Geet Panwar
Product Manager
Pune
Summary
Product management professional with a track record of driving successful product initiatives and optimising product performance. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams and focusing on achieving impactful results. Known for adaptability and reliability in dynamic environments, with industry skills in Capital Markets, Cards and Payments, Trade Market Data, Lending, and Regulatory Compliance
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Manager – Compliance
Citi Group
06.2022 - Current
- Delivered globally scalable, automated compliance products addressing key mandates, such as the Mandatory Leave Policy and GDPR, embedding preemptive risk controls, and reducing the operational footprint by 90%, while strengthening enterprise-wide regulatory compliance
- Developed compliance solutions supporting multi-jurisdictional employee trade policies, including the U.S. Connected persons, SEBI disclosures, FINRA attestations, and permissive registrant attestations, ensuring consistent policy conformance and risk mitigation across regions
- Launched an enterprise-grade GenAI virtual assistant, automating employee support workflows, and achieving a 60% reduction in query volume at launch, further improving to 80% within three months, delivering substantial cost savings, and faster response times
- Implemented OCR-based automation to optimize post-trade reconciliation workflows, driving 90% staff compliance in trade statement processing, and significantly reducing manual intervention
- Developed and presented data-driven dashboards, strategic insights, and business narratives, supporting executive decision-making and client engagement initiatives.
- Streamlined compliance documentation processes, introducing process improvements that increased operational efficiency, and reduced administrative overhead
- Partnered with stakeholders to design and deliver compliance training programs, resulting in improved team awareness, policy adherence, and risk management maturity
Consultant (Product Manager) – Investment Banking
Iris Software
02.2021 - 06.2022
- Delivered an end-to-end UX transformation for a core product suite at a top-tier U.S. Investment bank, completing the initiative on schedule, and achieving a 33% year-over-year reduction in operating costs through improved usability and process efficiency
- Implemented broker data feed integrations to enable automated trade reconciliation and enhanced trade analytics, strengthening internal controls, and ensuring robust employee trade compliance
- Developed data-driven dashboards and strategic insights, empowering business and product leadership with actionable intelligence, and supporting data-informed decision-making across management initiatives
- Led cross-functional teams to deliver the beta release of a virtual assistant solution, establishing the foundation for scalable, AI-enabled customer support automation
Consultant
Cognizant Consulting
05.2016 - 07.2019
- Facilitated onboarding of key stock exchanges for a global financial market data provider, strengthening the data distribution framework, and ensuring seamless, real-time access to exchange data across multiple regions
- Developed a replicable 'like-for-like' onboarding model for stock exchange integration, delivering a 100% reduction in onboarding time, and enabling faster go-to-market for global market data services
- Led and coordinated cross-functional teams of 50+ FTEs across global regions to track execution timelines, performance metrics, and delivery outcomes, driving consistency, visibility, and accountability in multi-region product delivery
- Spearheaded enhancements to the core payments processing platform, including the optimization of the merchant dispute management workflow, resulting in improved operational efficiency, scalability, and customer experience
- Extensively experienced in implementing SWIFT messages compliant with ISO 15022 and ISO 20022 standards, ensuring interoperability and compliance with evolving financial messaging frameworks
- Delivered multiple batch payment integrations, such as ACH, WPS (Middle East), Swiss QR Payments, Fedwire (US), and Priority Payments (China), enabling efficient, high-volume payment processing across jurisdictions
Software Engineering Analyst – Digital Lending
Accenture
04.2011 - 07.2014
- Spearheaded the development and implementation of digital lending solutions (Group Retail Application) using Agile methodologies, significantly improving loan processing efficiency and client satisfaction
- Led a critical database migration initiative for a leading European bank, successfully transitioning systems from SQL/Oracle to T24, resulting in streamlined data operations and enhanced process efficiency
- Collaborated closely with UI/UX teams to design intuitive interfaces and prototypes, elevating the end-to-end user experience across digital lending platforms
- Facilitated comprehensive user story walkthroughs with Development and Testing teams, ensuring shared understanding, alignment, and delivery of high-quality features
- Authored UAT test cases aligned with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices, ensuring rigorous validation of functionality, and seamless user acceptance
Education
MBA - Corporate Strategy And Finance
Indian Institute of Management Shillong
Meghalaya03.2016
B. Tech - Electronics Engineering
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh05.2010
Skills
- Product Management
- Financial Services
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Agile Methodology
- Stakeholder Management
- User Experience (Ux)
- Data Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance
- Product Strategy & Roadmap Development
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Vendor Management
Certification
Certification: SAFe 6.0 POPM, Business Analytics (Upgrade), Lean Six Sigma (Accenture), Capstone (Business Strategy)
Tools
Microsoft Suite (Excel, Power Point, etc.), JIRA, Zephyr, Confluence, SQL, FIGMA, Tableau, MSTR, Power BI
Timeline
Product Manager – Compliance
Citi Group
06.2022 - Current
Consultant (Product Manager) – Investment Banking
Iris Software
02.2021 - 06.2022
Consultant
Cognizant Consulting
05.2016 - 07.2019
Software Engineering Analyst – Digital Lending
Accenture
04.2011 - 07.2014
B. Tech - Electronics Engineering
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
MBA - Corporate Strategy And Finance
Indian Institute of Management Shillong