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Ajit Vikram Bhargava

Gurugram

Summary

Experienced Digital Product Owner/Manager with 11 years in the Banking and Financial Services industry, including 8+ years leading product strategy and execution. Expertise in defining product vision, executing roadmaps, and driving cross-functional collaboration to deliver scalable, user-centric solutions that enhance customer and stakeholder value. Certified SAFe 6 Agilist and SAFe 6 Scrum Master, proficient in Scaled Agile methodologies, SDLC processes, and Waterfall. Proven skills in backlog management, requirement elicitation, prioritization, and managing sprint planning, reviews, and product documentation.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Role : Product Owner

Nagarro private limited
07.2022 - Current
  • Led to the end-to-end development of a Capital Markets app designed to enhance trading and investment management for retail clients. I defined the product vision and roadmap, defined the go-to-market strategy, gathered business requirements, and translated them into detailed user stories and features. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, I drove Agile development cycles ensuring timely delivery of high-impact features.
  • Own and drive the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with company vision and strategic business goals.
  • Created and maintained a strategic roadmap on Jira to guide product development and align with business objectives.
  • Define and prioritize product features based on market research, customer feedback, and business value, ensuring focus on high-impact features for the product.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization, including engineering, design, data, and marketing, to ensure cross-functional alignment and timely delivery of features.
  • Drive the product lifecycle from discovery to delivery, continuously iterating based on customer feedback, performance metrics, and evolving business needs.
  • Conducting market research and gathering customer feedback to inform product decisions and ensure market fit.
  • Acted as the voice of the customer within the organization, synthesizing feedback from users, stakeholders, and market insights to shape product features.
  • Developed detailed product documentation including product specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and roadmaps, ensuring clarity and alignment across teams.
  • Facilitated PI planning, Sprint/Iteration planning, backlog grooming, and roadmap.
  • Managed stakeholder relationships, providing regular updates on product progress, roadblocks, and next steps to maintain transparency and alignment.
  • Created and refine product vision and strategy based on evolving market conditions and user needs, keeping the product competitive and innovative.
  • Define go-to-market strategy, collaborating with marketing and sales teams to ensure successful product launch and market penetration.
  • Ensure strong product-market fit by validating features through A/B testing, user research, and data analysis, ensuring the product meets user expectations.

Role : Product Owner

Sharekhan by BNP Paribas
02.2017 - 06.2022
  • Led the transformation of the Trade Tiger platform, owning the product roadmap and aligning enhancements with market needs and regulations. Conducted market research, defined features, and translated them into actionable user stories. Collaborated cross-functionally for Agile delivery, ensuring timely releases and continuous product iteration based on feedback.
  • Captured and prioritized business requirements, translating them into user stories and epics to align product goals with strategic business outcomes.
  • Led gap analysis, process optimization, and impact assessments using frameworks such as BPMN using Bizagi, and data flow models, driving improvements in product functionality.
  • Drove AS-IS/TO-BE analysis and change management strategies to define and implement solutions that align with evolving business needs.
  • Led and facilitated requirements gathering sessions, leveraging techniques like user interviews, surveys, and focus groups to align product vision with customer needs.
  • Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams (design, development, testing) throughout the entire product lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery of high-value product features.
  • Partnered with Agile teams to refine user stories and provide support during sprint planning, ensuring efficient allocation of resources for product development.
  • Delivered key product documentation including product roadmaps, use cases, requirements traceability matrices, and functional specifications to ensure clarity and alignment with stakeholders.
  • Collaborated with UI/UX to create wireframes/mockups and prototypes using tools like Figma to visualize product concepts and collaborate with design teams for user-centric solutions.

Business Development Manager

Sumitra Education and Charitable Trust
04.2014 - 01.2017
  • Spearheaded client relationship management to expand brand presence and drive growth, ensuring alignment with business and marketing objectives.
  • Elicited and prioritized requirements from key stakeholders to define actionable product features and marketing initiatives.
  • Developed and executed marketing strategies to onboard retail and corporate partners, ensuring alignment with product goals and enhancing stakeholder engagement.
  • Led and managed marketing campaigns to elevate the organization's visibility, driving customer acquisition and retention.
  • Coordinated recruitment and onboarding of volunteers, aligning with organizational goals and ensuring effective team integration for successful program execution.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - Computers

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
06.2008

Skills

Documentation & Requirement Management

  • Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Document (FRD)
  • Product Requirement Document (PRD)
  • Product Vision Document (PVD)
  • Requirement Elicitation & Gathering
  • Requirement Prioritization
  • Gap Analysis
  • Change Strategy

Agile & Project Management

  • Agile Methodologies
  • Scrum (Agile)
  • PI Planning
  • Iteration/Sprint Planning
  • Backlog Refinement
  • Release Planning
  • Epics, Features, and User Stories
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Product Roadmap

Product & User Experience Design

  • User Persona Mapping
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Wireframes & Mockups
  • Wireframing
  • Design Thinking
  • A/B Testing
  • Go-To-Market Strategy

Technical & Analytical Skills

  • SQL
  • REST APIs
  • Business Process Modelling
  • Data-Driven Decision Making

Tools


|Balsamiq|JIRA|Confluence|MS Office|Postgres SQL|Swagger|Bizagi|Confluence|Figma|Miro|


Certification

  • SAFe 6 Agilist, Scaled Agile
  • PSPO-1, Scrum.org
  • SAFe 6 Scrum Master, Scaled Agile
  • PSM-1, Scrum.org
  • Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification, 6sigmastudy

Awards

Nominated for excellence in Nagarro for delivering features as per SLA

Timeline

Role : Product Owner

Nagarro private limited
07.2022 - Current

Role : Product Owner

Sharekhan by BNP Paribas
02.2017 - 06.2022

Business Development Manager

Sumitra Education and Charitable Trust
04.2014 - 01.2017

Bachelor of Business Administration - Computers

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

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