Shakti Chittara

Product Manager

Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia17 yrs 7 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 14 years of experience in product management.
  • Led successful migration of e-commerce platforms.
  • Expert in driving mobile app adoption strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in E-commerce and Fintech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyUser ExperienceE-commerce StrategyOnline Payments

Other Skills

Agile Project ManagementAnalysisAnalytical AbilitiesBusiness AnalysisBusiness AnalyticsBusiness StrategyBusiness-to-Business (B2B)ClarityCommunicationCompetitive AnalysisCredit CardsDomain NamesEnglishFinancial ModelingIntegration

About

I have 14 years of quality experience in leading, managing and developing products in mobile and web technologies with special focus on Growth & Ecommerce. In the current role as Product Lead at Expedia group I am pursuing a strategy for consolidation of Retail Partnerships (aka Affiliates) across all different brands within Expedia group. In recent past I have worked in driving adoption of mobile app among mobile web users, in addition to managing shared components such as site navigation & search experience. Before that, with Stayz, I drove adoption and scaling of their e-commerce platform by moving all properties to 100% online bookable within a year followed by migrating the technological platform to the global Vrbo platform. Earlier with MakeMyTrip, India (Nasdaq: MMYT), I led their online payments division. In addition, I also managed the ‘Discounting and Promotions’, ‘Route Planning’ and 'Closed Wallet' platforms for the organization. My earlier experiences as a software developer at Samsung and Nokia helped me immensely in building a strong foundation in mobile technology. I have earned a Masters in Technology along with a Masters in Business Administration, both from top ranked institutions in India. Specific interests: Product management, Product Development, Leadership, Product strategy, Project Management, Business Strategy and Consulting, Agile Scrum Development, General Management, Web Analytics, Mobile Development, User Experience, Prototyping, Wireframing, Internet products, Product Launch, MVP design.

Experience

17 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
10 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Expedia group

3 roles

Lead Product Manager - Affiliates

May 2021Present · 5 yrs

CommunicationEnglishClarityProduct VisionBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Revenue Generation+2

Senior Product Manager - Growth

Jan 2018May 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Formulate & implement a consolidated strategy for driving a common affiliate partnerships across all Expedia group brands. Some of the focus brands include: Expedia.com, Hotels.com, HomeAway, Stayz, BookaBach and Wotif.
  • Launch & manage co-brand templates, loyalty program and fenced-pricing integrations for the affiliate channel
  • Drive adoption of mobile app among mobile web users via contextual in-product placements while ensuring no impact on conversion
  • Drive site navigation & search component across the traveler experience
CommunicationEnglishProduct VisionProduct ManagementProduct Strategy

Senior Product Manager - E-commerce

Apr 2016Jan 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Formulate & implement product strategy for migrating property owners from Australian local platform & brand: Stayz to the global platform & brand: HomeAway
  • Manage E-commerce platform for Stayz, a 2-sided vacation rental marketplace, in order to optimize value for travelers and property owners
  • Drive strategy and implementation for adoption and usage of '24-hour quote and hold' online booking
  • Provide an efficient tool to property manager for them to manage their properties
CommunicationEnglishProduct VisionProduct ManagementE-commerce Strategy

Makemytrip

3 roles

Senior Product Manager

Oct 2015Mar 2016 · 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Online Payments – Enabling customers to make payment efficiently
  • Lead Online Payments product handling 1 Mn transactions p.m. worth 130 Mn USD across 9 websites
  • Monitor, analyze and drive improvements in payment step funnel conversion for various lines of businesses
  • Drive enhancements in user experience across Desktop, Mobile site, Android and iOS apps
  • Conceptualize, launch and scale MyWallet – in-house closed wallet solution to drive loyalty
  • Drive strategic relationships with 25+ payment service providers, banks and card networks
  • Circulate white papers and analytical reports internally on best practices and latest insights in payments
  • Research and implement alternate payment methods to drive customer acquisitions from key geographies
  • Track and improve on operational metrics such as API latencies, downtimes and customer escalations
  • Build & optimize in-house Risk Engine to minimize frauds and chargeback risks
  • Represent the organization on various national and international payment forums
  • Route Planner – The ultimate guide to travel between cities in India
  • Lead Route Planner product enabling search of optimum routes between 4000+ Indian cities
  • Enable ranking the best options from 1 bn routes and 20 bn schedules of flights, buses, trains and cabs
  • Integrate with respective line of business to enable booking the combination in one go
  • Horizontal Services – The platforms build to scale effectively
  • Lead Horizontal Services division enabling critical platforms & services
  • Create a discounting platform to centralize couponing capability across various line of businesses
  • Manage critical common services: Login, Risk Control, Mobile number verification through OTP & IVRS
CommunicationEnglishProduct VisionProduct ManagementOnline Payments

Product Manager

Promoted

Mar 2014Oct 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

CommunicationEnglishProduct VisionProduct Management

Deputy Product Manager

Apr 2012Mar 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

CommunicationEnglish

Wipro technologies

Summer Intern, Program Management Office

Apr 2011May 2011 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Revenue management: Accurate P&L simulation and OM projection for the telecommunications dept.
  • Analyze onsite-offshore mix for fixed price projects, automate rate re-negotiations of expensive resources
  • Achieved reduction in resource forecasting error from 28% to 10% through improved reporting
  • Awarded Pre-placement offer along with WiSE Cracker – the best internship award and ‘Feather in the Cap’ award
English

Nokia india

R&D Mobile Software Engineer

Aug 2008Mar 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Scrum Master in an Agile project management setup: Interface between management & technology teams
  • Design, develop and optimize graphical user interface performance for Nokia S60 based devices
  • Improvise on ‘scalable vector graphics’ format used for rendering menu icons on mobile devices
English

Samsung india software operations

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2006Jul 2008 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Represent team for onsite projects in the headquarters of Samsung Electronics, Suwon, South Korea
  • Design and develop Video Call application for Samsung G810i phone
  • Ideate and implement secondary use cases such as ‘slideshow’ and ‘doodle’ using the application
English

Ian wark research institute, university of south australia

Research Intern

May 2004Jul 2004 · 2 mos · Adelaide, Australia

  • Research on the impact of gas plasma treatment of seeds which are of conservation and horticulture importance
  • Formulate & validate hypotheses of the impact through multiple methods of investigation
  • Awarded letter of appreciation by Prof. Hans Griesser for the contribution in the research
  • The final report could be accessed at: http://www.aff.org.au/Griesser_Plasma_treatment_of_%20seeds_Final.pdf
English

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

B. Tech + M. Tech — Electrical Engineering

Jan 2001Jan 2006

Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi

Masters of Business Administration — General Management

Jan 2010Jan 2012

Kendriya Vidyalaya

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