SAAHITHI MADIRAJU

Senior Product & Program Leader

AI, 0-to-1 Products, Marketplaces & GTM | Ex-Amazon AWS

I build products and programs that turn ambiguous problems into scalable, measurable outcomes.

Saahithi Madiraju
$8BActive data center build investment covered by the risk platform I launchedAmazon · AWS Data Centers
20 → 70+Enterprise customers, grown through Bedrock launch GTMAmazon · AWS Bedrock
100%Of APAC and EMEA data center clusters adopted the platform within 18 monthsAmazon · AWS Data Centers

Building products. Scaling programs.

I build 0-to-1 products and lead complex programs that turn ambiguous problems into clear strategy, strong execution, and measurable outcomes.

My work spans AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, enterprise SaaS, marketplaces, product strategy, product launches, GTM, and cross-functional transformation.

01

Product thinking

I start with the customer problem, define what to build, make deliberate tradeoffs, and iterate toward a product people actually use.

02

Program leadership

I align teams around strategy, decisions, dependencies, and operating mechanisms that turn complex initiatives into outcomes.

03

AI-native execution

I use AI to accelerate product development, analysis, and execution while applying judgment about where AI adds value and where deterministic systems are better.

Two things I built at AWS.

2020–2026 / AMAZON WEB SERVICES

Data Center Risk Intelligence Platform

Senior Program Manager · 0 to 1

Roughly $8B of active data center construction across APAC and EMEA was carrying risk that nobody could see in one place. Schedule slips, cost exposure, and site impacts were tracked in separate tools by separate teams, each with its own definition of “severe,” so leadership could not tell which risks actually mattered.

I defined and launched the platform that gave them one prioritized view. That meant agreeing on a shared scoring model across five dimensions, scope, time, cost, sites impacted, and cost to AWS, so risks from different domains could sit on the same list.

I also redesigned intake so a risk could not be created without a root cause, a named owner, and a severity, then secured VP approval and dedicated engineering headcount and scaled the platform across three AWS organizations.

Time to named risk owner~4 weeks under 1 day
Recurring triage forum20+ people, weekly eliminated
APAC/EMEA cluster adoption within 18 months0 100%

2020–2026 / AMAZON WEB SERVICES

Amazon Bedrock, Go-to-Market Programs

Senior Program Manager · Launch & Adoption

I owned launch readiness for new foundation model releases on Bedrock, sequencing dependencies across product, sales, solutions architecture, and marketing, and escalating blockers early enough to hold public launch dates.

I also operated the customer feedback loop for a fully managed platform serving third-party foundation models. When enterprise customers needed regional availability or compliance controls, I captured and prioritized those requirements and advocated them to the partner model providers who owned the models.

Alongside that, I drove customer-facing launch execution and built field enablement mechanisms so launch support scaled without added headcount.

Enterprise adoption across foundation model launches20 70+ customers
Contribution to qualified pipeline$10M+
2020 — 2026Amazon / AWS

Senior Program Manager

AWS Data Center Risk Intelligence Platform

Defined and launched a 0-to-1 risk intelligence platform covering ~$8B in active data center infrastructure investment across APAC and EMEA. Established a shared risk model, redesigned intake and ownership, secured VP sponsorship and engineering headcount, and scaled adoption across three AWS organizations.

~4 weeks → under 1 day to named ownership · 20+ person triage forum eliminated · 100% cluster adoption

2020 — 2026Amazon / AWS

Amazon Bedrock, Go-to-Market Programs

Led foundation model launch readiness across Product, Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Marketing. Operated the customer feedback loop with partner model providers and built field enablement mechanisms that scaled launch support without added headcount.

20 → 70+ enterprise customers · $10M+ qualified pipeline

2018 — 2020ServiceChannel

Product Manager, ServiceChannel

Facilities management SaaS · 500+ enterprise customers

Coordinated delivery across seven cross-functional teams, owning dependency tracking, release readiness, and reporting to leadership. Built the prioritization framework leadership used to sequence feature investment across competing requests.

2015 — 2018Presto

Product Manager, Presto (formerly E la Carte)

Restaurant order and payment platform · 2,000+ locations · 35M+ users

Ran end-to-end delivery for the order and payment device program across hardware, software, and field operations. Used adoption and analytics data to rescope a high-risk customer engagement and secure the renewal.

2014 — 2015Digital Insight / NCR

Program Manager, Digital Insight / NCR

Digital banking SaaS · 900+ financial institutions · 11M+ end users

Owned execution of platform initiatives, tracking scope, schedule, and cross-team dependencies, and partnered with engineering to define requirements and ship on committed timelines.