Deepkumar Varma

Product Director

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 9 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 16+ years of product management experience.
  • Led teams for major product launches impacting millions.
  • Expert in enhancing customer experience through data-driven strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Management expert with a strong focus on customer experience and analytics.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementAnalyticsProduct StrategyCustomer ExperienceBusiness Intelligence

Other Skills

APIsAddress ManagementAgile MethodologiesAnalysisBusiness AnalysisBusiness AnalyticsBusiness ConsultingBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness StrategyBusiness TransformationCRMCompetitive AnalysisConsultingCross-functional Team Leadership

About

16+ years of Product experience: Enterprise products, SaaS & PaaS, Websites and Data Management/BI solutions- Streamlined Planning, Execution and Developer Analytics for 12,000+ Dev in PayPal- 15+ Experiments to improve customer experience of Platform on Teams Mobile (& Meeting APIs) (50M+ users) through 8 member team. Also drove new Teams launch for EDU customers (80M+ users)- Managed customer experiences (CX) of Addresses and Profiles world-wide at Amazon. - Managed 40+ member product team (Prod Mgmt, Engg., UI/UX, Prod Mkg, Mobile) to deliver next-gen HR products at Excelity- Experienced in defining market and product requirements through ability to "put myself in customer's shoes"- Experienced in working with cross-functional teams in delivery and growth of products/services.- Strong understanding of UX, Service Design and Branding best practices- Knowledge of web and mobile (android/iOS) environments and growth based on market trends.- Strong analytical & problem solving skills- Google Certified - Gen AI leader- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - Scrum Alliance

Experience

Paypal

Director of Product Management

Mar 2024Present · 2 yrs · Bengaluru · Hybrid

  • Product leader (APAC Product head) in Developer Platform Engineering (DPE) team - part of ADAPT org (AI, Data Analytics and Platform Technology) enabling 10,000+ developers at PayPal inc. Lead a team of PMs looking after:
  • 1. Internal Developer Portal
  • 2. Testing tools (Test data creation, Test results view, etc.) used at PayPal
  • 3. SDLC process management (Atlassian tools, GitHub, Artifactory, Engineering health reports, etc.)
  • 4. Developer Analytics and Insights
Product ManagementDeveloper AnalyticsSDLC process managementAnalytics

Microsoft

Principal Group Product Manager (GPM), Microsoft Teams

Jun 2022Mar 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bengaluru

  • Led Product management team for Mobile Platform and Meeting Graph APIs for Microsoft Teams. Specifically built Apps ecosystem on MS Teams for Mobile users.
  • Launched App Store for Teams Mobile to allow users to view and download apps in Teams mobile
  • Increased MAU (40%+ YoY) and Attach rate (Mobile/Desktop and Mobile Platform/Teams) by 500bps
  • Launched Meeting and Transcript APIs (additional FY revenue of $4M - $6M for MS Teams in 2025+)
Product ManagementMobile PlatformMeeting Graph APIsProduct Strategy

Amazon

Product Management, Customer Journey

Jul 2019Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • PM lead for Address and Relationship CX (Profiles) worldwide. Specifically looking at Address creation experience, Address book, Household program & Profiles (e.g. PrimeVideo or FreeTime profiles)
  • Launched 'Use Device Location' while creating an address in 10 countries - resulting in 100K+ hours saved each day of customers while creating an address
  • Launched 30+ experiments over 3 years that helps save 400K+ hours of customers' time daily during checkout
  • Improved Address conversion by 350 bps overall
  • Drove central Profiles CX (Customer Experience) across 20+ Products (Prime Video, Alexa, FireTV, etc.). Facilitated launch of Profiles on FireTV and Pharmacy
Customer ExperienceAddress ManagementExperimentationProduct Management

Excelity global

Director, Head of Products

Sep 2016Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Head next-gen Products at Excelity Global: Product Management, Design, Product engineering & Delivery for entire HCM suite offered by Excelity - used by 1.2 million+ users in 500+ enterprises across 15 countries in Asia-Pacific: : SaaS, PaaS & Managed Services
  • Portfolio : Payroll, Core HR, Employee Self Service (ESS), Talent Management, LMS, PMS, Mobile & Analytics. Work with 40+ member Engineering Team. Specific focus on creating Cloud (SaaS) products + best-in-class Mobile & Analytics offerings.
  • FY17: Launched India's 1st truly SaaS & DIY (Do It Yourself) Payroll solution - ezpayroll - targeted at MSMEs with no fixed cost and setup that can be completed in minutes.
  • FY18: Launched ezpayroll for 7 countries in APAC in Jan.
  • Launched next gen HCM platform (integrated Core HR, HRIS, Payroll platform) built on HR process simplification, provide best user experience, mobile-first, modular & API based.
  • Responsibilities: Product Strategy, PM, PMO, Product Marketing, UI/UX, Engineering, Customer advocacy
Product ManagementSaaSProduct MarketingProduct Strategy

