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Puneet Lamba
Product Management & Leadership
Gurgaon
Summary
Results-driven Product Leader with over 14 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative products that drive business growth and enhance customer experience. Demonstrated success in defining product strategy, overseeing product development lifecycle, and driving product launches in competitive markets. Proven track record of achieving revenue targets and market share expansion. Strong expertise in market analysis, customer insights, and product positioning. Adept at fostering collaborative environments and mentoring high-performing teams. Seeking to leverage expertise in product & program management to deliver impactful solutions for a dynamic organization."
Overview
14
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
5
Certifications
Work History
HT Media, Gurgaon
Head of Product (GM)
2022.04 - Current (2 years & 5 months)
Job overview
- Delivered business results and customer value by ensuring that the products are built in an incremental agile way.
- Reviewed P/L, sales, customer concerns, new opportunities to drive business strategy along with determining tradeoffs involving customer value, cost, and speed to execution.
- Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics that is most impactful for end users.
- Document user stories, specifications, and product features with clearly communicated acceptance criteria for output based on business & customer needs into detailed BRD/PRD across teams that what needs to be done and by when.
- Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
- Set goals for the multiple teams via KPIs, sprint goals and formalized policies to maximize team performance and keep projects on-task at a program level.
- Coordinate program, project planning and execution with product managers, engineering, sales and marketing teams to launch products on time and within budget.
- Monitored market trends and competitor performance to update promotional strategies.
Airtel International Inc., Gurgaon
Senior Product Manager
2019.03 - 2022.03 (3 years)
Job overview
- Managed product launches by creating plans and coordinating with sales, marketing and engineering teams to maximize promotional reach.
- Liaised with internal and external business stakeholders on procurement of new product formulations, requirements and regulatory changes.
- Managed product lifecycles by monitoring product research, development and determining new launches.
- Created and executed strategies to drive development and success of products by conducted market research to understand customer needs and identify potential opportunities.
- Oversaw development of more than 4 new and existing products each year with revenue of more than $2.2 million.
- Approved product documentation to promote easy-to-follow manuals and technical documents.
- Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data, and budget factors.
HCL Technologies, Noida
Product Manager
2017.01 - 2019.02 (2 years & 1 month)
Job overview
- Liaised with clients to better understand business needs and current market landscape while building product strategies.
- Lead portfolio for $1 million product landscape for foreign client.
- Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams (engineering, sales, marketing etc.)
- Coordinated design meetings and decisions with internal departments and teams.
- Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where and when each component would work.
- Coordinated with software developers to create custom applications and trackers to achieve client goals.
- Brainstormed with peers and other members of design team to determine enhancements and product features.
- Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines.
- Given feedback suggestions and potential solutions throughout each phase of the product cycle from conceptualization to launching stages.
Ericsson Global, Noida
Product Owner
2009.11 - 2016.12 (7 years & 1 month)
Job overview
- Led product strategy by collaborating with Customers, Corporate Strategy Managers and Sales Directors and delivered innovative solutions to meet time- to-market demands.
- Created an innovative methodology for User Interfaces, resulting in 20% increase in product buying and subscriptions.
- Worked closely with leadership to present key indicators of product growth and adoption.
- Accountable for making appropriate trade-offs between product features and time-to-launch.
- Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
- Collect system and business requirements from external and internal customers, draft product roadmap and drive project schedules accordingly.
- Designed and Defined and analyzed product metrics that help the growth of the product.
Education
IIFT , New Delhi
MBA from International Business
2016.07 - 2018.06 (1 year & 11 months)
University Overview
- Completed professional development in [Management focusing on Strategy and Insights]
- Awarded [Young Emerging Leader in 2017]
- Elected to [College Head] for [IIFT Delhi in 2017]
- Elected Captain of [IIFT Delhi, Cricket Team]
- Completed professional development in [CSPO, SAFe, PMP, ITIL Expert]
LIT, Punjab Technical University , Punjab
Bachelor of Science from Electronics And Communications Engineering
2005.08 - 2009.07 (3 years & 11 months)
Skills
Product Development
Software
SQL
Certification
PMP
Tools
- Design - JIRA, Confluence, Miro, Rally
- Wireframe – Balsamiq, Figma Design, Draw.io, InVision, Sketch
- Analytics – Firebase, Clicktale, Hotjar, Google Forms, Survey Monkey
- MS Office – MS Vision, Gantt Chart, Power Point, Excel, Power BI
Timeline
CSPO
2022-07
Head of Product (GM)
HT Media
2022.04 - Current (2 years & 5 months)
Senior Product Manager
Airtel International Inc.
2019.03 - 2022.03 (3 years)
SAFe
2019-01
Scrum Master
2018-08
Product Manager
HCL Technologies
2017.01 - 2019.02 (2 years & 1 month)
ITIL Expert
2016-08
IIFT
MBA from International Business
2016.07 - 2018.06 (1 year & 11 months)
PMP
2014-09
Product Owner
Ericsson Global
2009.11 - 2016.12 (7 years & 1 month)
LIT, Punjab Technical University
Bachelor of Science from Electronics And Communications Engineering
2005.08 - 2009.07 (3 years & 11 months)
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