Vijay Krishnan Ganesan

Product Manager

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India13 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led multiple product teams across diverse industries.
Expert in driving product strategy and market insights.
Strong analytical and leadership abilities.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management expert in the Healthcare sector.

Contact

vijay.ganesan@zoomrx.com +918939156404 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyProduct LeadershipBusiness Analytics

Other Skills

Business AnalysisBusiness Case PreparationBusiness StrategyCC++Competitive AnalysisConsumer BehaviourCreative IdeationCricketData AnalysisJava Enterprise EditionKey Performance IndicatorsLinuxManagementMarket Research

About

I'm a global Product Management professional, currently working as a Product Manager with ZoomRx Inc, serving the healthcare & pharmaceutical industry primarily in the US and EU regions. While heading the product management function at ZoomRx, I have had extensive experience towards managing multiple individual product owners and their product releases while also driving the adoption among internal and external stakeholders. Being responsible for end-to-end delivery of solutions from understanding the market, conceptualizing the appropriate research to delivering actionable marketing insights for MNC majors across diverse categories including Healthcare, FMCG, Consumer Durables in ZoomRx Inc. and Kadence International (Indonesia), I have also gained immense experience in handling various marketing problems and leading multi-cultural teams across India, US and Indonesia. I possess strong analytical, decision-making and leadership abilities combined with a high-achiever attitude which have enabled me to successfully lead multiple teams across disciplines and actively manage multiple clients throughout my career. Previously, I was a Computer Science Engineering Graduate from the prestigious College of Engineering, Guindy, before completing an MBA (Full-time) from Indian Institute of Management, Raipur.

Experience

Zoomrx

5 roles

Product Manager

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Product MarketingProduct ManagementProduct StrategyProduct LaunchVoice of the CustomerUser Requirements+7

Senior Manager - Product & Delivery Operations

Oct 2021 – Mar 2022 · 5 mos

Product StrategyVoice of the CustomerUser RequirementsUser StoriesCreative IdeationProduct Leadership+3

Manager - Product & Delivery Operations

Promoted

Apr 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Product Management:
Spearheaded the creation of multiple new product offerings for our clients which involved extensive research and collaboration with BA, BD, Tech and Community teams
Led a team of product owners from the BA team and successfully managed multiple releases throughout the product life cycle
Created the standardized project process flow for key product offerings thereby enabling automation and improving efficiency in planning and execution
Established a clear roadmap for all BA-focused products and facilitated extensive collaboration among the product leads, and thereby minimized process gaps
Project & Operations Management:
Led multiple cross-functional teams to analyze and identify opportunities for process improvement through technology
Conceptualized and implemented Project E to improve operational efficiencies, define productivity metrics based on raw data to track improvements in organizational efficiency
Led a team of 20+ people including Consultants, Associate Consultants and Analysts, and ensured that they deliver at the expected quality in all projects consistently
Increased client awareness by developing marketing collateral presentations and infographics using primary and secondary research data, and eventually contributed to a growth in generating new clients in 2019

Product StrategyUser RequirementsUser StoriesCreative IdeationKey Performance IndicatorsUser Experience (UX)+1

Business Analytics Consultant

Apr 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

Product Management:
Managed the product roadmap for the BA team, and responsible for planning and execution of major and minor releases
Created a new product focused on making impactful insights easily accessible, leveraging historical data, benchmarking industry trends and generating marketing collaterals for new and existing clients
Established the process flow definition for cross-team collaboration between the BA team and other teams, to increase efficiency
Project and Operations Management:
Spearheaded project operations, managed multiple project teams across geographies, and delivered quality insights to various clients
Managed clients across therapeutic areas including Oncology, Psychiatry, Hematology etc. independently without US-based support
Facilitated multiple project renewals, upselling and cross-selling efforts with my clients, and contributed actively to various Business Development efforts targeted towards new and prospective clients
Managed a team of 10+ Business Analysts, monitored their performance and mentored them actively in their career growth

Associate Consultant

Oct 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

Successfully led a team of analysts and delivered effective marketing insights across projects for multiple pharmaceutical companies in the US, thereby helping them to make better decisions
Owned the delivery of reports and dashboards to multiple clients in the US completely, established a strong rapport with the clients
Actively involved in obtaining new RFPs and owned the proposal creation to address their research requirements
Introduced multiple novel data analysis techniques and frameworks to the team and spearheaded their adoption in the company successfully, which were then used by other project teams.
Owned the requirements definition of multiple product enhancements and thereby driving them to production and adoption
Actively involved in recruiting fresh and lateral Business Analysts into the system
Led the creation, delivery and evaluation of training modules intended for new joiners

Kadence international

2 roles

Market Research Manager

Jul 2015 – Sep 2015 · 2 mos · Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Working along with the Senior Management directly towards growing the company's business from existing and new clients
Managing various clients across a portfolio of industries independently, delivering insightful reports and presenting the findings to clients
Leading all project management aspects once a project is commissioned by the client, and delegating the tasks appropriately to the research team so that quality marketing insights are delivered to clients
Managing the research team and ensuring that the client service provided by the team is of the highest quality

Market Research Technical Advisor

May 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

Establishing a strong rapport with the clients, securing research briefs from the client and writing winning proposals to address their research requirements.
Preparing quality report frameworks, which can be used by the team for data analysis and interpretation.
Using the client account knowledge and the industry knowledge to analyse data and provide insightful research reports, presenting the findings to the client and servicing any additional analysis requests during the presentation effectively.
Mentoring the research executives on-the-job and training them as and when required.

Blue star limited

Summer Intern

Apr 2013 – Jun 2013 · 2 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Conducted a comprehensive market research among the Dealers, Distributor, Manufacturers and Retailers of Ice Creams/Frozen Foods about the feasibility of launching Eutectic Freezers in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Performed a Demand-Supply Gap analysis of the electricity situation in Tamil Nadu to study the potential for the product category, as power has a high correlation with the product demand according to qualitative research.
Identified the major determinants and expectations of the customer in terms of purchasing the product, in addition to obtaining valuable insights about the potential gaps where Blue Star can venture into the market.

Dell force10 networks

Quality Associate Engineer

Jul 2010 – Jul 2012 · 2 yrs · Greater Chennai Area

Owner of the Quality of Service (QoS) module as part of SQA process of various releases.
Was the Lead Platform & Stacking Tester in bringing up MXL 10/40 GbE, the first blade switch in the industry with 40GigEthernet support; and the first product from Force10 to be offered as part of Dell.
Was selected as part of the high-priority S* team of Force10, before the acquisition by Dell, to meet Dell RTS Quality standards.
Worked as Platform Tester on a variety of projects and different platforms - Terascale, Exascale, C-series.