Lakesh Kumar

Project Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India4 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Achieved 100% on-time delivery in multiple projects.
  • Improved delivery efficiency by 30% across fintech platforms.
  • Standardized release governance enhancing transparency and decision-making.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product and Project Management expert with a focus on SaaS solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementProgram ManagementProduct ManagementStakeholder Management

Other Skills

Technical Project ManagementScrumAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesDependency ManagementRelease GovernanceBacklog ManagementSprint BacklogData AnalysisFinancial AnalysisBusiness AnalysisSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)PRDTechnical DocumentationProduct RequirementsC++

About

Professional with nearly 5 years of experience across Product and Project Management in fintech and payments, delivering scalable B2B SaaS platforms. Combines Technical Program Management capabilities (program execution, dependency management, release governance) with strong product ownership, including PRD creation, roadmap execution, and stakeholder alignment. Experienced in UPI, credit card, and banking systems, driving high predictability, system reliability, and customer-focused outcomes across diverse client engagements including HDFC, Sparrow, Pluxee, and Optum.

Experience

4 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

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4 roles

Project Manager

Promoted

Apr 2025Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru

  • Orchestrated end-to-end delivery across UPI (Payzapp and Pixel) and Pluxee modules, achieving 100% on-time delivery by proactively managing cross-functional dependencies (Product, Engineering, QA, CS).
  • Achieved 100% release predictability by driving early risk identification, maintaining real-time JIRA tracking, and ensuring complete governance visibility with no misses due to internal dependencies.
  • Program-managed JDK17 migration for 78 microservices, resolving cross-team blockers and accelerating migration timelines aligned with quarterly delivery goals.
  • Improved production stability by driving resolution of 17+ critical UAT/Prod issues within 3 weeks, leading war rooms and ensuring seamless releases with minimal downtime.
  • Standardised release governance and stakeholder communication, ensuring 100% completion of release notes and enhancing transparency, leading to faster decision-making and improved execution efficiency.
Project ManagementProgram ManagementTechnical Project ManagementScrumAgile & Waterfall Methodologies

Product Analyst II

Promoted

Jul 2024Apr 2025 · 9 mos · Bengaluru

  • Managed end-to-end product delivery across fintech platforms (Support, Operations, Rewards, Finance, Reports), improving delivery efficiency by 30% and achieving 95% on-time releases.
  • Owned and prioritized product backlogs, collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, QA, Design) to ensure high-quality and timely feature delivery.
  • Enhanced Customer Service Center with CRM integrations and new features, improving query resolution efficiency by 25% for banking clients.
  • Spearheaded development of Reports platform with scheduling and on-demand reporting, reducing reporting effort by 50%.
  • Automated key banking workflows (card blocking, account closure), reducing manual effort by 40% and improving turnaround time.
Product ManagementBacklog ManagementStakeholder ManagementProject ManagementTechnical Project ManagementSprint Backlog+7

Product Analyst I

Jul 2022Jul 2024 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru

  • Designed scalable UI/UX workflows and reusable components, improving development efficiency by 20% and enabling streamlined campaign execution and operations management across platforms.
  • Implemented financial automation policies (fees, interest, NPA), ensuring 100% compliance and accuracy while strengthening reliability in banking operations.
  • Authored and published 350+ pages of product documentation using Markdown (Hugo), enabling client self-service, reducing onboarding time by 30%, and improving cross-team alignment and clarity.

Product Solutions Engineer

Jun 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru

  • Contributed to digital payments platform (HDFC PayZapp) supporting UPI, credit card, and wallet transactions; improved transaction success rates through root cause analysis of failures.
  • Monitored system performance using Kibana (Elasticsearch) and SQL (Metabase) to track API errors, microservices health, and identify data gaps, improving feature reliability.
  • Documented end-to-end UI workflows and system interactions (including Swimlane diagrams), enabling smoother product integrations and improving cross-team alignment.

Education

Indian Institute Of Information Technology Allahabad

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Information Technology

Jan 2016Jan 2021

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