built an AI-driven ID card parser to extract state- and policy-specific routing info, cutting call routing errors by 4%.
- Led payments friction strategy — prioritised mobile OCR card auto-capture, improving payment setup success rate for new members.
- Defined and launched the maternity experience roadmap for 16K+ monthly users — reduced escalations, drove higher PCP engagement.
Apple/Google WalletAI ID ParserOCR PaymentsMaternity Journey
UHC Store
B2C · E-commerce
- Defined shopping automation strategy and delivered an AI-driven voice agent for secure purchases & subscriptions — drove a 10% adoption uplift.
- Prototyped an AI review system that summarised reviews and extracted sentiment themes — delivered an 11% conversion uplift for key products.
- Improved search relevance via semantic matching, context-aware ranking, and intent detection.
- Built the vendor onboarding automation roadmap with AI-led doc parsing — cut manual review effort by 60%.
AI Voice AgentAI Review SummarizerSemantic SearchVendor Onboarding
Optum Insight
B2B · Ops Platform
- Established the vision for AI Lien Validation automation — generated $1.2M annual savings with improved accuracy and turnaround.
- Delivered Post-Payment automation — $125K annual savings, raised QA scores from 96.8% → 97.7%.
- Redesigned SLA & audit workflows via data-led root-cause analysis — 70% reduction in Post Pay variances, quality scores up 95.1% → 96.5%.
- Rebuilt cross-team task allocation — 87.5% reduction in late task reassignment (2 hrs → 15 min weekly).
AI Lien ValidationPost-Pay AutomationSLA WorkflowsTask Routing
Personal Projects
Built on the sideLive · Try it now
Satur8
A fun color memory game where players recreate colors from memory.
Sole designer and developer — explored the limits of what one PM with the right tools can ship end-to-end. Designed the game loop, the visual system, and the entire interaction model.
RoleDesigner + Developer
Built WithClaude Code
StatusShipped
Game DesignWeb AppInteraction Design
▶ Play Satur8More coming soon
Recipe
Paneer Masala
MCP
PaneerTomatoOnionGarlicSpinachCream
Paneer Cubes
250 gTomato Puree
1 packOnion
1 bagCart4 items
₹ 642
Open Source · GitHub
Swiggy Instamart Recipe Ingredients Finder
Paste in a recipe and get a Instamart cart with matching ingredients.
Extracts ingredients via Claude, searches Swiggy's Instamart MCP server for each item, and stages the cart so you can review and confirm before checkout.
ClubSwiggy Builders Club
StackNode.js / Express + React (Vite)
AIClaude API
Node.js / ExpressReact (Vite)Claude APIOAuth 2.1 + PKCEMCP (Model Context Protocol)CLI + Web App
Writing
02 essaysProduct thinking
What’s Your Favourite Product? Why I Keep Coming Back to Fable
A product interview question that rewards genuine curiosity. Here’s what using Fable taught me about reading habits, personal libraries, and a more thoughtful AI-assisted review journey.
Read the latest essay↗Field notes · 2026Ideas in progress.PRODUCT · PEOPLE · TECHNOLOGY
Recognition & Education
Where I've beenAwards
🏆
International Winner — Optum Stratethon
Pre-Placement Interview offered · 12,000+ participants from 3 nations · 2024
⭐
Bravo for Leadership
Awarded by the COO of Business for leading AI Automated Lien Validation · 2024
Education
May 2021 — Mar 2023
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
MBA
May 2016 — May 2020
IIIT Delhi
B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering
Certifications & Tools
CSPOPendo AI in PMAha! PM ProfessionalAI Business Use CasesAdobe AnalyticsDatadogTableauRoadmappingUX
Reading
25 booksReading nowThe Will of the ManyJames Islington
Have read
01
Babel
R.F. Kuang
02
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
03
The Island of the Missing Tree
Elif Şafak
04
Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
05
The Quiet American
Graham Greene
06
Never Lie
Freida McFadden
07
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
08
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa
09
Butter
Asako Yuzuki
10
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Zoulfa Katouh
11
Mornings with My Cat Mii
Ayano Hana
12
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy
13
Hot Chocolate on Thursday
Michiko Aoyoma
14
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
15
Stranger Houses
Uketsu
16
Dungeon Crawler Carl #1
Matt Diniman
17
Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King
18
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
19
Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer
20
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
21
There are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak
22
The Forty Rules of Love
Elif Shafak
23
The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
24
The Forest of Enchantments
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
When I'm not shipping
♟️Chess
📚Reading
🏏Cricket
⚽Football
Let's build something.
Not actively job-hunting — but always open to conversations about high-impact PM roles, advisory work, and interesting problems to solve.
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