Greater Delhi Area
IIT Delhi Grad. with 20+ years of experience in Software Products –web, mobile and desktop for B2B & B2C with MNCs and Startups Strong background in product management for SaaS products /consumer internet products in - real estate, travel, revenue management and location intelligence(GIS), mobile first products Product Management proficiency in - Product strategy, product market fit, go-to-market strategy product requirements gathering, prioritization and getting stuff shipped! Awards & Recognition – - National level contestant at Toastmasters Championship of Public speaking. - Awarded “Diamond Award”- Highest organization wide recognition at Pitney Bowes Inc. - Speaker at product management and technical conferences
FlipGrid@Microsoft
Roles and responsibilities- 1. Complete platform ownership for residential rental business – user experience, supply, and monetization 2. Built product management team from scratch-managing & mentoring junior product manager 3. Opportunity identification via customer & market research, user feedback, customer usage and competitive analysis 4.Devise product vision, product roadmaps, data-driven products Focus areas- 1. Monetization strategy and deliverables, payments -for core classified business- B2B(Agents)|B2C (Owners)| strategic alliances, launch of monetizable services 2. Supply- Increase listings from owners and brokers via pricing and focussed renewal initiatives Consumer Experience -Uplift research experience for Resale and Rental users for conversion upliftment, Map Search 3. Spam control and uplift information quality for -user-generated content using ML and algorithmic improvements 4. Fast and immersive -mobile web experience with - Progressive Web Apps(PWA) and Accelerated Mobile Pages(AMPs) 5. Business imperative initiatives for alignment with Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA)
1. Ownership for making 99acres first "RERA Ready" portal on all dimensions- Compliance, Projects, Advertisers, Buyers 2. Identify and roll out opportunities for leap from mobile site experience using- AMPs, PWA 3. Uplift monetisation from owners- by new products,communication and engagement workflows 4. Maps - Leverage maps for property/project search experience , key landmarks integration 5.Developed alliances with - banking partners, enterprise broker clients for integration opportunities beyond lead gen
Responsible for SAAS -product line- Revgain Car- developed product from scratch, built the automated and integrated price management system to on board 60 business accounts in 10 months. Developed from scratch new SAAS based products for online travel agencies and global car rental companies–(PGOTA, RevGain Car). Contributed to RevAir and ecommerce analytics products.
Product Conceptualisation and Speed to Market 1. Product feature design, requirement writing & prioritization basis feature value proposition Product Development- PGOTA 2. Led development of first product from travel business unit with an offshore team 3. Reduced time to launch by 25% by faster resolution of integration challenges , clearly defined acceptance criteria addition to specification and data integration testing practices 4.Managed UAT, with 60% less time and 50% higher test coverage with effective automation Go-to-Market 1. Drove the go-to-market strategy and collateral development- training videos, webinars, e-mailers. Active involvement of account management and sales to boost product adoption Product Implementation, Deployment and Support 1.Training- internal support and engineering teams and customers 2. Documentation and video tutorial development
Product lead(QA) - Devising Test Strategy and managing Test Infrastructure for desktop and web mapping product offering seamless integration with enterprise data - Automation for - installers and web applications - Developing demos\POCs for sales enablement - Resolving complex customer cases around product for technical support enablement - Ramped up team skills by - imparting GIS training and Business Case Study sessions
- Lead quarterly global releases for product line- Envinsa - Responsible for -Routing and Geocoding product and custom releases for -ClickSoftware
Lead testing initiatives for QA projects in- Routing,geocoding and mapping products for a leader in location intelligence space.