Saurabh Chaudhari
Chief Of Staff
Pune,Maharashtra
Summary
Self-directed and resourceful Chief of Staff with decade of experience successfully organizing, managing and delivering cross-functional projects. Influences and guides at executive-level while structuring and executing complex analyses to support strategy in fast-paced and evolving environment. Excellent influencer and relationship builder with growth mindset and strong communications skills to summarize.
Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Chief of Staff
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
Pune
05.2024 - Current
- Aligned departmental goals with overall company vision, ensuring cohesive progress towards shared objectives.
- Managed cross-functional teams to ensure smooth collaboration and completion of high-priority projects.
- Supervised staff and participated in hiring, training and performance evaluations to establish and enforce policies and procedures for business functions.
- Provided comprehensive support to the CEO, enabling them to focus on critical decision-making and leadership tasks.
- Facilitated productive meetings by creating well-organized agendas and ensuring clear communication of objectives.
- Improved internal processes through thorough review, resulting in a reduction of wasted time and resources.
- Optimized organizational structures, leading to increased efficiency and better resource allocation.
- Oversaw change management initiatives, minimizing disruption while maximizing positive outcomes during periods of transition.
- Played pivotal role in shaping company culture, initiating programs that boosted employee engagement and morale.
- Optimized resource allocation, conducting thorough needs assessments and reallocating budgets accordingly.
Director, Customer Success
Mindstix Software Lab Pvt Ltd
Pune
01.2022 - 04.2024
- Experience in building impactful and customer facing products in different domains (eCommerce, Hospitality, Travel, Learning, Virtuality) with collaboration with cross functional teams.
- Leading a portfolio of 4 projects as an Account Owner with approx. 40 team members.
- Documentation was the key aspect which is served during this period - release notes, product roadmap, process diagram, flow diagram, user material for application usage.
- Encouraged the customers with new feature ideation and new ideas trending which will enhance the experience of the application.
- Focused on the providing acknowledgement and resolution for the problems faced by the customer by getting involved in different phases of product lifecycle.
- Work with the existing customer to do business / resource farming.
- Create a product roadmap that has at least a 2-month forward-looking view of key business problems with risks and mitigation.
- Identify a structured approach to what problems need to be solved and break them down into smaller chunks.
Product Manager
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
Pune
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Good experience in converting BRD's information into User Stories, and further translate those for the development team.
- Served for domains like (E-Learning domain), eCommerce.
- Creating Project strategies and carrying out Scrum ceremonies throughout the entire Project phase.
- Guide and coached the team to ensure that the Scrum framework is followed by the team.
- Responsible for defining the user stories in Product Backlog using ATDD (Acceptance Test Driven Development)
- Show and tell the sprint deliverables to the client and tracking the customer feedback.
- Focus on resource management to reduce the churn and monthly budget compilation.
- Working closely with the cross functional team to ensure sprint deliverables are achieved successfully.
- Acceptance testing over the application to uncover any miss on the business perspective and UX issues.
QA Delivery Anchor
Brownbox Consulting
Pune
03.2020 - 06.2021
- Overseeing the cross functional team and ensuring effective and efficient Reporting and Analysis
- Resource Management
- Documentation
Project Manager
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
Pune
01.2019 - 02.2020
- Led a team of 8 members to achieve project deadlines by coordinating with team members to manage performance of the overall delivery.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives by setting realistic timelines and checkpoints.
- Collaborated with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realie sfull team engagement.
- Managed and motivated project teams to promote collaboration and keep members on-task and productive.
QA Lead
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
Pune
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Contributed to root cause analysis to determine core reason for failures and errors.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases every organized sprints.
- Performed Functional, UI, Sanity, Integration, Performance tests on modules and full software implementations for more than 8 projects per year.
- Tracked, prioritized and organized defects with JIRA and Test Management tools, working with development team to facilitate timely corrections.
- Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.
- Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
QA Engineer - Manual
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
Pune
12.2014 - 12.2017
- Designing, Analyzing and Executing Test Cases/Test Suites
- Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
- Analyzing the requirements from clients, Arranging Test Environment to execute the test cases
- Defect Tracking
- Delivered exceptional level of QA service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Covered a big chunk of Mobile Test Bed to cover all the Mobile application (Native / Hybrid mobile apps)
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science -
G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering & Management
Jalgaon, Maharashtra 06.2011 - 06.2025
Skills
Agile Methodology
Portfolio Management
Project Management
Product Management
JIRA
Product Strategy
Release Management
Customer Engagement
Workforce planning
Meeting facilitation
Performance evaluations
Continuous improvement
Problem-solving
Adaptability and flexibility
Certification
Certified Scrum Product Owner - CSPO
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 08/18/89
- Nationality: Indian
Timeline
Chief of Staff
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
05.2024 - Current
Certified Scrum Product Owner - CSPO
01-2024
Director, Customer Success
Mindstix Software Lab Pvt Ltd
01.2022 - 04.2024
Product Manager
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
06.2021 - 12.2021
Certified Scrum Master - CSM
03-2021
QA Delivery Anchor
Brownbox Consulting
03.2020 - 06.2021
Project Manager
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
01.2019 - 02.2020
QA Lead
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
01.2018 - 12.2018
QA Engineer - Manual
Mindstix Software Labs Pvt Ltd
12.2014 - 12.2017
ISTQB - Foundational Level
11-2014
Bachelor of Computer Science -
G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering & Management
06.2011 - 06.2025