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Saurabh Chaudhari

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

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

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