Dishani Sen | Product Manager

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About

Off the Clock

Journaling, reading fiction, and NYT crosswords are my daily rituals
Loves to travel
Next stops: Japan, Maldives, Greece
On a mission to find best pistachio latte in the city
Urban explorer at heart
Always hunting for hidden gems and great deals

Life in Transit

🌎 21 Countries

🏠 3 Continents

📰 ∞ Crosswords

📍 JAY ST-METROTECH

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Work Experience

TikTok - Product Manager Intern May 2025 - Aug 2025 San Jose, CA ▼

Shipped redesigned webpage to improve experience and usability for users with disabilities by 500K+ MAU
Led GenAI-driven enhancements to content filtering pipeline, improving user safety and trust across 66M+ DAU
Scoped and handed off a 0→1 EU compliance feature, balancing regulatory constraints with engineering tradeoffs

NYU Tandon Career Hub - Program Manager Sep 2024 - May 2025 Brooklyn, NY ▼

Led the vision and execution of a 0→1 technical interview guide used by 6,000+ students across 8 departments, directly influencing job outcomes
Launched Information Sheets, a decision-support resource used by 130K+ undergraduate, graduate, and PhD applicants to evaluate degree outcomes and career paths
Created and hosted 3 new flagship networking panels
Drove 5× growth in student outreach and engagement metrics via targeted multi-channel outreach

Leland - Campus Growth Director Sep 2024 - Dec 2024 Remote ▼

Ranked Top 3 performer, driving student outreach and increasing platform sign-ups at NYU
Executed targeted engagement strategies to grow adoption of PM bootcamps within the campus community
Created 6+ LinkedIn content pieces, boosting visibility and engagement through storytelling and industry insights

Data and Product - Dataroots Mar 2023 - Feb 2024 Leuven, Belgium ▼

Built AI/ML products long before it was cool—shipping scalable, measurable impact across enterprise platforms
Executed migration from legacy on-prem warehouse to a modern cloud data platform

Data and Product - OM Partners Sep 2021 - Feb 2023 Antwerp, Belgium ▼

Defined and executed data & analytics product vision for a new internal BI platform
Shipped 10 self-serve BI dashboards, cutting customer investigation time by 50%
Scaled adoption through enablement, delivering technical workshops for non-technical stakeholders

ING - Data Analyst Intern Oct 2021 - Dec 2021 Brussels, Belgium ▼

Partnered with 5 cross-functional teams to translate business needs into analytics
Rebuilt and enhanced analytical scripts to power interactive dashboards for market trend and competitive analysis
Improved visibility into emerging trends to support data-driven commercial decisions

I'mbesideyou - Data Science Intern Jun 2021 - Jul 2021 Remote ▼

Built a multi-modal ML model combining deep learning features and logistic regression to support early autism detection
Led a team of 3 interns to deliver a production-ready PoC
Contributed to securing a successful client deal with a major healthcare institute in Japan

Kshitij Consultancy Services - Data Analyst Intern Apr 2019 - Jun 2019 Kolkata, India ▼

Designed an end-to-end automated data pipeline for GDP and inflation prediction, saving 30+ hours/week
Improved marketing and sales data quality, contributing to increase in customer retention
Built forex and macroeconomic analysis reports

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Recognition & Awards

2025

Best Project Manager of Cohort

NYU Tandon School of Engineering — Recognized for exceptional skills and leadership during the MOT program

2024

Top 100 Study Abroad Mentors — U.S.

Selected by Topmate as Top 100 Mentors for sustained mentorship and community impact towards international students

2023

Eurostat Profile Feature

Featured researcher on Eurostat's CROS portal, recognizing contributions to official statistics research and methodology

2023

Best Master's Thesis from European Commission

Built an end-to-end ML-powered COVID-19 outbreak prediction system, awarded among 34 universities across 18 countries

2023

Speaker at Royal Statistical Society Conference, Harrogate, UK

Presented research on end-to-end pipeline for estimating COVID-19 prevalence across Belgian municipalities

2023

Scription Prize — Best Master's Thesis

Sole recipient awarded by ISPA (Belgian Internet Service Providers Association) for outstanding master's thesis research

2021

Best Data Visualization Award

Data 4 Good Challenge — Won among 50+ teams at hackathon organized by Emergent Leuven (KU Leuven)

2020

World Bank and UNDP Conference Representative

Selected among top 10 economics students in India to represent the country at the 16th South Asian Economic Students Meet; won First Position in quiz competition

Research Publications

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2020

Modeling the Success of Facebook Using Graph Theory

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International Journal of Current Advanced Research, Vol. 9, No. 3, Mar 2020

Explored platform success dynamics through graph-theoretic modeling and network analysis.

Readiness Towards Digitalization Post-Demonetisation Among Elderly Adults in India

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Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Vol. 46, Jan 2020

Studied behavioral and psychological readiness for digital adoption among elderly populations.

A Narrative Research Approach: Rural–Urban Divide in Participation in the Digital Economy in India

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Journal of Management (JOM), Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2020

Analyzed structural and social factors driving digital participation gaps between rural and urban populations.

How Age Impacts Participation in the Digital Economy in India: A Narrative Research Approach

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International Journal in Management and Social Science, Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2020

Investigated age-based differences in digital inclusion and economic participation.

2019

Do Men and Women Perceive the Digital Economy in India Differently?

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GARI International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2019

Examined gender-based perception gaps in engagement with the digital economy.

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Journey

EDUCATION ROUTE

EXPRESS STOPS LOCAL STOPS

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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

New York, USA

2024 – 2025

M.S. Management of Technology

ACHIEVEMENT

Best PM Award of the Cohort

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KU LEUVEN

Leuven, Belgium

2020 – 2022

M.S. Statistics & Data Science

ACHIEVEMENT

European Commission Best Thesis Award

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CHRIST UNIVERSITY

Bangalore, India

2017 – 2020

BSc Economics, Mathematics, Statistics

ACHIEVEMENT

Represented India at the World Bank/UNDP South Asian Youth Meet for Economics Students

ORIGIN

KOLKATA, INDIA

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Blogs & Writings

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2023

EDITION #1

Our Highlights from Big Data London

Insights and key takeaways from one of Europe's largest data conferences...

Cloud-Native Framework for Federated Learning

Designed with privacy and security at its core for healthcare data analysis...

Managing Federated Learning Infrastructure with Terraform

Building and deploying federated learning infrastructure on Azure Cloud...

Best Practices for Choosing a Database on GCP

A comprehensive guide to selecting the right database for your use case...

Leveraging Google BigQuery for Data Warehousing

Maximizing the potential of BigQuery for scalable data warehousing solutions...

Real-Time Streaming Analytics with GCP

A comprehensive guide for data and ML engineers using Pub/Sub and Dataflow...

What is Data Circularity and Why Should You Care?

Exploring sustainable data practices and circular economy principles...

Predicting Disease Spread with Digital Trace Data

Exploring the possibility of using digital footprints for epidemiological modeling...

Extracting Demographic Information from Social Media Data

Techniques and best practices for analyzing social media demographics...

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