Chirag Chauhan

Senior Product Manager at SAP Labs India | Enterprise SaaS, Cloud, GenAI, AI Agents & AI Tools

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

As a seasoned Senior Product Manager at SAP Labs with over 20 years in the IT industry, I am passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive digital transformation. My journey from a Software Developer to a Product Manager has equipped me with a unique perspective to manage the full lifecycle of both consumer-facing and enterprise-level software solutions. I have a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and delivering innovative products on time and within budget. I specialize in translating complex technical requirements into customer-centric product strategies that align with business goals. My expertise in cloud technologies, microservices architecture, and SaaS product development has helped drive revenue and user engagement for my employers. I am always open to connecting with like-minded professionals and exploring opportunities where I can drive growth with my expertise. Feel free to reach out if you think we can help each other!

Experience

  • SAP ()
    • Senior Product Manager | Enterprise Software, Cloud, AI
      Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 7 mos

      - Delivered multiple cloud-based, SaaS solutions, enhancing scalability, and reducing infrastructure costs by 20-40%. - Implemented an operational efficiency AI enabled features to reduce the operation cost by 50% and improved the product roll-out efficiency by 40%. - Collaborated with engineering teams to design and implement technical architectures for enterprise-level applications, ensuring the product met performance, scalability, and security standards. - Drove cross-functional collaboration, aligning engineering, design, and sales teams to successfully launch products, resulting in increased market share into new industry. - Closely worked with customer, internal market research and user research team to continuously refine the product requirements and prioritize feature roadmap. - Partnered with technical teams to translate complex customer requirements into scalable and maintainable architectures, leveraging cloud technologies and micro-services. - Ensured product meets non-functional requirements like Scalability, Product Standards, Security, and Performance. - Worked with UX Designers to create user-centric wireframes and designs. - Led multiple successful product launches.

    • Solutions Architect | Enterprise Software, Cloud, Mobility, Web, Blockchain
      Nov 2014 - Dec 2018 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      - Led the design and implementation of complex enterprise-level software solutions, working directly with clients to understand business needs and provide tailored technical solutions. - Developed high-level system architecture, ensuring alignment with client requirements and industry best practices. - Worked closely with product managers and development teams to refine product concepts and create detailed architectural documentation. - Delivered multiple Web and Mobility software solutions with end-to-end development responsibility that includes architecture, design, reviews, deployment, and maintenance. - Assisted sales teams in creating a compelling business case for the prospect through technical presentations, project proposals, estimations, and demos. - Mentored and trained junior architects and developers, sharing best practices in solution design, performance optimization, and scalability. - Built innovations on emerging technology like Blockchain and presented them at external and internal events.

  • Technical Architect | Mobile Applications, iOS, Android at Symphony Teleca
    Jan 2011 - Nov 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    - Designed and implemented technology architectures for web and mobile software products, for consumer clients, ensuring robust, scalable, and high-performance solutions. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to evaluate and integrate emerging technologies on mobile platform, enabling the adoption of modern tools and techniques. - Worked directly with clients to identify key technical requirements and created detailed solutions for complex business problems. - Played a pivotal role in increasing operational efficiency by identifying and addressing system bottlenecks and recommending architecture improvements. - Created a focused group of thirty mobility experts and was responsible for driving mobility projects across the organization. - Helped startup customers convert the blackboard ideas into working products. - Supported sales activities through technical presentations and effort/cost estimations.

  • Project Lead | Mobile Applications at Endeavour Software Technologies
    Aug 2009 - Dec 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos

    - Delivered multiple enterprise and consumer Mobility applications. - Active member of Technology Group to incubate and support modern technology. - Active member of CMM certification process. - Supported sales activities through technical presentation and effort/cost estimations.

  • Tech Lead | Desktop and Web Applications at TRIANZ
    May 2006 - Nov 2009 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    - Responsible for feature development for Desktop Imaging Software solution for fortune five hundred customer that shipped with Windows Vista OS. - Responsible for feature development for Desktop Imaging Software for one of the largest Photo Printing Organization of Germany. - Helped team members to ramp up on C++ and Qt.

  • Senior Software Engineer | Mobile and Desktop Applications at Corsoft Corporation
    Aug 2003 - May 2006 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    - Responsible for development of multiple features for Palm OS based Email software solution. - Responsible for development of multiple features for Windows based Desktop solution.