Prateek Arora

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 11 years of experience in product management.
  • Expert in launching SaaS and PaaS products.
  • Proven track record in stakeholder management and agile leadership.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager with expertise in SaaS and Fintech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProduct StrategyTechnical Product Management

Other Skills

New Product RolloutProduct Lifecycle ManagementProblem SolvingProduct RequirementsAgile MethodologiesData AnalyticsUser ResearchTechnical RequirementsPlatform as a Service (PAAS)B2B2CB2B IntegrationWalletsMobile PaymentsPresentation SkillsCross-functional Team Leadership

About

Customer-centric and results-oriented product manager with approximately 11 years of experience across the product lifecycle(PDLC) with focus on strategy, innovation, and development. A creative problem-solver, proficient in stakeholder management, and leading cross-cultural globally distributed agile teams in retail and BFSI domains.

Experience

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

Barq

Product Manager

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · India · Remote

New Product RolloutProduct Lifecycle ManagementProduct Management

Zeta

Product Manager

Mar 2022Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Spearheaded the creation and execution of the roadmap of two PaaS/SaaS products(CI and CD), while
  • aligning it with the long-term company strategy
  • Designed release train-based Continuous Delivery Product, reducing average deployment time by 55% for secure and standardized deployments.
  • Envisioned, executed, and delivered on-demand product learning, achieving a 45% reduction in support queries and 30% faster product learnability using a special welcome carousel, product tour, and documentation
  • Crafted and executed a winning product adoption strategy, launching both SaaS/PaaS products from zero to one with widespread user acceptance.
  • Proactively collaborated with customers, engineering, UX design, higher management and other stakeholders to refine backlogs and user stories, addressing pain points for optimal product development and delivery.
  • Collaborated closely with the CTO and Director of Products to conceptualize and develop two innovative SaaS product POCs for a new persona that led to the creation of new products that will ensure 100% security compliance
Problem SolvingProduct RequirementsProduct Strategy

Thoughtworks

Senior Consultant - Product

Aug 2018Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • 1. BFSI - Wealth Management | IDFC First Bank
  • Played the role of Technical Product Manager for the digital wealth management solution, understood customer needs, defined MVP, and managed the product backlog, and GTM launch from zero to one
  • Enhanced the product vision by simplifying user journey for KYC, reducing launch time (GTM) by 3 weeks
  • Led a 16-member squad (Engineering and UX teams) to enable 4-click Mutual fund investment via digital channels, increasing the key success metric of average investment per customer by 46% during COVID
  • Designed the solution for on-demand two-way customer data migration from legacy to the newer systems, seamlessly upgrading 5 million customers to new digital banking app and website
  • Won “Best Wealth Management provider for digital CX” at Digital CX awards 2021 for IDFC First Bank
  • 2. Retail - Coupons & Promotions | Kroger Inc. (USA)
  • Orchestrated digital savings experience for customers, resulting in $1.2M direct and $500K indirect sales
  • Led the personalized promotions engine, increasing average customer spend per order by 10%
  • Reduced the software release time by 50% by improving the continuous integration (CI) pipeline, leading to faster fault isolation and shorter time to resolution
Problem SolvingProduct RequirementsProduct Management

Mcafee

Software Development Engineer

Jul 2014Jul 2018 · 4 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

  • 1. Scrum Master & Software Developer | Cloud Services Platform
  • Improved customer retention by analyzing customers’ usage patterns using data analytics techniques like hypothesis testing, customer journey tracking, A/B testing, reducing app uninstalls (churn) by 20%
  • Enhanced the CI/CD pipeline efficiency by 70% by optimising the build process and removing bottlenecks, leading to a savings of 17 hours per week per team
  • Awarded ‘bravo awards’ (internal recognition) 4 times for performance and delivery in McAfee
  • 2. Associate Software Development Engineer | Enterprise Mobility Manager
  • Led the implementation of mobile client SDKs, making app modular saving development time by 40%
  • Trained a 6-member team on agile principles, practices, and tools such as Jira and Confluence
Problem SolvingTechnical RequirementsTechnical Product Management

Infosys

Systems Engineer

Oct 2013Jul 2014 · 9 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Led the development of new tools to improve application deployment, saving 15 hours per week per team
  • Completed the Infosys development training in fast-track and was among the top 10% of the cohort

Education

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Jan 2021Jan 2022

COER University

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Computer Science & Engineering

Jan 2009Jan 2013

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