Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Pune District, Maharashtra, India

• As Lead Product Manager for Finastra Corporate Channels, I drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for digital banking solutions serving corporate and institutional clients globally.
• This role is focused on innovation, scalability, and market leadership

Jun 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Pune District, Maharashtra, India

• I led the development and execution of the product roadmap and strategy, focusing on Retail, SMB, and Corporate Originations, GenAI-based customer insights, Open Banking, and Embedded Finance.
• My role involved crafting detailed requirements that ensured our product was at the forefront of industry regulations and market demands. I conducted market research and competitor analysis to keep our offerings competitive and relevant. Collaborating closely with the development team, I ensured the delivery of high-quality solutions that met our clients' needs.
• I regularly engaged with stakeholders through demos and presentations, providing them with a clear understanding of our product’s capabilities and future direction. Additionally, I facilitated client sessions to gather feedback and align our product with customer expectations. Working in tandem with strategy and marketing teams, I helped position the product as a leading solution in the digital banking space.

Apr 2016 – Jun 2022 · 6 yrs 2 mos · Pune Area, India

• Finacle Digital Suite includes Digital Wallet, Mobile Banking and Online Banking. Wallet solution can be used by Banks, Telcos and Retail chains. Mobile and Online banking solutions are channel offerings designed for banks.
• Responsibilities:
• Product Strategy and Roadmap: Creating the overall strategy and feature roadmap for digital products based on market requirements and broad organizational direction.
• Product management: Managing entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities in an agile environment.
• UX Design: Working closely with UX team to provide functional inputs and ensuring application of key UX principles.
• Product training & communication: Training various teams (pre-sales, sales, marketing, implementation) on product features and benefits. Communicating with various internal and external stakeholders on product features and timelines.
• Thought Leadership: Writing Thought Papers and Point of Views on latest industry and technology trends and to detail out how these can be incorporated in the product.

Jun 2013 – Apr 2016 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai

• Managed Product, Business Planning & Strategic Partnerships for Reliance Jio's Payments app and platform Jio Money.
• Responsibilities included:
• UI / UX for Consumer Wallet and Merchant mPOS solution
• Product Analysis for Android and iPhone Application
• Research / Prepare Use Cases, User Stories, defining process flows, and communicating business requirements to developers for the payment products
• Prepare GTM plan {Identify Pre Launch, Launch & Post launch activities}
• Designing the open loop and closed loops flows for payments
• Handling proximity and non-proximity payments like MSR, NFC, QR code, Bar Code & LBS {Location Based search} payments at Merchant base
• Planning Bill Payments, Checkout {Web & Mobile}, Mobile Prepaid instruments, Mobile Money, m / e Wallet & P2P transfer solutions
• Pricing Model for the business

May 2012 – May 2013 · 1 yr · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Product Manager for the Privilege Banking Products of the ICICI Bank. Products included Mobile banking app, Savings Accounts and Credit Cards.
• Owner of the Product in terms of New Product Development, Market penetration and Revenue generation.
• Owned the strategic direction as well as the tactical activities for the products.
• I also worked on New Pilot Projects to test the feasibility and customer response for new Product Ideas.

Oct 2006 – May 2011 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Member of the R&D team for IP-XACT solutions.
• Managed end-to-end delivery from Strategic Planning to Tactical Activities for Cadence System-On-Chip-Integration product line
• Designed the core engine for two of the major products of the Cadence Verification product line

Jul 2004 – Oct 2006 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mohali district, India

• Designing and Developing new features of a legacy Product Quark XPress