RAKESH DEORE
Tathawade, Pune
Summary
Technical product and delivery professional translating business requirements into actionable product roadmaps aligned with stakeholder expectations. Leads cross-functional teams using Agile methods to prioritize features and maximize product value. Collects user feedback, refines requirements, and manages backlogs for continuous improvement.
Overview
2
2
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner
Bajaj Finance Ltd.
02.2022 - Current
- Managed end-to-end delivery for digital lending across mobile and web channels.
- Gathered requirements and designed solutions for deployment and post-production fixes.
- Coordinated business, technology, QA, and operations to deliver monthly releases.
- Coordinated business technology, QA, and operations to deliver 4-5 monthly releases.
- Analysed business and technical impacts before implementing high-impact change requests.
- Applied AI-assisted productivity solutions to drive process improvements and decisions.
- Facilitated UAT sign-offs, risk management, and production issue resolution.
- Mentored team members and led cross-functional collaboration for aligned delivery.
Business Analyst
ICICI Bank Ltd.
06.2018 - 01.2022
- Led bank-wide credit card onboarding by digitising paper-based application flow.
- Owned requirements gathering, user story writing, and backlog management for delivery.
- Directed defect triage and enhancement prioritisation to improve user experience.
- Managed Change Requests (CRs), conducted impact analysis, and ensured timely implementation of business and regulatory requirements.
- Delivered stakeholder demos, prepared user documentation, and conducted training sessions to support smooth solution adoption.
Education
MBA - Marketing
Indira Institute of Management
Pune01-2017
BE -
North Maharashtra University
Dhule01-2015
Skills
- Business Analysis: Requirement gathering, functional specification, solution design, process flows, traceability, UAT and test management
- Documentation: BRD, FRD, use cases, user stories, wireframes, workflow diagrams, data grid/field matrix
- Delivery: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, SDLC, stakeholder management, change requests, production support
- Domain: Banking and NBFC lending, KYC, Account Aggregator, e-mandate, cards
- Tools: Jira, Azure, MS Visio, Power BI, Excel, Microsoft Copilot, ADX
Certification
- AI-Empowered SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager Scaled Agile Comprehensive training of AI-driven PO/PM resposibilities and roles in SDLC with Agile and Waterfall model.
- Scrum Product Owner, Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) with strong understanding of Agile frameworks, product backlog management, sprint planning, and stakeholder collaboration
Accomplishments
- 2 times rewarded by Heros Award for exceptional performance
- 2 times Kudos rewarded by Kudos Award.
Timeline
Product Owner
Bajaj Finance Ltd.
02.2022 - Current
Business Analyst
ICICI Bank Ltd.
06.2018 - 01.2022
MBA - Marketing
Indira Institute of Management
BE -
North Maharashtra University