Akhilesh Bhagurkar

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led successful launch of loyalty program tripReward.
  • Increased transactions by implementing nearby search feature.
  • Improved conversion rates through data-driven insights.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in Mobility and Real Money Gaming sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementData AnalysisCustomer Acquisition

Other Skills

AutocadCC++ConsultingCustomer ResearchDigital MarketingE-CommerceGoogle AnalyticsLeadershipMarket ResearchMatlabMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficePowerPointProduct Development

About

Product Manager with 6 years of experience in Analytics and Product Management across the recruitment, Real Money Gaming (RMG), and Mobility sectors. Currently, I manage the private bus funnel for redBus India, overseeing a user base of 1 million daily active users. My responsibilities include - improving the overall conversion rate - # of daily transactions - Region wise searches and transactions - Engagement Key achievements include launching the operator-sponsored loyalty program tripReward and implementing a nearby search feature that significantly increased transactions. I excel in driving user engagement and improving product performance through data-driven decision-making and strategic initiatives.

Experience

Redbus

Senior Product Manager

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • tripReward (Loyalty program for redBus users)
  • Analyzed the behavior of high‑frequency users to understand their loyalty towards the bus operators as well as their loyalty with redBus
  • Launched tripReward, an operator‑sponsored loyalty program to help redBus and operators boost users’ loyalty
  • Feature led to increase in high frequency user transactions with operators offering the loyalty program
  • Searches on zero inventory routes
  • Identified the opportunity for cases where we had no inventory, but inventory from a nearby town was available
  • Launched nearby search reducing ’No inventory’ cases by 35% and adding 900+ transactions per day across platforms
  • Short routes
  • Analyzed & determined the factors leading to low CR on short routes, formulated & validated hypotheses
  • Improved the discovery of the relevant services based on booking behavior & ‘fair’ price on the route leading to 8% CR growth and 1000+ added transactions per day
  • Connected services (Industry first)
  • Launched connected services - an industry first feature which helps the user book a service on longer routes (connecting buses) with complete transparency about the services, layover space duration while giving the user the choice of seat
  • This feature allows the bus operators to connect their existing services leading to higher occupancy in both the legs of the journey
ScrumData AnalysisE-CommerceProduct Road MappingWireframingCustomer Research+6

Gameskraft

Product Manager

Dec 2021Jul 2022 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Introduced referral quests to incentivize referrals which amplified referral channel customer acquisitions by 9%
  • Launched referral leader‑boards targeting specific user segments and drove up referral acquisitions to on‑board quality users
  • Enhanced daily login challenge flow to improve users playing cash games by 12% and users adding cash by 30 per day
ScrumCustomer AcquisitionprioritisationProduct ManagementSQLProduct Development+3

Naukri.com

Product Manager

Apr 2020Dec 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Remote

  • Revamped structure for collecting certification details from job‑seekers and improved CV sourcing efficiency for recruiters
  • Built intelligence in the system which enabled ‘skill validation’ of job‑seekers through certifications
  • Revamped departments and roles which led to a better understanding and categorization of the job‑seekers
ScrumProduct ManagementSQLProduct DevelopmentLeadershipGoogle Analytics+1

Itc limited

ITC Kites Intern

Apr 2019Jun 2019 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Project: Strategy to counter local biscuit players in UP with special focus on mid-price cream biscuits
  • Studied the UP market for MP cream biscuits by visiting 210+ stores and by interviewing 100+ customers
  • Analyzed 13+ competitors’ pricing, product mix, distribution model & supply chain by visiting distributors
  • Identified the reasons for loss of market share of ‘bounce’ and reasons for traction for competitor brands
  • Devised short term & long-term strategies to counter local competitors and to increase the sale of ‘bounce’
  • Lead a team of 8 & ran pilot which increased the sale of bounce by 22% in stockist & distributor markets
Microsoft Excel

Zs

Decision analytics associates (Business Consulting)

Apr 2017Apr 2018 · 1 yr · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • ZS Associates is a global leader in sales and marketing consulting. For almost 30 years, ZS has helped companies across a range of industries get the most out of their sales and marketing organizations. From 20 offices around the world, ZS experts use analytics and deep expertise to help companies make smart decisions quickly and cost effectively.
  • At ZS associates, my responsibilities included
  • Understanding business objectives and designing studies which could provide actionable insights
  • Help determining latest market trends for various drugs and its perception among doctors
  • Identifying driver/barriers to the product uptake & assessed product perception
  • Assessing opportunities, risk for the client product with the help of primary and secondary data
  • Helping clients train their sales rep better by analyzing sales force performance and effectiveness
Google AnalyticsMicrosoft Excel

Sokrati

Business Analyst

Oct 2015Aug 2016 · 10 mos · Pune

  • Sokrati is India's leading ad technology and analytics company and Google's largest preferred partner in India. Sokrati drives over 12 million monthly visits to advertisers by managing over 100 million active ad entities on a real-time basis. Several top brands in e-commerce, travel and finance sectors across India and USA enjoy higher conversion rates with Sokrati's digital marketing and analytics platform.
  • As a Business Analyst at Sokrati, I deal with Large Client Services.
  • My Portfolio has had clients from the Real Estate Sector, E-Commerce Sites, Pure-play fashion players My work involves:
  • Responsibility for day to day operations of client accounts, requiring interaction with both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Understanding client goals, creating and executing ad campaign strategies across Google's search and Display networks to exceed these goals.
  • Preparation and analysis of performance reports & review with clients.
  • Providing strategic insights on the landing page, ad creative etc.
Google AnalyticsMicrosoft Excel

Education

Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Operations and Marketing

Jan 2018Jan 2020

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

BE (Hons) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2011Jan 2015

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