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Gerisha
Nadaraju
Senior Director of Product Operations
Bentley Systems
Gerisha is an experienced Product Operations leader currently heading up the function at Bentley Systems. Before this, she built and scaled Product Ops at UK fintech unicorn TrueLayer and payments scale-up Dojo. She’s also the founder and host of the Product Ops Podcast (POP)—a platform amplifying diverse voices and sharing learnings from across the community—and co-founder of The Other Half Podcast, empowering women in tech. Gerisha holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, where she focused on social impact and entrepreneurship. Her earlier career spans investment and accounting in South Africa.
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04 December 2025 09:45 - 10:15
Influence without authority: Making product ops impossible to ignore
Product ops connects the dots across teams, but often operates through influence rather than control. So how do you steer priorities, shape outcomes, and build momentum without formal power? We’ll explore: → How to build credibility across product, engineering, and exec teams. → Ways to use data, storytelling, and timing to guide decision-making. → Tactics to stay influential in moments of tension or change. In the end, it’s about asking the right questions, telling a clear story with data, and getting the right people onside before the big decisions get made.