Experienced Program Manager skilled in managing functional operations and projects with an advanced understanding of organizational strategies with talents for team building, stakeholder management and sound judgment to positively impact company success.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Manager
TimesPro (a part of The Times Group)
01.2023 - Current
Developed and implemented Standard Operating Procedures for the development, launch and management of programs
Built a team of Program Managers, SMEs and interns
Collaborated with 5+ cross-team stakeholders for program launches
Interacted with different vendors to see their offerings’ use in ours
Developed proposals and presentations for internal and external audiences
Maintained frequent interaction with senior management to measure goal achievement and determine areas of improvement
Developed detailed plans based on broad guidance and direction
Senior Product Manager
Interview Kickstart
11.2021 - 11.2022
Owned Software Engineering Pod which consists of Back-end
Engineering, Front-end Engineering, Test Engineering, Full Stack
Development, Android Engineering, and iOS Engineering
products which help 500+ working professionals uplevel & nail
interviews in top tech companies contributing to the company
revenue of xx+ Crore quarterly
Led cross-team and stakeholder communication, and oversaw
5+ products' development from inception to launch
Built & led a team of 10+ FTEs and 50+ contractors (Subject
Matter Experts/FAANG+ Software Developers) by creating the
interview process, taking interviews, mentoring & training new
recruits, and reviewing their work
Researched on what new products to launch & identified 5 new
products of which 2 were put under development
Talked to 100+ consumers to understand their feedback on the
products to make product improvements
Assisted with the prioritization of 50+ product improvements to
improve customer retention
Performed analysis that identified an opportunity to reduce the
pricing of a product by 15% & boost its revenue by 19%
Collaborated with product managers and executed 50+
trainings for Sales team members increasing sales by 8%
Reviewed marketing data with product managers on 4+ social
media platforms to improve the content/keywords/etc.
Worked with instructors to build interactive curricula and
content improving course completion from 65% to 80%
Worked with the project manager & product managers to do
cost optimization which reduced the costs incurred by 23%
Managed vendors for the entire New Products team end-to-end
Senior Manager
upGrad (India's Number 1 Startup, 2020)
01.2018 - 08.2021
Led 10+ Technology Programs by collaborating with several teams assisting in xx+ Crores revenue quarterly
Provided strategic direction, leadership, & project governance for the programs serving xxxx+ consumers quarterly. The ratings for the programs 4.6+ on 5, NPS 60+, CSAT 75%+ & Outcomes 80%+
Built & led a team of 30+ FTEs & 100+ contractors. The team’s ESAT was 640% better than the organization’s. Conducted performance evaluations, compensations and hiring to maintain appropriate staffing requirements
Performed 30+ Competitor Analyses, executed 100+ Sales Training and revamped marketing content which increased sales by 6.7%
Aligned 20+ new stakeholders (Partners, Vendors, etc.) with program vision & strategy
Managed the development & launch of 100+ program deliverables in collaboration with 5+ teams saving the company 10.7% in costs
Collaborated with 5+ B2B clients to design programs for them
Maintained regulatory & legal compliance within 10+ programs
Ordered new equipment and inventory and scheduled repairs for damaged equipment
Did Learning Analytics for prioritizing program enhancements
Served as an escalation point and solved 1000+ consumer queries
Recorded videos in the company’s studio and delivered 50+ live webinars & trainings for the consumers
Repeatedly recognized for top performance through fast-track promotions (IC->Manager->Senior Manager)
Software Engineer
Samsung Research
12.2015 - 01.2018
Developed container-based microservices, APIs, Web Portals and Batches for Samsung Smart TV Apps-Store Service serving 1.6 Billion API requests/Day. Laid the foundation of Microservices Architecture & Containerisation via ISB improving the service availability by 29% and reducing the infrastructure costs by 45%
Worked at the headquarters in South Korea for 3 months to discuss the business requirements and do R&D for the new architecture changes in the Samsung Smart TV's backend
Did code review of 5+ peers and mentored 4 new team recruits
Summer Intern
IIT Bombay
05.2014 - 07.2014
Developed Admin Functionality for an education portal, Utility for Wikipedia and 10+ Education-giving Flash Files launched open-source
Education
MicroMasters - Analytics
Georgia Institute of Technology
01.2019 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
08.2011 - 06.2015
ISC And ISCE - Science With Computers
G.P.M. College
04.1997 - 03.2011
Skills
Program management
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Software
Jira
Asana
Google Suite
Microsoft Office
Confluence
Accomplishments
Selected for ISB's (India's Best B-School) Emerging Leaders Programme
Star Achiever - upGrad
Cracked Software Engineer role at Gartner, 2017
Spot Awardee (twice) - Samsung Research
Qualified Samsung Intermediate and Advance Software Competency Tests
Selected for the internships at IIT Bombay through Software Contribution Quota and at DRDO, IIT KGP, IIIT Hyderabad, IIIT Delhi & IIITDM Kancheepuram through merit, 2014
Winner - Drishti, a technical event at Techspardha (tech-fest), NIT Kurukshetra, 2014
Regional Finalist, ACM-ICPC, 2013
Finalist, Manthan National Competition, 2013
Winner - Lab Racers, a technical event at Altius (tech-fest), NIT Kurukshetra, 2011
District topper of International Mathematics Olympiad and 3rd District topper of National Science Olympiad, 2009-2010
2nd school topper in Secondary and 5th district topper in Senior Secondary, 2009-2011
Scholarship and awards recipient for academic excellence, 2009-2011
Work Availability
monday
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Professional Development
Specialization in Foundations of Management Certification from IESE Business School, 2018-2020
Participant in AWS DevDay India, 2017
Participant in Wiki Conference India, 2016
Certified Participant in Firefox OS & MediaWiki Hackathons, 2014
J2EE Course Certification via High Technology Solutions, 2013
Android Application Development Expert v 1.0 Certification via Geekslab, 2012
Information Security Specialist Workshop Certification via CyberCure, 2011
Managed the development of the Alumni Association website, NIT Kurukshetra, 2013-2014
Member of Student Alumni Body of Alumni Association, NIT Kurukshetra, 2012-2014
Committee member in Literati and Confluence (technical and cultural fests), NIT Kurukshetra, 2012
Member of Technobyte (tech-club), NIT Kurukshetra, 2011-2013
Quote
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Timeline
Senior Product Manager
TimesPro (a part of The Times Group)
01.2023 - Current
Senior Product Manager
Interview Kickstart
11.2021 - 11.2022
MicroMasters - Analytics
Georgia Institute of Technology
01.2019 - 05.2021
Senior Manager
upGrad (India's Number 1 Startup, 2020)
01.2018 - 08.2021
Software Engineer
Samsung Research
12.2015 - 01.2018
Summer Intern
IIT Bombay
05.2014 - 07.2014
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
08.2011 - 06.2015
ISC And ISCE - Science With Computers
G.P.M. College
04.1997 - 03.2011
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