Shailesh Parekh

Buy Now Pay Later – MasterCard Installments [Green Field Product]

• Responsible for defining the user journey from the beginning as it’s a green field product under MasterCard Installments Product line
• Working with Engineering team to develop the Initiatives, Epics, Features and User Stories using INVEST principles
• Product backlog prioritization in collaboration with Business stakeholders
• Competitive analysis of the market players within the Buy Now Pay Later segment and provided a detailed presentation to senior management and led the Product development features targeted for 5% growth in user acquisition.
• End to end engagement with UX team to build an intuitive user interface through rapid prototyping and advanced the time to market by 4 Sprints.
• Collaborate closely with Tech Architects and other stakeholders for defining the API specifications to be published in Developer Portal [https://developer.mastercard.com/apis]
• Led the Technical team in defining the Data Models as per the business requirements
• Involved in Global Tech Product intake and prioritization using WSFJ techniques which resulted in 25% of reduction in time of the major stakeholders
• Evaluate multiple user journeys and propose the best suitable versions through A/B Testing.
• Product Demos through Inspect and Adapt approach
• Mentored and conducted various sessions on implementing Agile and Product backlog development best practices.

Smart Transit App - Volkswagen Mobility

• The vision of this product is to provide a smart Android app for public transport commuters, which helps users by providing intelligent transit notifications using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms
• Responsible for entire product roadmap of the mobile app from Ideation to MVP stage
• Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress.
• Building and validating the hypothesis using the MVP using Lean principles
• Performed competitive analysis and product market fit analysis and persuaded the business to accommodate differentiating features to provide unique selling proposition
• Requirements gathering from multiple stakeholders by conducting User group meetings
• Collaboration with Third Space Auto to develop the mobile app using NLP, AI & ML technologies
• Worked closely with Machine Learning Engineers to define complicated data models and preparing large data sets for testing under supervised test conditions
• Working with Engineering team to develop the Epics and User Stories using Scrum
• Collaboration with Marketing team and Strategic partners
• Creation of Lean business Model for this product and presented to the senior most management.
• Reviewed new opportunities to drive business strategy at planning sessions and presented the Business Model canvas.

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• Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery of the B2B product.
• Owned and prioritized product backlog in collaboration with Principle Product Manager.
• Led User Story Mapping activities with the Vendors [Cognizant Technology] and managed the overall development of the Mobile App in iOS and Android.
• Managed implementation of new features by outlining plans and specifications such as how, where and when each component would work.
• Coordinated with software developers to create custom applications and trackers to achieve the product goals.
• Suggested enhancements to product design that would improve user experience through Data and Google Analytics.
• Participation in User research meetings to analysis key concerns and provide recommendation through new features.
• Introduced agile methodologies like Scrum and XP programming practices to the team and promoted the Agile mindset within the team.

• Demonstrated experience and good hands-on programming experience Java, J2EE, MySQL and Struts Framework.
• Hands-on coding using using Java / J2EE technology in building custom web based applications
• Built SOAP & REST based APIs as per the technical specifications
• Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
• Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers in Database design to improve overall team performance.
• Reviewed technical project specifications and designed technology solutions that met the performance expectations.
• Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.