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Naveen Nagarajan

Naveen Nagarajan

Associate Director - Product
Bangalore

Summary

Product enthusiast with over 12 years of experience in creating product vision, GTM strategies, and roadmaps to build, launch, and scale consumer-centric products. Passionate about tackling ambiguous problems, overcoming roadblocks, detailing solutions, aligning stakeholders, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to launch and scale products. Working as PM gives an opportunity to not only look at the bigger picture but also be detail-oriented. Besides consumer focus, being data-driven has helped to learn and refine products/features in an agile manner.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director - Product

ValueLabs
Bangalore
07.2021 - Current
  • Built and led product team in successful development and launch of products from inception - AiDE SDLC and AiDE Analytics powered by Generative AI - Large Language Models, resulting in 10% increase of annual revenue.
  • Collaborated with leadership team to strategize and launched new product vertical, significant shift from predominant focus on IT services.
  • Worked closely with PMs and PDs to develop and execute product roadmaps, aligning product strategy with overall business objectives and market trends.
  • Conducted competitive analysis and market research to identify emerging trends and opportunities for product innovation.
  • Identified and capitalized on upsell and cross-sell opportunities with existing clients, contributing to 15% growth in Annual recurring revenue.
  • Orchestrated successful product launches, developing comprehensive go-to-market strategies that included marketing collateral, sales enablement, and customer education.

Senior Product Manager

Arvind Internet - A Division Of Arvind Limited
Bangalore
12.2019 - 07.2021
  • Built an extensive Omnichannel Ecommerce SaaS platform - Omuni for global retailers & brands like GAP, U.S.Polo, Levi's, Sephora, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Bata, Vero Moda, Jack & Jones, Wildcraft etc.
  • Led strategic development and successful launch of complex Marketplace solution, that drove 25% growth in recurring revenue.
  • Responsible for defining product strategy, roadmap, prioritizing backlog(ROI driven), planning sprints, define and track sprint KPIs, manage vendors and their delivery.
  • Worked closely with UX/UI designers to integrate user-centric design principles into product development,
  • Spearheaded creation of comprehensive Product Requirement Documents (PRDs), outlining clear product specifications, features, and user stories.
  • Provided solutions for multiple third party integrations (WMS, ERP and POS systems) with OMUNI platform to enable end-to-end omnichannel journey.

Product Manager

Costprize.com Online India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
08.2014 - 11.2019
  • Wore dual hats as Product Manager/ Solution Architect in startup, showcasing adaptability in dynamic environment. Contributed to development of e-commerce platform supporting multiple business models - B2C, B2B, Multi-store retail and Marketplace.
  • Implemented agile methodologies, fostering collaboration between development, marketing, and sales teams, resulting in 20% increase in team efficiency.
  • Migrated from Monolithic to Microservices architecture enabling better performance and scale.
  • Implemented multi-tenant architecture, streamlining maintenance and support processes for enhanced efficiency and simplicity.
  • Received awards and appreciations from founders for my entrepreneurial skills.

Senior Software Engineer

Firstride Auto Private Limited
Bangalore
01.2013 - 07.2014
  • Worked as senior software developer responsible for building multi-brand test drive portal that helps in simplifying test drive booking process.
  • Developed booking engine in-house, which was used to capture customer requests for test drives and allow car dealers to verify and confirm customers bookings.
  • Responsible for DB and Application design.
  • Initiated many best practices focusing on security and scalability, which included moving to MVC framework, implementing API-based architecture, and adopting AWS cloud.

Education

B.Tech - Information Technology

Vel Tech Engineering College
Chennai
06.2007 - 2011.04

Skills

    Product Management

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Additional Information

Presented AiDE product suite at ValueLabs flagship event, Inspire 2023, held in London and Las Vegas.

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Timeline

Associate Director - Product

ValueLabs
07.2021 - Current

Senior Product Manager

Arvind Internet - A Division Of Arvind Limited
12.2019 - 07.2021

Product Manager

Costprize.com Online India Pvt Ltd
08.2014 - 11.2019

Senior Software Engineer

Firstride Auto Private Limited
01.2013 - 07.2014

B.Tech - Information Technology

Vel Tech Engineering College
06.2007 - 2011.04

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