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Rahul Shinde

Summary

Strategic Product Management professional with 10+ years experience in B2C and B2B SaaS products; leading development from conceptualization through various stages of product lifecycle by employing effective Product Management principles.

  • Innovative and agile product manager with proven ability to chart digital directions, evolve high-level initiatives into actionable business plans
  • Innate ability for combining quantitative data and complex customer needs into meaningful features and revenue opportunities
  • Expert in all facets of Product Management including research, design, user experience, development, launch & marketing
  • Empathetic customer advocate valuing input from all stakeholders
  • Strong communication and presentation skills; and data-driven self-starter


Major Application Experience:

  • AePS / MATM / Aadhaar Pay
  • UPI
  • Domestic / International money transfer.
  • Prepaid Cards / BBPS / Bill Payments.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Product Manager

Nearby Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
03.2020 - Current
  • Translate mission and strategic plans to product vision; and customer, merchants needs into product requirements and use cases.
  • Synthesize product strategy into robust product roadmap with well defined timelines for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Manage product lifecycle including developing and recommending product, positioning, pricing, and promotional strategy to produce highest possible return on investment and market share.
  • Conduct diligent qualitative and quantitative market research to lead product features that strengthen customer/merchants empowerment and engagement.
  • Measure and analyze existing products and business models for opportunities to innovate and improve.
  • Forecast business impact from product plans and measuring success and failures of initiatives via KPI's.
  • Partner with marketing to define go-to-market strategy and develop supporting marketing content and tactics.
  • Collaborate closely with peers in Product Management, Marketing, Engineering, Sales, and Services to ensure product success.
  • Research, propose and drive adoption of new productivity tools cross functionally.

Key Achievements

  • Promote to Sr. Product Manager to lead enrollment product initiatives.
  • Successfully led the launch of a new banking products that resulted in a 10% increase in revenue within the first quarter.
  • Established effective cross-functional collaboration, reducing time-to-market by 20% through streamlined communication and project management.
  • Implemented user feedback system, resulting in a 40% increase in user satisfaction and a 25% reduction in customer support tickets.
  • Implemented cost-saving measures in the critical projects & their process, leading to a 25% reduction in production costs without compromising product quality.
  • Improved the multiple products transaction success rates, that helps end customers to increase the business.

Product Manager

Digital India Payments Ltd.
Mumbai
03.2017 - 02.2020
  • Create and manage product roadmap and priorities based on trade-offs between cost, schedule, and overall business benefit.
  • Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
  • Prioritized roadmap in order to achieve product goals and metrics.
  • Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work order to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.
  • Develop, report, and continually improve business performance metrics.
  • Reviewed sales, customer concerns, and new opportunities to drive business strategy at weekly planning sessions.
  • Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
  • Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.


Key Achievements

  • Promote to Product Manager to lead enrollment product initiatives and investments.
  • Reduced project downtime with quality product inspections.

Project Manager

Cloud 9 Imagineering Networks LTD.
Mumbai
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • Developed and implemented strategic project plans to meet business objectives.
  • Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
  • Collaborate with marketing and align with sales to promote the program.
  • Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
  • Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
  • Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.

Software Developer

ITech Route Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai
04.2014 - 02.2015
  • Worked as an interface between the users and the different teams involved in the application development for the better understanding of the business and IT processes.
  • Participated in various meetings and discussed enhancement and modification requests

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE - Computer Engineering Technology

SCOE - University of Mumbai
Navi Mumbai
03.2014

Diploma In Computer Technology - Computer Science

Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering
Navi Mumbai
05.2011

Skills

  • Product Enhancement Strategy
  • Product launch
  • Customer Engagement
  • Project Management
  • Qualitative Research
  • Product Lifecycle Expertise
  • Trend Analysis
  • Market Requirement Documentation
  • Vendor Selection
  • Revenue Generation
  • Product Strategies
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration

Certification

  • Succession Planning Development Program.
  • Impact Program.
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner.

Timeline

Senior Product Manager

Nearby Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
03.2020 - Current

Product Manager

Digital India Payments Ltd.
03.2017 - 02.2020

Project Manager

Cloud 9 Imagineering Networks LTD.
01.2015 - 01.2017

Software Developer

ITech Route Pvt. Ltd
04.2014 - 02.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - BE - Computer Engineering Technology

SCOE - University of Mumbai

Diploma In Computer Technology - Computer Science

Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering
Rahul Shinde