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Akash K S

Akash K S

Chennai

Summary

Value-driven product manager with experience leading cross-functional teams to plan, build, launch and manage world-class Fintech SaaS innovations. Worked with multiple partners and stakeholders to envision and define a holistic product roadmap. Highly skilled in identifying growth opportunities to maximize ROI and revenue.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Product Manager

Doodleblue Innovations
Chennai
03.2018 - Current
  • Managed product and project risks, scope changes and other non-standard events throughout product planning and development.
  • Partnered with business customers to clearly develop and communicate strategic vision and product roadmap.
  • Translated epics into stories to enable development teams to understand scope and prepared user stories to support iterative delivery of product.
  • Collaborated with development engineering and marketing to translate features into consumable user stories.
  • Innovated and integrated new processes and technologies to add value and evaluated costs of product redesign.
  • Developed deep understanding of technology stack and impact on final product.
  • Conducted customer and stakeholder interviews to identify needs and requirements.
  • Monitored milestones and deliverables to stay ahead of schedules and proactively spot potential roadblocks.

Education

Master of Computer Applications - Management Information Systems

Madras Christian College
Chennai
06.2017

Skills

  • Defining user stories and Roadmaps
  • Requirements gathering/Scoping
  • Risk analysis
  • Data management and Analytics
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Competitive Analysis & Market Research

Projects

Technical Product Owner - Validus Singapore (2020 - 2023)

Validus is Singapore's #1 trusted SME growth fintech, helping businesses scale with easier, all-in-one business finance solutions.

  • Launched the neobanking platform Web and App for 400+ SMEs across Singapore in 15 months
  • Led a cross functional team across design, engineering and data using Agile Scrum
  • Improved the user experience and user journeys leveraging the existing base to increase MoM user acquisition by 20%
  • Converted business requirements to user stories for integration of Cards and business Account.
  • Initiated and implemented customer behavior tracking and analytics using Firebase and Mixpanel to enable business teams to gain insights
  • Collaborated with Engineering team for solutions to build cross platforms to reduce engineering cost up to 40%

Technical Product Owner - U Mobile Malaysia (2018-2020)

 U Mobile is a data-centric and multiple award-winning Telecommunications mobile data services company in Malaysia. 

  • Led a cross functional engineering and data team to revamp the existing customer facing mobile application
  • Implemented MVP based approach for phase wise roadmap to ensure seamless customer experience is maintained for 2 billion + customers
  • Identified opportunities
  • Presented DAU, MAU and CTR metrics to the steering committee
  • Supported the marketing team to run campaigns for rewards which increased a MoM average customer acquisition by 15%
  • Implemented and released a custom made central CMS for all the departments (Operations, Loyalty and Customer Support) which reduced overall costing by 30%

Languages

English
First Language
Tamil
Proficient
C2
Telugu
Upper Intermediate
B2
Hindi
Intermediate
B1

Affiliations

  • Shelter Head in Make a Difference (An NGO teaching children at shelter homes)
  • Member Chennai Volunteers

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) - 2022
  • Certified in Product Marketing (Great Learning) - 2022
  • Certified in Product Management LaunchPad (Airtribe) - 2023

Timeline

Technical Product Manager

Doodleblue Innovations
03.2018 - Current

Master of Computer Applications - Management Information Systems

Madras Christian College
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) - 2022
  • Certified in Product Marketing (Great Learning) - 2022
  • Certified in Product Management LaunchPad (Airtribe) - 2023
Akash K S