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Rahul Jain

Rahul Jain

Vice President Product Management & Strategy
Bengaluru

Summary

Results-driven product leader with over 11 years of experience in Business Consulting, specializing in product management, program/change management, operations excellence, and digital transformation within wholesale and commercial lending operations. Demonstrated expertise in shaping product strategy, driving user-centric innovations, and leading agile teams to deliver scalable cloud-native solutions. Proven track record of success in leading cross-functional teams using Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban to achieve business objectives.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2017
2017
years of post-secondary education

Work History

VP – Lead Product Manager

Wells Fargo
02.2024 - Current

Loan IQ Upgrade and Digital Innovation | Vantage Customer Onboarding

  • Spearheaded digital transformation in commercial lending by upgrading Loan IQ and integrating Vantage, resulting in automated payments and enhanced customer self-service capabilities.
  • Defined product roadmap and drove feature prioritization, accelerating delivery of scalable solutions within Agile Scrum framework.
  • Led cross-functional collaboration to implement API integrations, streamline data ingestion, and automate workflows, improving operational efficiency and reducing manual processing.

Sr AVP – Senior Product Manager

Wells Fargo
02.2022 - 01.2024

Payment Channel Consolidation & STP Enablement

  • Led product strategy for STRIVE, consolidating payment initiation channels and enforcing standardized controls, which improved Straight-Through Processing (STP) and reduced operational risk across enterprise payment systems


Data-Driven Resource Allocation & Process Efficiency

  • Optimized capacity across Lending Fulfillment and Servicing by designing a data-driven resource model, resulting in a 25 FTE efficiency gain through workload balancing and effort analysis.


Global Servicing Solutions: Insights Through Tableau Reporting

  • Delivered real-time visibility into lending operations by launching strategic Tableau dashboards, tracking SLA adherence, volumes, and performance metrics.
  • Owned full product lifecycle for analytics solutions—wireframes, Jira backlog grooming, sprint planning, UAT, and go-live—ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Enhanced data literacy and self-service analytics through structured user training and clear documentation, driving adoption across operational teams.

Lead Business Analyst - Product Design and Management

Credit Suisse
02.2018 - 02.2022

Product Owner for FUSION: A Cross-Regional Risk and Regulatory Compliance Platform Delivery and Adoption

  • Delivered digital workflows via FUSION, enabling streamlined logging, management, and tracking of enterprise-wide events and interactions—accelerating digital transformation of compliance workflows and improving operational efficiency.
  • Achieved high user adoption and satisfaction by driving the end-to-end product strategy, including UI/UX enhancements, aligned with global business needs, resulting in increased engagement across regions.
  • Ensured continuous product improvement and alignment with user requirements through effective Scrum facilitation, test-driven development coordination, and iterative feedback loops, enhancing product quality and responsiveness.


Business Analyst – Advanced Credit Valuation Adjustment (ACVA) for Risk Calculation & Reporting

  • Delivered CHF 1.5 billion in capital savings by leading the regulatory capital optimization project, successfully transitioning risk methodology from CEM to IMM in compliance with FINMA standards.
  • Strengthened cross-functional alignment between business and technology teams by translating complex requirements into actionable documentation, facilitating seamless collaboration across risk, finance, and regulatory reporting functions.
  • Mitigated risks and ensured on-time delivery by proactively managing scope changes and stakeholder expectations, maintaining compliance with enterprise risk and regulatory standards.

Business Analyst

Cognizant
04.2017 - 01.2018

Business Analyst: Driving Trade Lifecycle Efficiency through Strategic Product Enhancements

  • Improved end-to-end trade lifecycle management by leading product analysis and implementing strategic enhancements for a trade order management platform handling complex instruments such as futures, options, OTC derivatives, swaps, basis swaps, and exotic trades.
  • Enhanced regulatory compliance and operational efficiency by conducting comprehensive gap analysis and delivering targeted solutions that streamlined workflows and addressed critical platform limitations.

System Engineer - Quality Assurance

Tata Consultancy Services
07.2013 - 03.2016

Change Management and Quality Assurance for Credit analysis and Rating analysis domain

  • Achieved robust compliance with Basel supervisory controls (PD/EAD/LGD) under BCBS 239 by validating the risk portal through comprehensive end-to-end quality assurance within the CTB program.
  • Enhanced system reliability and performance by executing thorough testing cycles (SIT, regression, performance), resulting in reduced defects and smoother business operations.
  • Improved data accuracy and traceability across multiple systems by leveraging complex SQL validations, enabling confident decision-making and regulatory adherence.
  • Facilitated seamless UAT completion and stakeholder sign-off by proactively resolving defects and supporting business users, accelerating project delivery timelines.

Education

MBA - Finance & Data Analytics

Great Lakes Institute of Management

B. Tech. - Computer Science

UIT-RGPV

Skills

CORE COMPETENCIES

Accomplishments

  • MBA (PGPM in Finance & Data Analytics), 2017, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, 3.09/4.00
  • B. Tech. (Computer Science), 2013, UIT-RGPV, Bhopal, 72.60%

Company

Wells Fargo

Recognitions

  • Wells Fargo “RISK CHAMPION” Award, 2024
  • Spotlight: Is Great at Execution award – Wells Fargo, 2024
  • Spot Award for Stakeholder Management – Credit Suisse, 2019

Hobbies

Cricket, Table Tennis, Video Editing

Timeline

VP – Lead Product Manager

Wells Fargo
02.2024 - Current

Sr AVP – Senior Product Manager

Wells Fargo
02.2022 - 01.2024

Lead Business Analyst - Product Design and Management

Credit Suisse
02.2018 - 02.2022

Business Analyst

Cognizant
04.2017 - 01.2018

System Engineer - Quality Assurance

Tata Consultancy Services
07.2013 - 03.2016

B. Tech. - Computer Science

UIT-RGPV

MBA - Finance & Data Analytics

Great Lakes Institute of Management
Rahul JainVice President Product Management & Strategy