Employee Airtime: We sit down with Senior Product Manager, Amateur Race Car Driver and Travel Enthusiast Sumukh Rudrapatna

Melbourne-based Senior Product Manager Sumukh Rudrapatna describes product management as balancing customer needs and business objectives to decide what to build, then collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, iterate, develop, and launch products. He emphasizes learning from first principles rather than rote memorization, explaining complex concepts simply to build alignment, evaluating whether proposed work justifies its cost and effort, and carefully considering technical-debt tradeoffs as a company scales. Outside work, he enjoys travel centered on nature, adventure, and culture, citing Iceland, Japan, and India, and pursues motorsport through Formula Vee racing, which provides intense focus and an escape from daily distractions. He recommends learning from Airwallex leaders Jack Zhang and Shannon Scott for company vision and product strategy, while regularly speaking with customer-facing colleagues to understand customer pain points.

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