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Pushpak Elleedu
Sr. Product Manager
Hyderabad
Summary
Experienced product manager with 10 years of expertise in owning and guiding multiple products through various stages. Demonstrated leadership by leading cross-functional teams in product, engineering, category, and support, utilizing agile methodology. Achieved impressive year-over-year (YOY) growth of 150% for a newly established line of business. Proficient in technology and skilled in product discovery, execution, and stakeholder management.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
3
3
Languages
Work History
Sr. Product Manager
Rehlat Group
Hyderabad,, Telangana
01.2022 - Current
- Managed team of 8 people for newly created LOB from product ideation, gathering requirements, documenting specifications, feature implementation, product testing, product launch, and post-launch customer issue resolution, which helped increase GMV of the company by $12 Mil YOY.
- Implemented user-personalized product listings in the Search result page with AI enhancement, which helped improve Average revenue per user by 61% to $210.
- Reviewed 500+ Azure user journeys, conducted 100+ customer interviews, 50+ vendor interviews to generate product insights & improvements that improved conversion rate from 0.6% to 1.2%.
Conducted weekly sprint grooming, planning, and retro sessions with the tech team this helped increase the Schedule Performance Index & Cost Performance Index from 0.4 to 0.8 & 0.65 to 0.9 respectively. - Designed and implemented a tier-based loyalty program in coordination with other LOBs and external partners which helped improve the customer retention rate to 22% across the website.
- Managed end-to-end Rest API & GraphQL API integrations of 20 external vendors, helping increase product selection by 70% and increase organic traffic by 150% to 14.6 million users per year.
- Conducted 8 live bug triage marathons to identify customer issues & security vulnerabilities & brainstorm on the solutions/immediate fixes for the same, leading to a 60% reduction in losses.
Deputy Manager – Product & Business
MakeMyTrip & GoIbibo [GO-MMT Group]
Bengaluru, Karnataka
02.2014 - 12.2021
- Facilitated the creation of a streamlined inventory management tool and self-onboarding product tailored for small vendors in collaboration with a business team which helped in the self-onboarding of over 500 new products.
- Helped with the creation of a differentiated page design for MMT Luxe product to sell premium product offerings better, this led to an increase in sales of luxury products by 200% YOY.
- Worked on various travel products across B2C and B2B like App for unique stays, mybiz integration for B2B, etc. leading to an increase in new LOB sales by 80% YOY to 50K USD & 120K USD respectively.
- Lead a team of 10 people and scaled region sales from 300 bookings to 1000 bookings per day. Ensured high growth by increasing vendor count by 3X through consulting engagements and aggressive new vendor acquisition.
Education
MBA -
ITM Business School
Mumbai 04.2012 - 03.2014
B Tech -
DMCE
Mumbai 04.2007 - 04.2011
Skills
Team Leadership
Product Management Strategy & Roadmap
Product Lifecycle Management
Go-to-Market Strategy
Agile Software Development
Live Bug Triages
User Research & Journey
Stakeholder Management
Accomplishments
- Star Performer-2022 JFM Quarter Award.
- Manager of the Quarter Award – Feb 2020.
- Outstanding Innovator Medal & Go-tripper Award - December 2018.
- Rising Star Award & Go Tripper – June 2015, May 2016, April 2018, Jan 2020.
Certification
Product Management Certification from Indian School of Business
Interests
Timeline
Sr. Product Manager
Rehlat Group
01.2022 - Current
Product Management Certification from Indian School of Business
02-2021
Deputy Manager – Product & Business
MakeMyTrip & GoIbibo [GO-MMT Group]
02.2014 - 12.2021
MBA -
ITM Business School
04.2012 - 03.2014
B Tech -
DMCE
04.2007 - 04.2011