Vinita Bhagat — Product Manager
Business leader with bias for action and 20 years’ + management experience in telecom, computer software, computer hardware and public sector. I have full stack work experience across services, product, program, operations as well as business consulting. Post full time B.Tech, M.Tech and MBA from elite Indian Institutions, I started my career with Microsoft IDC India in 2005. I am creative, culturaly competent, and technically sound individual with a global mindset. I enjoy traveling and have lived in many countries as part of my work life. During my past role at Adobe, my team managed Adobe Advertising Cloud, completely driven and delivered out of India. Our product provides Ads (search, display and video) creation, optimization, insights and measurements across multiple search engines, social platforms and other digital channels. I work across teams (300+ people - Engineering, Machine Learning, GTM, Dev Ops, Customer Care and Sales) to deliver : On time and quality feature releases (pre-post release checks and collaterals) Product roadmap planning (yearly, quarterly, monthly refinements) GTM, field and engineering collaboration during feature discovery Tasks and Resource prioritization Compliance to Agile methodologies (Kanban and Scrum) substantiated with business metrics/dashboards Vendor Governance (establish and maintain framework for cost control and risk mitigation) Product Adoption Metrics (Pendo, Power BI dashboards) Strategic Business Transformations including business transition OKR definitions and alignment across teams Cost Reduction programs Modernized CX
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in SaaS and Telecommunications with a strong focus on product management and business transformation.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 18 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Product Management
- Program Management
- Leadership Development
- Public Sector Consulting
- Operations Research
- Project Management
- Business Analysis
- Strategic Planning
- Business Transition
- Market Research
- Corporate Finance
- Computer Science
- Computer Graphics
- Compilers
Career Highlights
- 20+ years of management experience across diverse industries.
- Led cross-functional teams for successful product launches.
- Expert in strategic business transformations and program management.
Work Experience
Gracenote
Product Operations Leader (1 yr 6 mos)
Adobe
Principal Program Manager - Mgr (2 yrs 7 mos)
Principal Program Manager (1 yr 6 mos)
Senior Program Manager (2 yrs 3 mos)
Engineering Program Manager (9 mos)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Business Analytics and Planning (6 yrs)
Wollongong City Council
Consultant, Department of City Planning (11 mos)
University of Wollongong
Part time teaching academic (11 mos)
Virtusa Corp
Associate Manager, Business Consulting (2 yrs 2 mos)
Microsoft
Program Manager, Windows Core Product Group, R& D (1 yr 3 mos)
Standard Chartered Bank
Intern, Corporate Finance (2 mos)
max planck institut informatik, germany
Intern, Computer Graphics (2 mos)
Lucent Technologies
Engineering Intern (2 mos)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA (full time) at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Master of Technology (M.Tech.) at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
PGP in Artificial Intelligence for Leaders at Texas McCombs School of Business
