Jun 2024 – Dec 2024 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Jun 2024 – Sep 2024 · 3 mos · India · Remote

• The mission of the 1000 Women Initiative is to empower women leaders with our platform that connects, develops, and advances women in their careers. We achieve this through:
• 1. Connecting: Creating a unique space for women leaders to network and connect with one another.
• 2. Learning and Development: Providing access to trained leadership coaches to enhance their skills.
• 3. Career Advancement: Collaborating with individuals and organizations to support women leaders' career progression.

Apr 2024 – Jan 2025 · 9 mos · India

• With over 15 years of experience in developing B2B SaaS, e-commerce, and HR tech products that have achieved global adoption, I am skilled at guiding organizations in transitioning from a service-based to a product-oriented approach to amplify product-led growth. My expertise spans launching innovative solutions, driving revenue, and enhancing customer experiences at companies like Simpl, Shopify, Philips, and multiple startups.
• Please contact me for a chat on how I can help your organization build better products.
• Email: renuka.thakur41@gmail.com

Sep 2022 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Grew and led the product team of 25+ members to own the vision, roadmap, and product P&L for multiple Simpl Checkout products; worked directly with the CXOs to build product strategy and go-to-market for Simpl's tech products.

Nov 2021 – Sep 2022 · 10 mos · India

Jul 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Led Shopify's Product Development for Indian merchants, which included:
• Building Shopify product-market fit
• Identifying product gaps
• Building new product offerings

Dec 2019 – Jul 2020 · 7 mos

• Built B2B wholesale marketplace which evolved into one of the primary products of Shopify called Handshake (https://www.handshake.com/).

Mar 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Lead teams to build dropshipping products for Shopify merchant base.

Sep 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

Apr 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• As a part of Product team, I write complete and detail-oriented product requirements documents,
• ensuring clear communication of those requirements to the business, design, usability and development teams.
• Constantly running experiments to improve job seeker database.
• Data Analytics:
• a) Identified the relevant business metrics for IVR product and worked with the analytics team to setup the data pathway and daily dashboards to capture them, thereby enabling the team to make informed decisions based on hard data.
• b) I track week on week metrics to understand customers. Use the insights from various metrics to improve profile completion and user re-engagement.
• Added new key features in the product like, Call Chain, Feedback, Call Connect etc.
• Guide the Sales and Operations team to understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer.

May 2012 – Apr 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• As a Technical Specialist in the Philips Televisions group, TPVision, my primary role is to lead Philips TV software team through validation of various mainstream, high-end and QFHD product ranges and ensuring time-to-market deliveries.
• I lead a team of 7 Engineers, through reviewing & tracking of test output, and also enhance the team’s competency levels by constant training sessions on upcoming TV features/technologies and testing processes.
• My current job responsibilities include review of requirements, internal code reviews, automation scripts reviews, test specifications, design and test strategy, effort estimation, dependency, risks analysis documents and making other technical documents etc.

May 2010 – May 2012 · 2 yrs

• Successfully validated Philips 2010, 2011 and 2012 LCD Series which are currently in the market. Presently working on Android and MTK TV software.
• Worked in Belgium for 5 months to support System testing of DLNA, QFHD and CI+ features.
• Digital TV Broadcast standards: Certification of Broadcast standards (DVB-C/ T/T2, CI+/MHEG), creation of Broadcast streams (audio, CI+ and T2).
• Review of requirements, test specifications, design and test strategy, effort estimation, dependency and risks analysis documents etc.
• Hands-on experience on various tools such as Philips proprietary automation tools, Python scripting, Monkey Runner for Android testing, Quantum data and Fluke generator for video testing.

Feb 2009 – Apr 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore

• Worked on HTML/CSS and java scripts.
• Experience in Defect Reduction Techniques and Testing Cycle Time minimization procedures.
• Supported certification body(Infosys and Aircel) by giving them presentation on the mobile requirements, network configurations and on client server communication.