Donal Chomal

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 7 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Successfully launched multiple products in fast-paced environments.
  • Achieved significant revenue growth for startups.
  • Recognized for exceptional communication and leadership skills.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in B2C startups and Fintech solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementUser Experience DesignMarketingProject ManagementProduct Development

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesBalsamiqBehavior Driven DevelopmentBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)C++Cloud ComputingCoachingCommunicationCompetitive AnalysisCross-functional Team CollaborationCross-functional Team LeadershipCucumberDesignDesign ThinkingDocumentation Culture

About

Currently, I'm working for a grocery-delivery startup based out of Minneapolis, as the only PM under the Director of Product Management & Head of Product. From sprint planning, to owning the team of designer and data analyst, to tracking product & feature performances and fostering a documentation culture for smoother functioning of the dev & QA teams, I do it all. Prior to this, I worked as a Founding Member and Product Manager for an accommodation startup based out of my hometown (Guwahati) called XeniaRooms. During the first 2 years, I single-handedly managed a nationally dispersed team of developers & designers, designed prototypes, defined the entire content for the official website and organized marketing campaigns. Owing to the hard work of the 4 members of XeniaRooms, we achieved a revenue of approx. Rs. 40 Lacs in the 1st year. Additionally, I had been the Official Evangelist for XeniaRooms from the start and represented it in Government organized Entrepreneurship Development Program for North East Indian Startups (and won a grant of INR 10 Lacs amongst 1000+ participating startups). Prior to this, I worked as a Project Lead for Samsung Research Institute (Noida) to administer the launch of 2 new mobile phone projects and maintain 3 legacy projects. (Selfish plug - I got the tag of the 'Best Communicator' in the team within 2 months of joining Samsung.)

Experience

6 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 7 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

International asset reconstruction company

Product Manager

Sep 2023Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Delhi, India · On-site

  • IARC is a RBI-regulated fintech firm that deals in acquiring NPAs from banks & NBFCs and managing, resolving & restructuring them.

Buncha

Associate Product Manager

Mar 2023Sep 2023 · 6 mos · India · Remote

  • Buncha is a planned grocery-delivery startup based out of Minneapolis, US.
  • Owned engineering sprints end-to-end, from background research & stakeholder interaction, through iterative design, development & QA processes, to launch and impact measurement
  • Created an integrated ‘My List’ feature within the Buncha App, transforming it into a comprehensive hub for all grocery-shopping activities, including planning, scheduling and ordering
  • Revamped the App’s Home Page to enhance the UX, decrease the abandoned cart rate and increase post-order additions
  • Fostered a culture of documentation within the organization, greatly improving the work experience of developers and testers
  • Key Achievements:
  • Built and launched a new flow within the Buncha App & Website to retrieve overdue payments from customers, leading to the successful resolution of 72% of previously blocked payments
  • Launched a ‘Price Match Guarantee’ program, bringing down price discrepancy reports to <2% of total orders
Engineering Sprints ManagementUser Experience DesignStakeholder InteractionImpact MeasurementDocumentation CultureProduct Management

Xeniarooms

Product Manager & Chief Evangelist

Jan 2021Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Guwahati, Assam, India · On-site

  • XeniaRooms is an accommodation startup founded to solve the needs of long term visiting guests and students in new cities (currently serving in North East India).
  • Discovered the need for an online booking portal in the long-term accommodation industry (worth INR 10 Cr per annum in Guwahati alone)
  • Liaised with stakeholders and customers to conceptualize and design the XeniaRooms website layout
  • Co-ordinated with a nationally dispersed team of developers and designers to build the website
  • Managed product demonstrations and testimonials for performance evaluations
  • Launched the official website which generated an annual revenue of approx. INR40 Lakhs in the first year of founding
  • Directed planning, budgeting and scheduling efforts for all marketing campaigns which increased adoption rate by 80%
  • Created and maintained the digital directory of all customer and client information
  • Key Achievements:
  • Shortlisted for the North East Entrepreneurship Development Program by IIM Calcutta Innovation Park
  • Owned 3 and tied up with 50+ accommodations in prime locations of Guwahati with more than 300 guests in 1 year of establishment
Stakeholder LiaisonWebsite DevelopmentMarketing Campaign ManagementTeam CoordinationRevenue GenerationProduct Management+1

Samsung india

Project Lead

Jun 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Managed end-to-end Product Development Lifecycle of 1 Flagship and 4 Economy category projects (mobile phone models) – from analysis of requirements to implementation to market launch
  • Collaborated with around 10 cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve issues pertaining to product development
  • Build zero-bug applications/binaries to ship to market routinely
  • Developed PRDs and FRDs for projects
  • Served as Samsung Culture Index Champ for the year 2020
  • Participated in company-wide chess and carrom competitions
  • Key Achievements:
  • Selected as SPOC for facilitating and training stakeholders on upcoming Google Projects and Android OS Releases
  • Administered the launch of 2 brand new projects as well as oversaw the maintenance of 3 legacy projects in 14 months
Product Development Lifecycle ManagementCross-functional Team CollaborationProject DocumentationStakeholder TrainingProject ManagementProduct Development

Blackrock

Analyst-Intern

Jan 2019May 2019 · 4 mos · Gurugram, India · On-site

  • BlackRock is the largest asset management firm in the world. I worked here as a technical intern for its legacy platform, Aladdin. During my 5 month internship here, I -
  • Learnt and applied Behavior Driven Development(BDD) methodology to automate the testing of Mortgage-backed Securities platform of Aladdin
  • Trained technical and functional teams on Cloud Computing and AWS products and platforms
  • Built a technical project (with 3 other fellow interns) to compare the performance of JSON vs. Google ProtoBuf (2 methods of serializing structured data)
  • Completed Aladdin Java Developer Certificate(AJDC) test
Behavior Driven DevelopmentCloud ComputingTechnical Training

Education

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Computer Engineering

Jan 2015Jan 2019

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