Debaprasad Badajena

Product Manager

Gurugram, Haryana, India8 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led GenAI initiatives at American Express.
  • Achieved $60M+ portfolio impact through strategic risk initiatives.
  • Recognized multiple times as Analyst of the Quarter.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech Product Manager with expertise in AI-driven solutions and strategic risk management.

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Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyData AnalysisMachine LearningData Science

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsAnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BlockchainBusiness AnalysisC++Cluster AnalysisCommunicationCore JavaData AnalyticsData MiningData VisualizationDatasetsDeep Learning

About

Product Manager with a blend of strategy, AI-driven innovation, and operational execution. Currently driving GenAI initiatives at American Express, integrating RAG systems to transform customer query resolution through LLMs. Spearheading the design of a centralized CMS for risk knowledge management—enabling scalable, semantic, and structured content pipelines. Previously led go-to-market and credit risk initiatives with a portfolio impact of $60M+, optimizing customer engagement and driving platform migrations across UK and EU markets. Recognized with multiple Analyst of the Quarter awards for delivering value through automation, innovation, and cross-functional alignment. Started my journey as a DevOps engineer at Tata Digital (TataNEU) deploying CI/CD pipelines on Azure and container orchestration via Docker & Kubernetes. Earlier, worked on deep learning and NLP models as a data science intern at ISI Kolkata and Amex. Beyond work, I’ve led large-scale events as Student Convener at NIT Rourkela, managing 350+ members and 12K+ attendees. I’m passionate about building AI-driven solutions that are scalable, impactful, and human-centered. Let’s connect if you’re passionate about product innovation, GenAI, or building for scale.

Experience

8 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

American express

3 roles

Assistant Product Manager

Promoted

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Rewarded
  • 1. Analyst of the Quarter : Q4, 2024
  • 2. Luminary Star Award : Q1, 2025
  • Servicing Innovation, GenAI:
  • ● Leading the solutioning and architectural design of a Hybrid RAG system to enhance LLM-powered customer query resolution, improving accuracy and efficiency over traditional RAG and keyword search.
  • ● Managing the implementation of a unified CMS system, consolidating multiple platforms into a single source of truth to eliminate content redundancies and inaccuracies; designing the content transformation strategy, ensuring structured knowledge management that supports future integration with Hybrid RAG.
  • ● Driving stakeholder alignment and change management to ensure seamless adoption of standardized knowledge structures, enabling a well-indexed, semantically enriched knowledge base while optimizing operational efficiency
  • CFR:
  • ● Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy: Led key risk initiatives for the UK Consumer Market which had a PTI benefit of $60M over 5 years. Developed business documentation for market research, ensuring seamless implementation of credit risk enhancements.
  • ● Cross-Sell & Customer Engagement: Designed and executed high-impact cross-sell campaigns for lending products, increasing customer engagement and portfolio penetration.
  • ● Product Strategy and Roadmapping: Led the strategic upgrade of the credit platform, overseeing end-to-endmigration projects and enhancing risk checks to improve customer experience. Spearheaded platform rationalization efforts, optimized variable & driving cost-efficiency.
Analytical SkillsStakeholder ManagementResearch SkillsGrowth StrategiesProduct ManagementProduct Life Cycle+23

Senior Associate

May 2023Jan 2024 · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Rewarded Analyst of the Quarter : Q3, 2023
  • Worked as a developer in the Intl New Accounts On-boarding Team where I was a part of several risk initiatives and optimization projects.
JavaManagementResearch SkillsDatasetsPythonData Analysis+23

Associate

Jan 2022May 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Drove feature innovation & automated the Testing framework that reduced the manual effort from 1 day to less than an hour & mitigated associated platform dependencies
  • Developed a robust Card-Member Value (CMV) framework for the UK market to increase lending accuracy.
JavaManagementDatasetsPythonData AnalysisMachine Learning+12

Tata digital

DevOps Engineer

Jun 2021Dec 2021 · 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Engaged in the DevOps team where I worked on CI/CD pipelines, Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), Robot Automation Frameworks.
  • Worked on the payment platform - UPI.
RCA

American express

Data Analyst

May 2020Jul 2020 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • The internship focused on predicting the 'Health Index' of an industry based on publicly available data. Sentiments, tone, subjectivity, data relevant score and other impact parameters were considered to assign the 'Daily Health Index' of the industry along with the drivers of the indices such as government policies, company decisions like a merger, acquisitions, investments etc.
  • Furthermore, it was used to examine trends with the stock data related to different industries.