Altisource

Senior Product Manager

Sep 2012Sep 2016 · 4 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Product Head: Altisights – BI Reporting Platform for Altisource & Ocwen, used by 20+ business units (B2B Customers). Altisights handled 10,000+ reports per month for 500+ MIS users
  • Product Strategy, Presales, Development, Pricing, Relationship mgmt & Product marketing
  • Handled 7 member team (includes BAs, Dev/QA & UI/UX)
  • Other Responsibilities/Projects (Member of Management Development Program at Altisource):
  • 1) Product Portfolio mgmt. of 35 initiatives for 75+ member Business Intelligence & Data Management team - managed MIS reporting/Budgeting/Release planning/PMO processes
  • 2) Product management for 'Reporting module' and 'Account Receivable module' at RealRemit
  • 3) Program management for Reporting & Data Management team. Handled $2M+ project for Ocwen's GSE Investor Reporting team
  • 4) Program management for ODS creation at Letter(Correspondence) Unit to address lawsuit against Ocwen for backdated letters
  • Received 'Maverick's Award for most Innovative Tech project' at Altisource for GSE Investor Reporting
Business IntelligenceProduct StrategyReportingProduct Management

Wipro bps

Product Manager

Aug 2010Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Product Manager for the Technology backbone of Wipro BPO - Base))) - being used by 19 customers across eight countries by about 2200 users. Base))) - a suite of products for workflow, case management, email management, task management and reconciliation, covering both process-agnostic and process specific layers.
  • Responsibilities: Product Management, Business Analytics, Product Marketing, IP identification
  • Awards: ‘Mavericks Award’ for contribution to a Fortune 100 client’s Accounts Receivable project
  • Patent: Filed a patent “SLA module fine-tuned for needs of a Shared service setup (SSC) via smart filters”
Product ManagementBusiness AnalyticsIP Identification

I-maritime consultancy private limited

Business Consultant

Apr 2010Aug 2010 · 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Business Consulting and Partnership in Shipping and Logistics
Business ConsultingPartnership Management

Rpg enterprises

Intern - CEAT Tyres

Apr 2009Jun 2009 · 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Project: Identification of the best-fit forecasting Model for 33 Regional offices x 200 SKUs. i.e. 6600 combinations
  • Achievements: Created MS Excel model to identify best-fit pattern based on MAPE, F-Test, SSE, etc. (Expected profit– Rs. 40 crore)
  • Rewards: “RPG ARJUNA” Awardee for Best Intern at RPG Group out of 33 Interns from premier Management Schools
  • Awarded PPO (Pre-Placement Offer) and cash prize of Rs 1,00,000

Vmware

Software Engineer - Member of Technical Team

Dec 2007May 2008 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • Then - Gemstone Systems Pvt. Ltd. (www.gemstone.com)
  • Software Engineer for Core Java projects

T.i.m.e. (triumphant institute of managment education)

Part-time Faculty

Aug 2007Nov 2007 · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • A quantitative ability & DI teacher for CAT, GRE, GMAT & C-DOT examinations.
  • Pursued purely out of love for mathematics

Centurylink india

Software Engineer

Jun 2006Nov 2007 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Software engineer on Java/J2EE Technologies

Space applications centre, isro

Intern - Space Application Center

Apr 2005Jun 2005 · 2 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

  • Performance Evaluation & satellite simulation of Data Transfer Protocols for satellite based Grid Computing. The results helped Protocol selection for Geostationary satellites for GSAT4 Project of INSAT-4B Satellite.
  • A research paper titled - “Performance Analysis of GridFTP for satellite based Grid Computing” was written by guide (Dr. Haresh Bhatt, Scientist – SAC/ISRO) based on research work done by me during Summer Internship.

Education

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Master of Business Administration

Jun 2008Mar 2010

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Bachelor of Technology

Jun 2002Apr 2006

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Analytics and Entrepreneurship

Jan 2023Present

INSEAD

Leadership Effectiveness Program

Jan 2015Jan 2016

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