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Kumar Ratnam

Kumar Ratnam

Pune

Summary

Experienced Banking and Ecommerce professional with over 10 years of expertise. Demonstrated proficiency in Product Development and Management, Portfolio Analysis, Relationship Management, and Customer Care. Decisive leader driven to optimize processes and streamline operations for team efficiency.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Product Manager

FPL Technologies Pvt Ltd
Pune
10.2022 - Current
  • Currently, I am part of Enterprise Products Team which involves interacting with partner banks for all aspects of onboarding and post onboarding processes
  • Discuss requirements with the Banks(6 partner banks) and get it implemented from respective internal teams like technical, underwriting, risk, collection, portfolio, internal product
  • Creating standard processes for each vertical and checklist for implementation of same
  • Also, handling overall reporting for all partner banks which includes daily, regulatory and bureau reporting
  • Usage of various tools like FIGMA, TAIGA for project management and BPMN as per the needs of the project
  • Managing an internal Technical team of 7 engineers, which creates reporting for bank/internal purposes and decide SPRINT tasks for them, basis usage of AGILE/SCRUM methodology
  • Part of team for launching and managing Secured Credit Card program with 2 partner banks

Senior Associate

PWC
Pune
07.2022 - 10.2022
  • Worked on a project to launch credit card for a client
  • Evaluated the vendors for each process of onboarding and post onboarding journey - digital onboarding, card management service, risk, collection and KYC
  • Handled the creation of card portfolio, vendor onboarding and research for launch purposes which included identifying target customer segment basis credit score, cities, salary and credit affinity
  • Created the structure of the entire credit card vertical which involved discussion with HR and creation of job description for each role

Product Manager – Credit Cards

YES Bank
Mumbai
04.2021 - 06.2022
  • New credit card launch
  • This card will be the most comprehensive and customizable Credit Card in the Indian Card industry
  • Handling the implementation of RBI E-mandate guidelines for YES Bank Credit Cards
  • Launched on 1st Oct’21
  • More than 50K customers enrolled till date with business volume generated up to INR 3 cr
  • Handling the implementation of Card-on-file tokenization for YES Bank Credit Cards
  • Launching Virtual Credit Card and Instant Credit Card on YES Bank Digital platforms
  • Streamlining YES Bank Credit Card website and user journey
  • Developing new credit card onboarding journey via Digital Channels

Senior Product Manager – Debit Cards

Kotak Mahindra Bank
Mumbai
01.2019 - 04.2021
  • New Card Launch
  • Product Manager of Kotak PVR Co-Brand Debit Card
  • Handled the complete project end to end
  • I was Involved in liaising with external partner and internal stakeholders such as Operations, Risk, Legal, Compliance, BSG, IT and Customer Care
  • Portfolio Analysis
  • Handled Business Debit Cards portfolio, so as to increase the card usage, card activation and profitability
  • Carried out various campaigns in collaboration with Alliance, Marketing, Legal and Compliance, resulting in increased card spends and transactions
  • Card issuance increased by 50% and portfolio size increased by 30% in 1 year
  • Managed VISA Business Offers and campaigns
  • Tokenization
  • Carried out tokenization for Kotak Debit Cards on service provider apps like Google Pay and JioPay
  • Launched Google Pay Tokenization in Oct 2020 and JioPay in Feb 2021
  • Risk Based Authentication
  • With RBA, customers can complete their online payments without OTP on various selected e-commerce merchants from their Debit Cards for a certain value of transactions
  • Virtual Debit Card - Overdraft Accounts
  • Virtual Card for customers having Overdraft Accounts
  • Involved in creation of product notes, launch campaigns and testing

Product & Portfolio Manager - Digital Banking

HDFC Bank
Mumbai
09.2017 - 01.2019
  • Net Banking Portfolio Analysis
  • Responsible for NB usage and NB Financial usage on Overall portfolio
  • Managed NB Product life cycle
  • Usage increased from 30% to 42% in one year
  • In depth Portfolio Analysis, to provide strategic insights and actionable to the Branches and Product teams
  • Attrition and Win Back Analysis
  • Managed end-to-end Real time analytics enhancement inside NB portal to reduce attrition and improve customer’s online experience
  • Triggers and Migration Campaigns
  • Launched campaigns to migrate customers to online channels
  • End to end execution of all campaigns for new activations, attrition, retention, cross sell etc
  • Customer Communication and Surveys
  • Communicated NB features, Offers, Digital innovations and other such updates to customers
  • Carried out survey on internal customers

Relationship Manager- Merchant Acquiring - Digital Payments

HDFC Bank
Pune
05.2016 - 09.2017
  • On-boarded Customers from various segments (Education, Government, Hospital, Hotels, Society, Clubs, Corporate Firms) for accepting Digital Payments through Payment Gateways
  • Income generated through Merchant Discount Rate (MDR), Annual Maintenance Charge (AMC) and Integration fee
  • Handled 4 clusters in and around Pune which comprised a total of 48 branches
  • Coordinated with Branch Managers and Cluster Heads to drive the Bank initiatives in the region

Team Lead - Customer Service Consultant

FirstCry.com
Pune
12.2011 - 12.2013
  • Handled team of 12, which included 2 process leads and 10 executives
  • Analyzed customer feedback and complaints to remove glitches and improve existing process
  • Operational Analysis to improve overall customer experience - from ordering to delivery
  • Handled Company’s social media account - Facebook & Twitter

Education

PGDM - Banking & Financial Services

National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, Maharashtra
01.2016
GPA: 6.88

B.E. - Electronics and Telecommunications

GHRCE, Nagpur
01.2011
GPA: 62.22%

HSC -

Delhi Public School, Ranchi
01.2007
GPA: 81.20%

SSC -

SNCS, Ranchi
01.2005
GPA: 93.60%

Skills

  • Project and Product Management
  • Product Development and Life Cycle Management
  • Portfolio Analysis
  • Project Oversight
  • Performance Analysis

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 06/01/89

Timeline

Product Manager - FPL Technologies Pvt Ltd
10.2022 - Current
Senior Associate - PWC
07.2022 - 10.2022
Product Manager – Credit Cards - YES Bank
04.2021 - 06.2022
Senior Product Manager – Debit Cards - Kotak Mahindra Bank
01.2019 - 04.2021
Product & Portfolio Manager - Digital Banking - HDFC Bank
09.2017 - 01.2019
Relationship Manager- Merchant Acquiring - Digital Payments - HDFC Bank
05.2016 - 09.2017
Team Lead - Customer Service Consultant - FirstCry.com
12.2011 - 12.2013
National Institute of Bank Management - PGDM, Banking & Financial Services
GHRCE - B.E., Electronics and Telecommunications
Delhi Public School - HSC,
SNCS - SSC,
Kumar Ratnam