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Anil Kumar Raj

Bengaluru

Summary

  • Highly analytical & Growth Oriented professional with 6+ years of experience in product development & management motivated to drive the complete product management lifecycle beginning from initiation, planning to execution & closure.
  • Eager to be the internal and external evangelist for the product; managing the entire product life cycle from product strategy planning to execution & performing market research, competitor study, & customer feedback analysis.
  • Skilled in administering and leading product delivery while articulating & implementing business requirements & product specifications.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

Exxat Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
08.2024 - Current
  • Initiated and developed a new product from the ground up, conducting primary and secondary research to gather valuable insights
  • Aligned stakeholders on the product prototype for implementation, ensuring clear communication and consensus

Product Manager

Wakefit Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
03.2020 - 02.2024
  • Owned conversions and revenue metrics for e-commerce storefront and led the shopping experience pod of 20+ made up of APM, UX, Engineering and QA resources that collaborated with marketing, supply chain and data teams to define and execute growth strategy and roadmaps
  • Spearheaded the discovery and personalisation charters to enhance category visibility and build customer engagement avenues that improved funnel conversion rate for Home to PDP by 30% & from PDP to Cart by 25%
  • Led initiatives to enhance on-platform search ranking and relevance to improve acquisition and conversion from organic sources by 8% through deploying and expanding an ML-driven search algorithm
  • Led initiatives to increase AOV by introducing upsell and cross-sell touchpoints at PDP, cart and other funnel steps which helps in achieving 10% higher AOV
  • Introduced gamification elements and instructional videos to accurately measure bed sizes and enhanced the mattress size selection UI, reducing incorrect size-related returns and replacements by 50%
  • Led the creation of a customer affinity index and introduced multiple products recommendation models to maximise catalogue discovery and boost conversions by 7% and drove up PDP views by 30%
  • Created the technological roadmap and strategy for integrating Retail orders from 80+ retail outlets with online order funnels to create an omni channel shopping experience and unified OMS that contributes over 80 Crs to revenue
  • Introduced Marketing, SEO and launch automation to reduce new product launch TAT by 80%
  • Created an intelligent payment routing logic that leveraged commission and success rates to dynamically route customers to gateways reducing peak times payment failures by 3%

APM

Jarvis Technology & Strategy Consulting
08.2018 - 02.2020
  • Led a team of 6 Analysts & 2 Interns covering 2 administrative zones of Maharashtra constituting 75 assembly constituencies and 7 administrative districts; Implemented strategies for operational excellence
  • Developed enhanced processes for new projects, determined appropriate operational metrics and steered end-to-end execution of the same
  • Single Handedly administered logistics and reverse logistics for both small- and large-scale events with audience size varying from 200 to 12K+
  • Deftly sculpted and implemented improved micro modules in 3 districts consisting of more than 80K+ people and 10K+ households
  • Managed a bike rally with 11K+ participants and 25K+ people
  • Major Campaigns: Mahavistar Abhiyaan CM Chashak Delivered 95% coverage for 24k polling booths
  • Coordinated with 26 MLAs and 6 MPs, Conceptualized firm's flagship project; reached 90M beneficiaries for government schemes Managed total participation of 4 mil and a budget of over INR 130 mil
  • Secured highest participation; 1.5 mil Catered 700 individual events and competitions; aligned the younger generation to increase the support

COO & Co-Founder

The Penwork Systems Pvt. Ltd.
05.2017 - 07.2018
  • Developed a platform for professors to launch courses online for the students, thereby increasing the accessibility and bridging the gap between students & Professors
  • Contacted colleges in Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Nanded, Latur and Raigad for demonstration of the website, which eventually led to the tie up with 10+ colleges
  • Organised industrial visits for students of various fields across many colleges and managed 200+ students in a single trip

Education

B.Tech

IIT Bombay
Mumbai
01-2018

Skills

  • Product Management
  • KPI Tracking
  • Agile
  • Data Analysis
  • Roadmap Planning
  • Product Strategy
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Stakeholder Management

Timeline

Product Manager

Exxat Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
08.2024 - Current

Product Manager

Wakefit Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
03.2020 - 02.2024

APM

Jarvis Technology & Strategy Consulting
08.2018 - 02.2020

COO & Co-Founder

The Penwork Systems Pvt. Ltd.
05.2017 - 07.2018

B.Tech

IIT Bombay
Anil Kumar Raj