Sourabh Chaturvedi
Bengaluru
Summary
Product Manager with over 12 years of experience in product management, sales, and entrepreneurship. Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams, guiding innovative products from concept to market, and enhancing revenue through customer-focused product development. Extensive experience in platform products, automotive solutions, IoT applications, and B2B & B2C applications.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Product Owner
KPIT
Bengaluru
07.2023 - Current
- Created product roadmap for aftersales portal consisting of warranty, case management, parts catalogue, and user management features by collaborating with global sales team, competitor product benchmark, and actively participating in sales meeting to understand customer pain points
- Played pivotal role in retaining $1 million client account by expertly navigating changing requirements and resource challenges, ensuring on-time deployment of application
- Demonstrated leadership in owning and prioritizing product backlog, strategically allocating team resources to ensure appropriate team composition and productivity
- Collaborated with client, program managers, and development team to refine features, break down tasks, and accurately estimate effort and timelines
Co-Founder & Product Owner
— Vollgas Eduventures Private Limited Bengaluru
Bengaluru
08.2021 - 07.2023
- Kiddenz (https://www.kiddenz.com) is a web platform for parents to find right childcare and for childcare to promote their services to parents.
- Defined product vision, roadmap, and product requirements documentation (PRD) through comprehensive user interviews and competitor analysis, resulting in 500 registrations within first 3 months and securing USD 50K in investments
- Established key metrics, including North Star Metric, growth, engagement, and retention metrics, and ensured proper instrumentation to track all relevant KPIs
- Defined user experience for all pages of web application & mobile app by benchmarking against best apps across industries, gathering user feedback on mock flows, and analyzing user activities
- Conducted A/B and usability tests to validate design decisions, leading to150% increase in user engagement time, while also monitoring counter metrics
- Worked to define non-functional requirements such as page load time, API response time, availability, and scalability of application. Drove entire product development from conception to market launch, concurrently managing marketing and hiring functions
- Identified root cause and streamlined user flow, reducing user inputs from 5 to 3. This initiative doubled user registrations to 5000 users per month, resulting in MRR of INR 300,000
Supported in product messaging, sales demonstrations, and collateral development - Familiar with micro services architecture, CI/CD & DevOps models
- Spearheaded SEO initiatives (on-page, link building, content & url) and prepared content strategy
Manager Electrification & IoT
FEV
Bengaluru
07.2020 - 08.2021
- Collaborated closely with clients to gain deep understanding of product and engineering requirements, subsequently formulating comprehensive functional specifications & ensuring adherence to requirement and timely delivery
- Secured engineering projects in BMS, Electro-mobility Charging, EV power train design, and EV consultation project
- Proactively identified new business opportunities within existing customer accounts, resulting in expanded partnerships and revenue of USD 1.5 mn
Product Manager
Bosch Automotive Electronics Limited
Bengaluru
11.2014 - 06.2020
- Led expansion of Bosch's connected devices business in Indian region
- Managed entire product lifecycle, from initial ideation and requirements gathering to development, testing, and launch, ensuring seamless progression at every stage
- Created PDRs through comprehensive market research and collaboration with sales, developing product roadmap, and prioritizing features to launch a prototype and then facilitate production rollout of Telematics plug, transport data logger, and parking lot sensor (PLS) applications. This effort culminated in acquisition of 3 projects valued at USD 500K
- Closely collaborated with R&D, data science, and global teams, aligning them to product vision and ensuring prioritized support for products I was leading
- Monitored customer feedback and tracked product metrics, optimizing the UX & refining features to enhance product performance, user satisfaction, and adherence to Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
- Created hypothesis for 15% fall in MAU in months from June to August for PLS, and discovered an unexpected reason: the sensors were covered with mud due to heavy rains, resulting in inaccurate readings
- Developed and executed effective go-to-market strategies for both B2B & B2C models
- Implemented a new sales strategy and identified new sales channels, boosting business acquisition for Bosch components (ASICs & MEMS) from USD 2mn to USD 7mn in 12 months
Supply Chain Manager
Daimler India Commercial Vehicle
Chennai
05.2013 - 10.2014
- Led cost savings of USD 500K by reduced logistics cost by 2% and unscheduled production line stoppages by 7% through implementation new approach for logistics planning and production scheduling
- Enhanced vehicle utilization by 5% through improved loading matrix and packaging.
Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
Bhubaneshwar
10.2009 - 07.2011
- Software development on mainframe for US based health care provider.
Education
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION -
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur 07.2011 - 05.2013
B-TECH - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology
Sikkim 07.2005 - 05.2009
Skills
Product Marketingundefined
Certification
Professional Scrum Product Owner
Timeline
Product Owner
KPIT
07.2023 - Current
Professional Scrum Product Owner
01-2023
Co-Founder & Product Owner
— Vollgas Eduventures Private Limited Bengaluru
08.2021 - 07.2023
Manager Electrification & IoT
FEV
07.2020 - 08.2021
UC Berkeley Hass Startup Accelerator Program
02-2018
Product Manager
Bosch Automotive Electronics Limited
11.2014 - 06.2020
Supply Chain Manager
Daimler India Commercial Vehicle
05.2013 - 10.2014
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION -
Indian Institute of Technology
07.2011 - 05.2013
Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
10.2009 - 07.2011
B-TECH - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology
07.2005 - 05.2009
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