Amit Rana
Sr Product Manager
Bangalore
Summary
Senior Product Manager with 6+ years of experience taking B2B, B2C & B2B2C products from concept to market. I have had the unique opportunity of developing software products for tech enterprises, Banks & Fintechs both from the perspective of an Engineer to that of Product Manager. I have developed multiple products from 0 to 1, scaled existing ones & undertook digital transformation initiatives, working very closely with internal & external stakeholders.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Sr Product Manager
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Bangalore
12.2020 - Current
- Digital Projects: SME Neo-Banking, Open Banking & FinTech Alliances, Digital Transformation Initiatives
- Strategized digital growth strategy for Business Banking, leveraging Market Research, User Research, Portfolio Analysis, recommending SME Neo-Banking, Open Banking & Digital Transformation Initiatives, in line with Org vision & mission
- Led budget approvals ($1M+), requirements gathering, scoping & prioritization of key features for 3 projects
- Conceptualized & designed UI/UX of Business Neo-banking plaform in collaboration with Design team, targeting SMEs
- Drafted User Stories, groomed Product backlog & validated deliveries with engineering, aiding in Agile methodology
- Drove cross-functional co-ordination (Tech, Marketing, Ops, Legal) & proactive risk hedging, ensuring efficient deliveries
- Led MVP based approach to test product market fit, on-boarded 100+ customers, incorporated critical insights
- Revamped Bank wide legacy Workflow based payments module, to support API based emerging payments use cases, needed by 5+ products, influencing Sr Management, internal & external cross-functional collaboration
- Liaised with 15+ FinTech, led partnership evaluations, business cases creation, stakeholders buy-ins & integrations
- Led Open Banking initiatives to offer Embedded Financial services, leveraging API integrations with partner platforms
- Orchestrated successful integrated GTMs for Open Banking partners, leading to 15X growth in connected accounts
- Boosted acquisitions & cross-sell prospects (2X), by profiling and data enrichment via integrating multiple data sources
Product Manager
ICICI Bank
Mumbai
05.2019 - 12.2020
- API, Open Banking & Merchant Acquiring
- Undertook market research, competition analysis & devised product roadmaps, unearthing 10X potential customer base
- Led 6 member Engineering team, ensuring E2E Banking API integrations & live support with 400+ corporate clients
- Achieved enhanced deposits of 1000 Cr, by streamlining Banking APIs integration process, reducing avg TAT by 67%
- Spearheaded planning, implementation & GTM for instant UPI kits to new bank customers, leveraging stakeholders buy-in, tech-developments, marketing, Ops engagements & vendor negotiations, enhancing acquisitions by 6X
- Defined & monitored key success metrics, aiding in pro-active interventions for product & strategy improvements
- Enabled & Streamlined Support Desk: setting up SOPs, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, improving NPS by 33%
- Developed sales enablement tools, trained PAN INDIA team of 150+ across channels on new product developments
- Automated merchant UPI lifecycle events, leveraging data analytics, resulting 3% increased MOM activations
- Achieved 13X value & 10X volume growth in MOM UPI transactions, translating to $2M Net Interest Income (NII)
Product Management Intern
ICICI Bank
Mumbai
04.2018 - 06.2018
- In App Marketing & Customer Engagement on Mobility
- Strategized & implemented monetization & engagement strategies across mobile platforms by understanding user needs via primary & secondary user research, unlocking 7% increased cross-sell opportunities
- Aided in Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) product launch across Mobile & Web channels, awarded Pre-Placement Offer
Software Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Bangalore
08.2014 - 05.2017
- Gathered business requirements, refined & translated to technical specifications & led a team of 3 for efficient delivery
- Functioned as the scrum master, leading agile sprint plannings, adhering to agile development methodologies
- Implemented, fixed & documented 100+ User stories & bug fixes utilizing tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Git etc
- Automated E2E regression tests, resulting in minimal manual intervention and 80% reduction in run time
Education
PGDIM / MBA -
NITIE
06.2017 - 03.2019
BTech - Computer Science & Engineering
07.2010 - 03.2014
Skills
Design & Wireframe (Figma, drawio), JIRA, Agile Methodology, Documentation (Confluence), SQL, A/B Testingundefined
Timeline
Sr Product Manager
Kotak Mahindra Bank
12.2020 - Current
Product Manager
ICICI Bank
05.2019 - 12.2020
Product Management Intern
ICICI Bank
04.2018 - 06.2018
PGDIM / MBA -
NITIE
06.2017 - 03.2019
Software Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2014 - 05.2017
BTech - Computer Science & Engineering
07.2010 - 03.2014
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