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Ruchika Grover

Ruchika Grover

Product Manager
Delhi

Summary

Seasoned Product Manager and Technology Consultant with 7+ years specializing in Cloud SaaS for Fortune 500 enterprises. Proven expertise in end-to-end product lifecycle management, adept problem-solving, and effective vendor/stakeholder coordination. Recognized for leadership in Digital Transformation, consistently identifying customer needs and delivering innovative solutions for significant business impact. Notably awarded the 'Honor of Medallion' for preventing major account churn by expeditiously delivering a crucial feature in one-third of the standard time. A results-driven professional who bring a strategic vision and technical proficiency to drive success and add substantial value to any team.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Product Manager

Exotel
Bangalore
03.2021 - 01.2023

User Research

  • Managed Voice platform - API calling and voicebot solution that served base for 500M traffic with INR 120M revenue
  • Launched Streaming product by identifying customer pain points and creating product-market fit with ARR of INR 60M
  • Conducted qualitative and quantitative market analysis with customer interviews, benchmark competitor and industry trends to identify clear insights for growth opportunities and building distinguished experience
  • Engaged in discussions with C-Suite executives to shape project alignment with strategic vision and goals

Product Requirement

  • Evolved Product Roadmap with short and terms long term goals by incorporating new ideas targeted by client and sales
  • Managed end to end product lifecycle from ideation to launch and handling SDLC in challenging deadline of 2 months
  • Collaborated with SME to provide feature demonstration and authoring documentation using WordPress and Confluence

Agile Management

  • Deployed agile frameworks(Scrum & Kanban) for product backlog refinement into epics and user stories on Jira for sprints
  • Increased Platform API adoption by 25% by identifying gaps and addition of new features for top 10 clients
  • Increased engagement by delivering 70+ features for clients working closely with Developers, Testers and UI designers

Performance Monitoring

  • Improved Call Connectivity for top clients by strategic feature prioritization, enhanced efficiency from 82% to 95%
  • Reduced operational cost by 30% by optimizing channel concurrency in new product launch
  • Tracked customer lifecycle and enhanced product metric of Call Pickup rate by 15% by reducing connection delay

Partnerships/Vendor Management

  • Evaluated potential partners to solidify value proposition for AI integrated solutions generating new revenue stream
  • Tailored solution with user centric approach that enabled to onboard 3 AI partners- Skit, Uniphore and Saarthi - Enabled encryption based 123UPI Payment with Superlative user experience in line with PCI-DSS compliance
  • Collaborated with GTM team for marketing position and monitored branch performance using Grafana and Quicksights

Product Technology Consultant

Cisco
Bangalore
09.2015 - 02.2021

Continuous Improvement

  • Collaborated with engineering to improve customer experience with network redesign for reducing downtime by 25%
  • Built strategic risk mitigation plan and resolved complex business problems within deadline of 1 week
  • Developed process to monitor client networks with product analytics team and delivering customised solutions
  • Elevated retention rate by 5% as part of specialised (EPIC) team that handled Top 10% global accounts
  • Managed and coordinated client, senior managers, account managers and engineers for smooth functioning
  • Implemented dynamic resource allocation that led to enhanced service level of team

Technical Risk Management

  • Resolved a critical global network outage for US-based retail giant, retaining a $2M Technical Services contract - Executed Root Cause Analysis, conducting server log data analysis and simulating issue
  • Resolved a Regional Risk (High critical) issue, attaining high appreciation from senior leadership
  • Developed training modules to train and mentor new joiners, reducing their onboarding time by 20% Team Leadership
  • Led a team of 20 engineers to address potential impediments, ensuring timely delivery of solutions
  • Collaborated with project, program managers and product managers for quick resolution and continuous improvement

Education

MBA - Information Management

SPJIMR
Mumbai
10.2022 - 01.2024

B.Tech - Electronics & Communication

ITM University
Gurgaon
01.2011 - 04.2015

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) | ITILv4 | Agile Foundations (LinkedIn Learning) | CCNA | CCNP Collaboration (Cisco) -

Certifications

Skills

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Additional Information

  • Head of Product Management Club at the PGPM program (selected among 140+ participants)
  • Conducted a Design Thinking workshop with Abhyudaya NGO for students to identify challenges and devise creative solutions

Timeline

MBA - Information Management

SPJIMR
10.2022 - 01.2024

Product Manager

Exotel
03.2021 - 01.2023

Product Technology Consultant

Cisco
09.2015 - 02.2021

B.Tech - Electronics & Communication

ITM University
01.2011 - 04.2015

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) | ITILv4 | Agile Foundations (LinkedIn Learning) | CCNA | CCNP Collaboration (Cisco) -

Certifications
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