Rushikesh Khandare
Pune
Summary
Results-driven Senior Product Analyst with 7+ years of experience delivering products that exceed customer expectations. Skilled in identifying customer pain points, executing effective product strategies, and leading cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions. Adept at building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels to drive business success.
Overview
2024
2024
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Analyst
IntegriChain
Pune
10.2021 - 12.2023
- Work with Product director and manager to elicit, document, analyze and manage the customer requirements.
- Work to create Mock-Up and wireframe based for the development of New UI, to make the product more user friendly and modern.
- Work to conduct various MVPs to check the hypothesis/Assumptions made in order to gather maximum validated learning on the new features.
- Work to create Product Backlogs, User Stories & Acceptance Criteria for the product and it’s various features.
- Work to prioritize the backlogs in order to help development team to pick up right stories for upcoming sprints.
- Work to groom the development teams on the User Stories and acceptance criteria.
- Work to Triage bugs and reduce the backlogs on bugs.
- Experienced in the Gross To Net domain pertaining to the US Pharma industry, with a focus on developing features that keep the product compliant with the latest regulatory changes and aligned with evolving market needs.
Business Analyst
Genpact
Bangalore
06.2018 - 09.2021
- Collaborated with Product Managers to elicit, document, analyze , and manage customer requirements for new features, including Financial and Operational Dashboard development.
- Analysed the AS-IS state of business processes and designed solutions to achieve the TO-BE state.
- Managed the entire product lifecycle by creating product roadmaps, requirement documents, backlogs, UATs, and enhancements.
- Designed wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to visualize and validate new feature concepts.
- Created and maintained product backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria for multiple product features.
- Prioritized backlogs to support the development team in selecting the right stories for upcoming sprints, ensuring alignment with product goals.
- Performed in-depth analysis and research studies on business requirements to define robust logic and provide the development team with clear, actionable specifications.
- Collaborated with the development team to analyse and resolve feature-related bugs, ensuring product stability and performance.
- Tracked and analysed user behaviour to identify improvement areas and recommend product changes.
- Achieved a 40% increase in product adoption and a 24% improvement in customer retention through targeted product enhancements.
- Worked on digital products in Contract Modeling and Profitability Analytics domains.
Senior Product Analyst/Product Owner
Interchain
- Partnered with engineering, data science, design, governance, and compliance teams to deliver scalable, user-centric solutions aligned with regulatory and ethical AI standards.
- Led end-to-end product strategy, discovery, experimentation, and delivery for complex platforms with governed lifecycles and measurable impact.
- Strong expertise in data governance, identity-adjacent workflows, validation, lineage, auditability, and risk controls, ensuring compliant platforms at scale.
- Experince in deliverying AI/ML-powered SaaS solutions across Pharma, HRTech, and Telecom, applying responsible AI and governance frameworks.
- Drove cross-functional, data-backed, and risk-aware improvements from discovery through governed implementation.
- Translated qualitative and quantitative insights into clear roadmaps, improving adoption, engagement, and trust in AI-driven capabilities.
- Leveraged data analysis, experimentation, and KPI-driven metrics to optimize onboarding, reduce friction, and enhance customer satisfaction.
- Hands-on in requirements gathering (URS/FS), testing coordination, and compliance-aligned release management.
- Strong stakeholder alignment, executive communication, and mentoring skills, maintaining NPS >85 and enabling effective change management.
Education
MBA - Operations Management
Symbiosis Institution of Operation Management
01.2018
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Mewar University
01.2015
Skills
- Business & Technical Analysis Leadership
- Process Optimization & Digital Enablement
- Product Discovery, User Research & Roadmap Prioritization
- KPI Definition, Product Analytics & Impact Analysis
- Agile Delivery, SDLC Execution & Release Readiness
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) & Quality Governance
- Stakeholder Management, Executive Alignment & Cross-Team Collaboration
- Business Case Development & Data-Driven Decision Making
- Change Management & Operational Excellence
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- SDLC
- Agile (Scrum, Kanban)
- Waterfall
- Data Governance
- Jira
- Confluence
- Figma
- Balsamiq
- Spotfire
- BrowserStack
Awards
- Integrichain Value Award (2025): Recognized for leading the Product team in the absence of the Product Manager for six months, successfully delivering a critical large-client onboarding, and consistently demonstrating core values—passion, quality focus, collaboration, accountability, and proactiveness.
- Genpact Silver Award (2020), Awarded Silver Award at Genpact Annual Performances awards for supporting on many Scored Commercial actions and driving over $13 Million USD of Business impact by helping the sales team to pass the deal through DR committee and eventually closing the deal with customer.
- Genpact Bronze Award (2019), Awarded Bronze medal thrice at Genpact quarterly Performances awards for giving $26.9M of impact by identifying the modelling error in contracts.
Timeline
Product Analyst
IntegriChain
10.2021 - 12.2023
Business Analyst
Genpact
06.2018 - 09.2021
Senior Product Analyst/Product Owner
Interchain
MBA - Operations Management
Symbiosis Institution of Operation Management
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Mewar University