National institute of technology rourkela

2 roles

Student Mentor, Institute Counseling Services

Aug 2019May 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • The counselling service addresses Academic, Financial, Mental and Socio-cultural issues, ensuring a seamless transition from home to hostel life for the freshmen and making life at NITR more enjoyable.
  • The objective of ICS is to prepare the students for a confident approach towards life and to bring about a voluntary change in themselves.
  • I was one of the mentors for the academic year 2019-20. The mentors take care of mentees from the freshman year.
  • We interact with the newbies to bridge the Junior-Senior gap and also act as personal and professional support.
ManagementLeadershipProblem SolvingRCA

Convener, Innovision - Tech Fest NIT Rourkela

Aug 2019May 2020 · 9 mos

  • Led a team of 350+ members.
  • Managed a budget spend of 35+ lakhs for the college festival.
  • Under my tenure, the fest had the highest ever footfall since it's inception. Crossed 12k+ attendees.
  • Apart from the technical aspects, Innovision 19 offered it's helping hands to the underprivileged students and school students through INN'FLUENCE.
ManagementProduct ManagementLeadershipInterpersonal SkillsProblem SolvingRCA

Indian statistical instiute, kolkata

Summer Research Intern

May 2019Jul 2019 · 2 mos · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

  • We worked on a neural network project titled ’Human Activity Recognition’ that could classify the different human actions based on UCF 101 and Kaggle dataset. Using dense optical flow, features were generated which was then fed to CNN and LSTM for classification along with some late fusion techniques. Our application could also trigger an E-Mail in case of abnormal human activity detection.
Analytical SkillsArtificial Intelligence (AI)DatasetsMachine Learning AlgorithmsPythonData Analysis+16

National institute of technology rourkela

3 roles

Member, AASRA (Social Service Club)

Jan 2019Apr 2019 · 3 mos

  • Aasra is the social service club of NIT Rourkela where the members visit workplaces (orphanages) to teach children, interact with them, organise competitions etc.

Secretary, DBA Hall Management Committee

Aug 2018Jul 2019 · 11 mos

  • Incharge of several hall development activities, garden feast, hall day, sports and cultural event management etc.
  • I was the secretary of the hostel which had more than 350 boarders.
ManagementProduct ManagementLeadershipInterpersonal SkillsRCA

Chief Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Cell, NITR

Apr 2018Apr 2019 · 1 yr

  • Organized National Entrepreneurship Summit
  • Conducted TEDX Salon, Workshops
  • Ensured smooth event participations across different E-CELLs through MoUs, collaborations etc.

Expertshub industry skill development centre

IoT Intern

Dec 2018Dec 2018 · 0 mo · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Product development based on IoT. As a team, we were assigned the topic "Real time remote health monitoring system using IoT that could send updates to doctor. Additionally, it should send alert messages in case of an emergency."
  • I was assigned as the team leader of the above project and led a team of 7-8 members. Later, I was certified as the best coordinator of the internship.
ManagementLeadershipInterpersonal Skills

Dekho market

Chief Operations Officer

Feb 2018Jun 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • I was the founder and COO of the startup DekhoMarket whose sole aim is to make the offline shopping worth your time and money.
  • Ever encountered any problem while shopping offline? Like the discounts offered in a shop over different brands and the varieties they have or the accessories you are buying can be cheaper somewhere nearby where the quality is not compromised.
  • We @ DekhoMarket not only help you with the solution to the above problems but also we ensure that your offline shopping is made easier and cost-saving.
  • You won’t find a plethora of other advertising sites and the ones doing won’t provide you with anything other than a mere advertisement. But DekhoMarket provides an additional discount on a variety of items in addition to what the store provides. We also keep you updated with the new arrivals and provide you with the best of suggestions in your budget acting as one-stop visual shopping with products from multiple stores.
  • I was in charge of marketing analysis and administration which included cost reduction, improvising the revenue model and modelling the structure of the company.
  • I have worked on a variety of field to learn about sales, Marketing, Operations etc.
  • I was responsible for go-to-market strategy and market segmentation.
Analytical SkillsArtificial Intelligence (AI)DatasetsMachine Learning AlgorithmsPythonMachine Learning+9

National institute of technology rourkela

4 roles

Delegate, NIT Conclave

Sep 2017Sep 2017 · 0 mo

  • Represented the technical team of NIT Rourkela in NIT Conclave 2017 held at NIT Silchar.

Chief Coordinator, Axiom - The Mathematics Club

Apr 2017Apr 2019 · 2 yrs

  • Organized Maths Talent Search Examination for school children of class 6 to 12.
  • Organized Maths events, matlab workshops , guest lectures for NITR students.
  • Handled the club of 50+ members and led the club to participate in different hackathons and competitions.

Core Member, SPAWN, Coding Club

Apr 2017Apr 2019 · 2 yrs

Senior Member, Cognizen - The Economics & Polity Club

Apr 2017Apr 2019 · 2 yrs

Education

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

Jan 2017Jan 2021

Mother's Public School

Higher Secondary — Science

Jan 2014Jan 2016

DM School Bhubaneswar

High School

Jan 2009Jan 2014

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